HOUSTON -- — Jalen Green and Fred VanVleet had 21 points each and the Houston Rockets built a huge lead early and coasted to a 127-100 win over the San Antonio Spurs Wednesday night.

Houston never trailed and had built a 25-point lead by halftime. The Rockets were up by 27 points when coach Ime Udoka cleared the bench with about 6½ minutes remaining.

Alperen Sengun added 16 points for the Rockets, who won for the fourth time in five games. VanVleet had 10 assists and seven rebounds — both season-highs — to go with his top scoring effort of the season.

Victor Wembanyama had 15 points, six rebounds and three blocks for the Spurs, who lost a second straight game. They were playing a third consecutive game without coach Gregg Popovich, who is out indefinitely while recovering from an illness. Mitch Johnson is filling in as interim coach while the 75-year-old Popovich, who did not travel with the team on this road trip, is out.

Takeaways

Spurs: San Antonio’s defense suffered Wednesday in its first game without top on-ball defender Jeremy Sochan, who suffered a fractured left thumb that will require surgery in Monday’s game. Rookie Stephon Castle, who started in his place, will need to step up with Sochan likely out for an extended period.

Rockets: After failing to play consistently for four quarters in the last two games, Houston finally put together a complete game against the Spurs.

Key moment

The Rockets were up by 7 with about five minutes left in the first quarter before using a 7-0 run, with the first five points by VanVleet, to make it 22-8. The Spurs didn’t get closer than 10 points after that.

Key stat

The Rockets dominated inside, outscoring the Spurs 66-46 in the paint.

Up next

San Antonio hosts Portland on Thursday night and the Rockets visit Oklahoma City on Friday night.

