With the win tonight, the Rockets have gained 4 in a row in opposition to the Magic after shedding 4 straight prior from 2/25/22-10/25/23. Houston has gained every of its previous 4 video games whereas Orlando has its three-game profitable streak snapped.
The Rockets gained by 4 factors in extra time. Houston misplaced in double-overtime within the season opener at Oklahoma Metropolis on 10/21. The Rockets solely performed 4 extra time video games in 2024-25 (3-1 mark). Tonight marked Houston’s first win of the season by fewer than seven factors.
Houston held Orlando to 41.8% capturing, together with 32.4% from 3-point vary. Because the begin of final season, the Rockets are 35-7 when holding opponents under 45.0% capturing and 31-8 when the opposition shoots 33.3% or worse from behind-the-arc.
The Rockets outrebounded the Magic by 22. Houston has outrebounded its opponent by 20+ boards in two of the previous 4 video games and thrice total this season. The Rockets have 149 extra rebounds than the opposition this season. Courting again to 1975-76, no different workforce had a differential higher than 137 boards by way of the primary 12 video games of a season.
Houston shot 25-of-29 (86.2%) from the foul line.
The Rockets have recorded 25+ FTA whereas capturing 85.0% or higher thrice this season after doing so thrice in 2024-25.
4 totally different Rockets grabbed 10+ rebounds (Alperen Sengun w/13; Steven Adams w/12; Jabari Smith Jr. w/10; Amen Thompson w/10) whereas no Magic participant had greater than 6 boards. The final time Houston had 4 gamers seize 10+ boards in a single recreation was vs. Indiana on 3/13/01 (Kelvin Cato, Steve Francis, Cuttino Mobley, Maurice Taylor).
Kevin Durant had 35 factors whereas Alperen Sengun scored 30. The Rockets had two gamers rating 30+ factors in the identical recreation thrice final season.Alperen Sengun had 30 factors, 13 rebounds and eight assists. It’s his second 30-point recreation of the season and his eighth double-double, seven of which have come over the previous eight video games. Sengun has recorded at the least 16 factors, 6 rebounds and 6 assists in all 12 video games this season. Courting again to 1975-76, no different participant had a streak longer than seven video games doing so to begin a season.
Kevin Durant 35 factors on 13-of-24 capturing. He had fewer than 20 FGA in every of the primary 11 video games of the season, which was the third-longest streak of his profession. Durant has scored 30+ factors in three of the previous 4 video games after doing so twice prior this season. No different Rocket scored 30+ factors greater than thrice over the primary 12 video games of a season since James Harden did so 9 instances in 2019-20.
Reed Sheppard led all reserves with 16 factors off the bench and he grabbed a career-high tying 7 rebounds. Over the previous six video games, he’s averaging 15.7 ppg in 25.3 mpg whereas capturing 59.0% from the ground. Sheppard additionally had a steal with out committing a turnover tonight. He has 19 steals with 15 turnovers total this season.
Franz Wagner led Orlando with 29 factors. He has scored 25+ factors in every of the previous three video games, which is tied for the second-longest streak of his profession (4 video games from 11/12-11/18/24). Wagner shot 10-of-13 from the foul line tonight and has recorded 10+ FTA in three of the previous 5 video games after doing so as soon as prior this season and 6 instances in 2024-25.
