HOUSTON (AP) — Dwight Howard scored 32 points and grabbed 16 rebounds as the Houston Rockets continued their dream start, beating the in-state rival San Antonio Spurs 98-81 on Thursday night.
Howard exploited a Spurs interior that was missing two key players, Tim Duncan and Tiago Splitter. Manu Ginobili also was held out of the game for rest a night after helping San Antonio to a 94-92 win over Atlanta.
Howard and Houston took advantage, leading the game wire-to-wire on the way to a league-best 6-0 record. With the loss, the Spurs drop to 2-2.
TRAIL BLAZERS 108, MAVERICKS 87
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — LaMarcus Aldridge had 20 points and the Portland Trail Blazers led by as many as 27 points in routing the Dallas Mavericks.
Portland trailed 50-46 at the half but outscored the Mavericks 35-18 in the third quarter and Dallas couldn’t catch up.
Damian Lillard had 18 points and Nicolas Batum scored eight for Portland.
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