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Rockets set team -comeback record, defeat 76 in OT – Field Level Media – Professional sports solutions

Jalen Green had 30 points and 13 templates on Monday and helped the Houston Rockets stage the greatest comeback in franchise history to defeat the visiting Philadelphia 76ers 144-137 in overtime.

Jabari Smith also scored 30 points for Houston (44-25), which his seventh game in a row won and despite the deficit of 25 points at the beginning of the third quarter.

Dillon Brooks scored 25 points and Tari Eason added 21, while Alperen Sengun brought 13 points, 11 rebounds and five assists.

Philadelphia (23-45) lost for the seventh time in nine games, although he combined 46 points from Quentin Grimes career, which he combined with 13 boards. Jared Butler scored 21 points and Justin Edwards had 18.

Sengun started with a three-point game of the Rockets-followed by Green 3-pointer and first lead of the Rockets. Grimes and Smith then exchanged 3 points before Grimes' Eighth Trey lowered to 140-137 to 140-137.

Houston then held philadelphia goalless and made all four free throwing attempts.

After half-time at the age of 21, Philadelphia continued his dynamic in the third quarter and 3 points of Edwards and Ricky Council IV, who received a lead of 88: 63 to the 76s and prompted Houston's time-out for less than two minutes.

The Sixers still led 20 after Edwards' had hit a floater at 7:19 a.m. before Treys from Green and Fred Vanvleet started a 14: 3 run from Houston on one figure for the first time since the first quarter.

The layup of Jeff Dowtin Jr. later extended the advantage of Philadelphia to 12, but Houston ended the third quarter with a 13: 1 running of Smith, to bind the game with 102 in the fourth.

From there, Grimes started the last quarter with a personal 7-0 run, and Butler followed with a 3 pointer to increase the leadership of the 76 to 10.

Jae'Sean Tates Layup and a few free throws from Green pulled Houston with 5:35 before seven consecutive Philadelphia points extended the lead to 10 again.

Smith and Brooks each met three times to reduce the 76 lead with a less than two minutes ahead of four, but the 3-pointer from Grimes gave Philadelphia a lead of 129-121 with a minute lead.

In the back of five, Houston climbed the lead to three to three with 17.6 seconds. A turnover and foul from Philadelphia meant that Smith divided a few free throws, with Sengun in the game with 3.5 seconds before the game.

– Field Level Media