Rockets move to 5-0 with a 132-100 rout of the Bucks
The Houston Rockets beat the Milwaukee Bucks 132-100 to move to 5-0, with 24 points from Fred VanVleet and 23 from Amen Thompson. Without Sengun and Adams, Jabari Smith started at centre and Kevin Durant scored 18.
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O Houston Rockets chegou a 5-0 na noite de quarta-feira com um atropelo de 132 a 100 sobre o Milwaukee Bucks.
Sem Alperen Sengun e Steven Adams, Jabari Smith começou como pivô de um quinteto baixo e Houston se apoiou no perímetro. Fred VanVleet liderou com 24 pontos, em 7 de 14 arremessos, sua melhor atuação da temporada até aqui, somando seis rebotes, cinco assistências e dois roubos de bola, com 4 de 9 nas bolas de três. Amen Thompson fez 23 pontos, em 10 de 16, com quatro rebotes, três assistências e um roubo, e Marcus Smart seguiu fora.
Kevin Durant contribuiu com 18 pontos e Jabari Smith Jr. com 14, com Durant tentando apenas nove arremessos (5 de 9) conforme Houston abandonava o ataque que o repórter chamou de “ficar parado olhando o KD”. Os 14 de Smith vieram em 4 de 12, embora ele tenha acertado 3 de 6 da linha de três e terminado com o melhor saldo do jogo, mais 23.
Houve também uma participação produtiva de 15 minutos, com 16 pontos e quatro assistências, incluindo 4 de 5 da linha de três, enquanto Clint Capela acrescentou 10 pontos, oito rebotes, três roubos e dois tocos saindo do banco.
Os Bucks, liderados pelos 23 pontos de Tyler Herro e pelos 19 de Jaime Jaquez Jr., foram limitados a 40% de acerto nos arremessos, enquanto Houston acertou 55%, ganhou a disputa dos rebotes, converteu 17 de 38 nas bolas de três e terminou com mais pontos no garrafão e mais no contra-ataque.
Milwaukee tem sofrido nesta temporada, mas Houston também estava sem três peças da rotação. Os Rockets já venceram Dallas, Atlanta duas vezes, San Antonio e Milwaukee, com jogos contra Dallas, Oklahoma City, Boston e Minnesota pela frente — um calendário que vai ficar mais difícil, com o melhor retrospecto da liga por enquanto.
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