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Rockets beat Magic in overtime 119-114

Xinhua, November 5, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Houston Rockets seized the chance in overtime to defeat the visiting Orlando Magic 119-114 at the Toyota Center on Wednesday night.

During the first half, the two teams were evenly matched with the Magic leading the first quarter 35-34, but the Rockets replied with a 34-24 surge in the second quarter.

The Rockets had a poor performance after the half break, losing the third quarter 22-29 and the fourth quarter 20-22, and had to play the overtime to decide the winner, through the advantage accumulated from the first half.

Fortunately, the Rockets gained 9 points, including James Harden's 7 points while the Magic had only 4 points. The Rockets was the team that had the last laugh.

For the Rockets, Harden finished with 28 points and 7 assists, teammates Dwight Howard and Trevor Ariza had 23 points and 19 points respectively.

Evan Fournier scored 29 points, Aaron Gordon and Victor Oladipo added 19 points and 18 points to the Magic respectively.

Currently, the Rockets improved to 2-3 while the Magic fell to 1-4. Endi