FanDuel Sportsbook<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\nSan Antonio entered the game looking for its first win of the season after falling to the Oklahoma City Thunder 116-104 in its opener. Houston, meanwhile, looked to remain undefeated after opening the season with a win over the Dallas Mavericks.<\/p>\n
After trailing for most of the game, the Spurs mounted a fourth-quarter surge, going on a run to tie things up and set the stage for a thrilling finish Friday night.<\/p>\n
Alperen Sengun sparked an 8-3 run to reclaim the lead and help the Rockets secure a hard-fought victory, sealed by a clutch block on Wembenyama from Amen Thompson.<\/p>\n
Houston improved to 2-0 on the season, while the Spurs continued their search for their first win.<\/p>\n
Durant finished with 20 points, seven rebounds and six assists to help the Rockets secure their second win of the season and their first on the road.<\/p>\n
Sengun and Thompson also delivered strong performances. Sengun finished with 29 points, seven rebounds and seven assists, while Thompson added 20 points and 10 rebounds to help power Houston’s offense.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Wembanyama led the Spurs with 25 points, 13 rebounds and two blocks in the loss as San Antonio remained winless on the season.<\/p>\n
De’Aaron Fox added 19 points, nine assists and two steals, providing a strong all-around performance to help power San Antonio.<\/p>\n
The Rockets carried a narrow two-point lead over the Spurs into halftime, fueled by 11 points apiece from Thompson and Sengun, while Durant added 10.<\/p>\n
Wemby led all scorers with 17 points before the break, while De’Aaron Fox chipped in 10 for San Antonio.<\/p>\n
The third quarter was a tight battle, with Houston holding an 85-81 lead heading into the fourth. The Spurs clawed their way back in the final frame, outscoring the Rockets 11-3 to tie the game at 96 with just over six minutes remaining and taking the lead on Dylan Harper free throws.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sengun sparked an 8-3 run to put the Rockets back on top, helping Houston pull away for the victory and improve to 2-0 to start the season.<\/p>\n
Houston will hit the road to face the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday, with tipoff scheduled for 8:30 p.m. ET. San Antonio will travel to take on the Dallas Mavericks at 8 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kevin Durant and the Houston Rockets edged out Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs 114-110 on Friday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-475304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}