Rockets star Kevin Durant said hitting the winning shot Monday night against the Suns meant more because it came against his former team, one “that booted you out of the building and scapegoated you for all the problems they had.”
The NBA is going back to China next season, with the Mavericks and Rockets scheduled to play two preseason games in October at the gambling hub of Macao.
A game after DeAndre Ayton was benched in the fourth quarter, the Lakers got him more touches early and it ended up paying dividends late in Sunday’s win over Memphis.