Kevin Porter Jr. scored a career-high 50 points and was one of three Houston Rockets to post double-doubles in a shocking 143-136 victory over the visiting Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday.
Porter added 11 assists to his dazzling statistical line, reaching 50 points on a free throw with 20.9 seconds left.
The Rockets erased a 17-point deficit and held firm when the Bucks seized the lead early in the fourth quarter, pulling even at 125-125 on a Porter three-point play at the 5:01 mark and then pulling away after Porter added back-to-back 3-pointers in 58 seconds.
COOL @Kevinporterjr OFF!
50 PTS | 11 AST | 9 3PM
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But Porter wasn’t alone as the Rockets, who had dropped 10 of 11 …
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