Gordon’s buzzer-beating 3 lifts Rockets
Eric Gordon pumped-faked a lunging Joel Embiid, took one dribble and then buried a three-pointer over Embiid at the buzzer that completed an improbable rally and lifted Houston to a 105-104 win over the 76ers in Philadelphia on Wednesday night.
“You’ve got to be prepared to try and knock down shots like that,” Gordon said. “You miss it, you miss it.” He didn’t miss. Gordon’s winner from the corner gave Houston its only lead over the final 18 minutes and shook a Philadelphia team that made bad plays and bad decisions down the stretch.
“I think that we let one slip,” Philadelpia head coach Brett Brown said.
The Rockets scored the final nine points.
“It’s a learning experience,” Embiid said. “We’re going to need that in the future. We’re young. That’s not an excuse, but we can all get better.”
Gordon scored 29 points, James Harden had 27 and Clint Capela had 16 points and 20 rebounds.
Lakers Caldwell-Pope 102, Wizards hit a three-pointer 99: Kentavious with 58 seconds remaining in overtime and and Los Angeles handed visiting Washington its first loss of the season. The Lakers’ Lonzo Ball had six points, eight rebounds and 10 assists. Bradley Beal had 28 points for the Wizards, who meet the Warriors at Oracle Arena on Friday night. Spurs Aldridge scoring off the 117, bench 31 continued points, Heat and 100: Rudy visiting his LaMarcus hot Gay San start added Antonio by 22 No. stayed 1,154 for unbeaten. head coach The Gregg win was Popovich, who’s one shy of matching Phil Jackson for sixth most in NBA history. Suns 97, Jazz 88: T.J. Warren scored 20 of his 27 points in the second half and host Phoenix improved to 2-0 under interim head coach Jay Triano. Mavericks 103, Grizzlies 94: Dennis Smith Jr. had 19 points as host Dallas improved to 1-4. Memphis fell to 3-1. Thunder 114, Pacers 96: Russell Westbrook’s triple-double sparked host Oklahoma City. He finished with 28 points, 16 assists and 10 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony had 28 points and 10 rebounds, and Steven Adams added 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Thunder. Paul George was held to 10 points against his former team. Victor Oladipo, who went to Indiana in the George trade, scored 35 points. Hornets 110, Nuggets 93: Frank Kaminsky scored 20 points off the bench and Dwight Howard had 15 points and 19 rebounds as host Charlotte prevailed. Pistons 122, Timberwolves 101: Tobias Andre 15 visiting points rebounds Drummond and Harris Minnesota, 10 as scored rebounds Detroit had which 34 15 knocked points from points got KarlAnthony 23 and off and Towns. Nets 112, Cavaliers 107: Spencer Dinwiddie made the go-ahead threepointer with 43 seconds left while starting for the injured D’Angelo Russell, and host Brooklyn overcame LeBron James’ triple-double. James had 29 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds in his 56th career tripledouble, but he missed two foul shots — the second intentionally — with Cleveland trailing by two with 7.6 seconds remaining.