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Play By Play

Recent plays and game events

TIME	PLAY
12:00	Victor Wembanyama vs. Alperen Sengun (Jalen Green gains possession)	0	0
11:40	Alperen Sengun makes 11-foot jumper (Fred VanVleet assists)	2	0
11:23	Victor Wembanyama makes 3-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)	2	2
11:08	Alperen Sengun misses layup	2	2
11:08	Victor Wembanyama defensive rebound	2	2
10:58	Chris Paul out of bounds bad pass turnover	2	2
10:48	Alperen Sengun out of bounds bad pass turnover	2	2
10:28	Harrison Barnes misses driving layup	2	2
10:27	Dillon Brooks defensive rebound	2	2
10:18	Dillon Brooks misses 22-foot three point jumper	2	2
10:18	Victor Wembanyama defensive rebound	2	2
10:08	Chris Paul misses 26-foot three point jumper	2	2
10:07	Jalen Green defensive rebound	2	2
10:02	Fred VanVleet misses running pullup jump shot	2	2
10:01	Victor Wembanyama defensive rebound	2	2
9:43	Victor Wembanyama misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot	2	2
9:43	Alperen Sengun defensive rebound	2	2
9:36	Fred VanVleet makes two point shot	4	2
9:14	Julian Champagnie bad pass (Alperen Sengun steals)	4	2
9:08	Jabari Smith Jr. misses 23-foot three point shot	4	2
9:07	Harrison Barnes defensive rebound	4	2
8:56	Victor Wembanyama out of bounds lost ball turnover	4	2
8:39	Alperen Sengun misses 26-foot three point jumper	4	2
8:37	Stephon Castle defensive rebound	4	2
8:36	Alperen Sengun personal foul	4	2
8:22	Victor Wembanyama lost ball turnover (Fred VanVleet steals)	4	2
8:16	Fred VanVleet makes two point shot	6	2
8:16	Spurs Full timeout	6	2
8:08	Jalen Green personal foul	6	2
7:55	Harrison Barnes out of bounds lost ball turnover	6	2
7:40	Dillon Brooks makes driving layup (Alperen Sengun assists)	8	2
7:40	Chris Paul shooting foul	8	2
7:40	Dillon Brooks makes free throw 1 of 1	9	2
7:23	Julian Champagnie misses 25-foot three point jumper	9	2
7:18	Fred VanVleet defensive rebound	9	2
7:17	Victor Wembanyama blocks Jalen Green 's 2-foot dunk	9	2
7:17	Rockets offensive team rebound	9	2
7:15	Dillon Brooks misses layup	9	2
7:14	Chris Paul defensive rebound	9	2
7:09	Chris Paul makes 27-foot running pullup jump shot	9	5
7:01	Dillon Brooks technical foul	9	5
7:01	Chris Paul makes technical free throw	9	6
6:49	Alperen Sengun misses 4-foot two point shot	9	6
6:48	Victor Wembanyama defensive rebound	9	6
6:32	Victor Wembanyama misses 18-foot two point shot	9	6
6:30	Jabari Smith Jr. defensive rebound	9	6
6:12	Alperen Sengun makes layup	11	6
5:53	Victor Wembanyama misses 14-foot two point shot	11	6
5:51	Fred VanVleet defensive rebound	11	6
5:44	Alperen Sengun misses two point shot	11	6
5:42	Jabari Smith Jr. offensive rebound	11	6
5:41	Jabari Smith Jr. makes two point shot	13	6
5:30	Dillon Brooks personal foul	13	6
5:30	Amen Thompson enters the game for Jalen Green	13	6
5:30	Tari Eason enters the game for Dillon Brooks	13	6
5:30	Malaki Branham enters the game for Victor Wembanyama	13	6
5:30	Zach Collins enters the game for Chris Paul	13	6
5:30	Keldon Johnson enters the game for Julian Champagnie	13	6
5:18	Stephon Castle misses driving floating jump shot	13	6
5:17	Alperen Sengun defensive rebound	13	6
5:08	Jabari Smith Jr. makes 8-foot two point shot (Amen Thompson assists)	15	6
4:52	Zach Collins makes driving layup	15	8
4:30	Fred VanVleet makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot	17	8
4:13	Jock Landale enters the game for Alperen Sengun	17	8
4:08	Malaki Branham misses 15-foot pullup jump shot	17	8
4:07	Amen Thompson defensive rebound	17	8
3:55	Fred VanVleet makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot	20	8
3:33	Harrison Barnes bad pass (Fred VanVleet steals)	20	8
3:26	Jock Landale misses layup	20	8
3:25	Zach Collins defensive rebound	20	8
3:17	Stephon Castle misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot	20	8
3:15	Fred VanVleet defensive rebound	20	8
3:11	Jabari Smith Jr. makes 1-foot dunk (Fred VanVleet assists)	22	8
3:10	Spurs Full timeout	22	8
3:10	Reed Sheppard enters the game for Fred VanVleet	22	8
3:10	Jalen Green enters the game for Jabari Smith Jr.	22	8
3:00	Stephon Castle makes layup (Zach Collins assists)	22	10
2:47	Jalen Green bad pass (Stephon Castle steals)	22	10
2:46	Amen Thompson transition take foul	22	10
2:46	Malaki Branham makes free throw 1 of 1	22	11
2:40	Jock Landale personal foul	22	11
2:40	Zach Collins makes free throw 1 of 2	22	12
2:40	Zach Collins misses free throw 2 of 2	22	12
2:39	Amen Thompson defensive rebound	22	12
2:33	Jock Landale makes 3-foot dunk (Amen Thompson assists)	24	12
2:21	Reed Sheppard shooting foul	24	12
2:21	Malaki Branham misses free throw 1 of 2	24	12
2:21	Spurs offensive team rebound	24	12
2:21	Blake Wesley enters the game for Stephon Castle	24	12
2:21	Victor Wembanyama enters the game for Zach Collins	24	12
2:21	Sandro Mamukelashvili enters the game for Harrison Barnes	24	12
2:21	Dillon Brooks enters the game for Reed Sheppard	24	12
2:21	Malaki Branham makes free throw 2 of 2	24	13
2:08	Jalen Green makes 26-foot three pointer	27	13
1:47	Victor Wembanyama makes 6-foot layup (Sandro Mamukelashvili assists)	27	15
1:26	Victor Wembanyama blocks Jalen Green 's 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	27	15
1:23	Malaki Branham defensive rebound	27	15
1:19	Victor Wembanyama makes 1-foot dunk (Malaki Branham assists)	27	17
1:03	Dillon Brooks makes 20-foot pullup jump shot	29	17
48.1	Keldon Johnson makes driving layup	29	19
31.1	Jalen Green makes driving layup	31	19
8.1	Victor Wembanyama misses 15-foot pullup jump shot	31	19
7.1	Keldon Johnson offensive rebound	31	19
2.1	Keldon Johnson misses driving layup	31	19
0.1	Amen Thompson defensive rebound	31	19
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	31	19

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Venue

Toyota Center (Houston)

Houston, TX

Date & Time

1:00 AM, November 7, 2024

Coverage

FanDuel SN SW, Space City Home Network

Attendance

16,208

Referees

Bill Kennedy, Rodney Mott, Suyash Mehta

2025-26 Southwest Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	STRK
San Antonio	43	16	.729	W11
Houston	37	22	.627	L1
Memphis	22	36	.379	W1
Dallas	21	38	.356	L2
New Orleans	19	42	.311	W4

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