Houston Rockets 114, Washington Wizards 111 — Recap

January 5, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 114, Washington Wizards 111. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 29-26 WAS; Q2 HOU 25-29 WAS; Q3 HOU 32-28 WAS; Q4 HOU 28-28 WAS.

Top performers (box score): Bradley Beal (WAS) 27 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-25 shooting; Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (WAS) 26 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 10-of-16 shooting; Kyle Kuzma (WAS) 24 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists on 9-of-20 shooting; Christian Wood (HOU) 22 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists on 8-of-12 shooting; Jalen Green (HOU) 22 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-17 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · WAS

Bradley Beal

27 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 9-25 FG

Scoring · WAS

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

26 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 5 3PM · 10-16 FG

Scoring · WAS

Kyle Kuzma

24 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST · 9-20 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
HOU	29	25	32	28		114
WAS	26	29	28	28		111

🧮 How They Scored

HOUWAS

62Points in the paint52

4Fast-break points4

17Second-chance points15

9Points off turnovers24

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

52.4%Effective FG%49.5%

16.8%Turnover %12.8%

23.8%Offensive rebound %19.1%

0.376Free-throw rate0.286

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Porter Jr. G	35	9	7	8	4	0	4	3-13	2-4	1-4	+3
Christian Wood F	34	22	11	1	3	0	2	8-12	0-2	6-6	+7
Jalen Green G	34	22	6	1	0	0	1	8-17	2-7	4-5	+10
Eric Gordon G	32	19	0	3	1	0	2	7-11	3-5	2-3	+16
Jae'Sean Tate F	32	13	10	0	0	0	4	4-11	0-2	5-6	+9
Garrison Mathews G	26	5	2	0	0	1	2	1-5	1-4	2-2	-10
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	22	11	4	0	1	0	3	3-6	0-0	5-6	-7
Josh Christopher G	14	8	4	1	0	0	1	4-5	0-1	0-0	-4
David Nwaba G	11	5	4	1	1	1	1	2-5	1-1	0-0	-9

Washington Wizards

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kyle Kuzma F	44	24	9	2	1	1	4	9-20	0-8	6-8	-6
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	40	26	6	2	3	2	1	10-16	5-9	1-1	-5
Deni Avdija F	33	8	8	1	0	0	1	2-12	1-7	3-4	-11
Raul Neto G	32	14	2	4	0	0	1	6-7	0-0	2-3	+5
Corey Kispert F	32	7	1	2	1	1	2	2-6	1-5	2-2	+9
Bradley Beal G	29	27	5	5	1	1	3	9-25	3-8	6-6	+1
Daniel Gafford F	20	5	7	1	1	1	1	2-3	0-0	1-2	-13
Davis Bertans F	9	0	3	1	2	0	2	0-2	0-2	0-0	+7
Craig Sword G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Green	Bench	34	22	57.3	23.5	+13.2	14.5
Christian Wood	Bench	34	22	75.1	18.8	+10.5	24.0
Eric Gordon	Bench	32	19	77.1	17.3	+23.2	12.6
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	32	13	47.7	22.2	+12.3	4.0
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	22	11	63.7	22.6	-12.2	2.6
Kevin Porter Jr.	Bench	35	9	30.5	21.3	+5.1	7.5
Josh Christopher	Bench	14	8	80.0	16.7	-16.1	20.6
David Nwaba	Bench	11	5	50.0	20.0	-40.8	13.5
Garrison Mathews	Bench	26	5	42.5	10.8	-13.6	-3.0

Washington WizardsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Bradley Beal	Bench	29	27	48.8	39.2	-1.5	14.5
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	40	26	79.1	16.7	-6.7	18.5
Kyle Kuzma	Bench	44	24	51.0	25.5	-7.1	8.7
Raul Neto	Bench	32	14	84.1	11.7	+5.6	11.6
Deni Avdija	Bench	33	8	29.1	17.4	-13.3	1.8
Corey Kispert	Bench	32	7	50.9	12.0	+14.7	2.6
Daniel Gafford	Bench	20	5	64.4	9.8	-24.2	11.9
Davis Bertans	Bench	9	0	0.0	16.7	+24.1	5.2
Craig Sword	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	-33.3	66.7