Jalen Green scored 21 points, while Amen Thompson and Tari Eason each contributed 18, leading the Houston Rockets to a 111-103 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night. The Rockets initially trailed by 11 but took a five-point halftime lead, then extended it to 19 with a decisive run spanning the third and fourth quarters. Despite a late Clippers surge that cut the lead to four with 90 seconds left, Alperen Sengun’s dunk and crucial block secured Houston’s third consecutive win.

James Harden led the Clippers with 19 points, going 3-for-4 from beyond the arc in the first quarter but missing his next four attempts. Harden now sits just three 3-pointers shy of tying Ray Allen for second-most in NBA history. The Clippers, on a two-game skid, have struggled defensively and await Kawhi Leonard’s return. Leonard, sidelined due to a knee injury, did not join the road trip, and his season debut remains uncertain.