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Rockets outscore visiting Raptors 112-109

Xinhua, March 26, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Houston Rockets narrowly won the game against the visiting Toronto Raptors 112-109 at the Toyota Center on Friday night.

James Harden, who helped the Rockets beat the Raptors, scored 32 points with 13 assists and 11 rebounds, and it is his third triple-double this season and also the ninth triple-double of his career. His teammates Michael Beasley and Patrick Beverley also added 21 points and 17 points respectively. Dwight Howard, who was ejected from the game for fouls in the last few minutes, just got two points.

For the Raptors, Houston is no doubt a heart-broken place where the visiting team has not won since 2007. Friday night's loss is the team's second straight loss overall and its ninth loss in a row in Houston. DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry, both Toronto stars, were kicked out for arguing with the officials with about a few minutes left.

For the Raptors, DeRozan had 18 points, Jonas Valanciunas and Lowry scored 16 points and 15 points respectively.

The Rockets fell behind the Raptors at the half time with a score of 54-58, but it had a better performance at the second half, which the Rockets led the visiting team 58-51.

Currently, the Rockets improved to 36-37 while the the Raptors fell to 48-23. Endi