NBA roundup: Rockets outlast Sixers in double OT

alen Green and Kevin Porter Jr. combined for 51 points as the Houston Rockets extended their homecourt winning streak to three games with a 132-123 double-overtime victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday.

Green paired a team-high 27 points with seven assists while Porter added 24 points and six rebounds. Porter, Eric Gordon (14 points) and Jabari Smith Jr. (16 points, 11 rebounds) nailed 3-pointers in the second overtime to help Houston send the 76ers to their third straight loss.

Joel Embiid scored a game-high 39 points, but his late turnover led to a Porter free throw with 2.9 seconds left that forced the second overtime. Embiid fouled out on the play. Tobias Harris added 27 points on 7-of-8 3-point shooting for the 76ers, while James Harden posted 21 points and seven assists in his return from a 14-game absence. Harden missed 15 of 19 shots.

When Green completed a three-point play at the 1:48 mark of the fourth, the Rockets led 108-105 only for Harden to bury a 3 at the shot-clock buzzer on the ensuing possession for the 76ers. Houston forced a turnover with three seconds left, but Green missed at the buzzer to force overtime.

Pacers 112, Warriors 104

Andrew Nembhard continued a memorable California swing with a personal eight-point flurry as part of a late 13-2 burst that allowed road-weary Indiana to shock Golden State in San Francisco.

Facing a team that had won 10 straight at home on the second night of a back-to-back without star Tyrese Haliburton, the Pacers led by as many as 16 points and then, surprisingly, had enough energy to finish off the defending champions. Nembhard finished with a season-best 31 points. He hit 13 of his 21 shots and a season-best five 3-pointers.

Klay Thompson paced the Warriors with 28