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Owner Real Deal Posted January 27, 2013 Author Owner Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 NEW ORLEANS -- James Harden committed a season-high eight turnovers against the Hornets. He shrugged that off because he also handed out eight assists, one off his season high, as the Houston Rockets played their best game in almost three weeks. Harden had 30 points and the Rockets broke out of their worst slump of the season by beating New Orleans 100-82 on Friday night. "It was about making the easy play," said Harden, selected to his first All-Star team Thursday. "Sometimes I tried to do too much, but for the most part our team played great defensively and offensively for four quarters. We needed it a lot just for our confidence." The Rockets, who had lost eight of nine and trailed by double digits in 12 straight games, led almost all the way this time. Harden scored 10 points and Patrick Patterson had six during a 16-2 run early in the third quarter as Houston took control, going ahead 64-46. The Hornets never got closer than 10 the rest of the way, losing for only the fourth time in 11 games. "We played the right way and guys made shots," Harden said. "There were a lot of things that really put us over the top tonight." Jeremy Lin had 13 points and eight assists for Houston, matching his assist total from the previous three games combined. The Rockets outrebounded the Hornets 44-34 and made 11 of 21 3-pointers after barely hitting more than 30 percent during their skid. Houston limited the Hornets to 38.8 percent shooting, including a dismal 3 of 20 from 3-point range. The Rockets scored 20 fast-break points to nine for New Orleans. "Right from the jump ball we came out and played extremely hard," said Chandler Parsons, who had 10 points and beat the Hornets down the floor for three easy baskets. "Offensively our spacing was much better. We moved the ball, we didn't play selfish and our defense was great, too. That allowed us to get out on the break, which is what we do best." Harden, chosen as an All-Star reserve for the Western Conference, was 12 for 12 on free throws. Patterson added 18 points, his most since scoring 20 against Utah on Dec. 1, and a season-high 13 rebounds.http://espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=400278358 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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