Saturday night in Houston: Harden, Asik lead Rockets past Nets, 119-106
HOUSTON — Jeremy Lin said the Houston Rockets just needed to see what they were doing wrong in order to fix it.
James Harden scored 29 points, Chandler Parsons added 16 points and a career-high 11 assists and the Rockets dominated inside to beat Brooklyn 119-106 on Saturday night for their 12th consecutive win over the Nets.
Omer Asik had 20 points and 16 rebounds for Houston, which outrebounded the Nets 50-31 and outscoredBrooklyn 60-24 in the paint. Houston had 31 assists on 43 field goals and committed only 11 turnovers, the team’s lowest total in three weeks.