Houston – Miami : retour réussi pour Hassan Whiteside

Quasi au complet, le Heat s’impose 105-100 sur le parquet des Rockets avec 21 pts de Gerald Green, 15 pts de Luol Deng mais aussi et surtout 12 pts, 9 rds et 6 cts d’Hassan Whiteside dont c’était le grand retour sur les terrains.

Certes, Houston évoluait sans Dwight Howard, mais c’est une bonne nouvelle pour le Heat, si l’on excepte son affreux 0/9 aux lancers-francs ! Côté Miami, on retiendra aussi l’activité de Justise Winslow en sortie de banc avec 5 rbds et 8 pds, mais aussi 5 fautes et 4 balles perdues.

A Houston, Trevor Ariza était dans un grand soir avec un 4/4 aux tirs pour commencer le match, pour finalement finir avec 24 points. A ses côtés, Terrence Jones noircit la feuille (12 pts, 12 rbds, 6 pds) et James Harden (7/21 aux tirs) quitte à nouveau ses coéquipiers en plein match, après une mauvaise chute. Comme face au Magic, rien de grave a priori.

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Gerald Green scored 21 points and Hassan Whiteside added 12 to help the Miami Heat beat the Houston Rockets 105-100 in a preseason game Saturday night.

White returned from a calf injury and made six of his nine shots. Tyler Johnson also had 12. Luol Deng had 15 points. Goran Dragic chipped in 10.

Trevor Ariza scored 24 points and was 10 of 14 from the field. He made his first four baskets of the night and also had four 3-pointers. James Harden added 21 points. Terrence Jones had a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds. Marcus Thornton had 13 points.

STAR WATCH: Harden headed to the locker room early in the fourth after taking a fall but reportedly was fine. Miami’s Dwyane Wade had six points in 21 minutes of work. Chris Bosh scored nine points for Miami.

INJURY REPORT: Miami’s Chris Andersen was out with an illness. Rockets guard Ty Lawson returned to the lineup after missing the last two games. He had eight points and five assists. Also for Houston: Dwight Howard missed his fifth consecutive game with a sore back. Donatas Motiejunas missed with the same injury. Clint Capela missed Saturday’s game with a sore right shoulder.

UP NEXT: Houston welcomes New Orleans on Monday. Miami travels to Atlanta on Sunday.