Rockets finish strong to beat Nets
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Nets' Gerald Green inadvertently tipped the 106 win.
New Jersey held a 106-105 lead when Green, who finished with a season-high 26 points, tipped a Courtney Lee miss into the basket. Louis Scola was credited with the bucket and the Rockets scored the game's final seven points to halt a season-long five-game losing streak.
Goran Dragic had 23 points and eight assists in place of Houston's starting point guard Kyle Lowry, who checked into a hospital Thursday due to illness. Lee added 17 points and Chandler Parsons finished with 16 points, six assists and five rebounds.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Nets were also without their starting point guard, Deron Williams. He was out with a sore right calf. MarShon Brooks had 23 points, a career-high seven assists and five rebounds in the setback, which halted a two-game win streak.