With a 117-99 victory (box score) over Toronto on Monday night at Toyota Center, the Houston Rockets finally ended a 20-game losing streak that had become one of the 10 worst in NBA history.
It was a feel-good win for the Rockets (12-30), who were coming off Sunday’s heartbreaking loss to Oklahoma City in the same building. For the Raptors (17-26), it was their ninth consecutive defeat. Fred VanVleet led the visitors with a game-high 27 points.
With Victor Oladipo out for planned maintenance on the second night of a back-to-back, Sterling Brown started in his place and collected 20 points and 10 rebounds, including 4-of-7 on 3-pointers (57.1%). Rookie forward Jae’Sean Tate had a team-high 22 points on 8-of-9 shooting (88.9%), while Christian Wood and John Wall each scored 19. With a team-high 11 rebounds and 10 assists, Wall finished with a triple-double.
“We fought together,” Wood said postgame. “We stayed together. It’s about damn time, man. It’s about damn time.”
The Rockets will finish up this seven-game homestand on Wednesday versus Charlotte. Until then, enjoy Monday’s highlights and postgame reaction from a relieved home locker room in Houston.
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These guys are so damn happy the streak is over. Look at John Wall and Stephen Silas. pic.twitter.com/00isO25Tnc
— Jackson Gatlin (@JTGatlin) March 23, 2021