Rockets Cool Off Heat – NBA Roundup

UNDATED (AP) — The Houston Rockets are now one of three unbeaten teams one week into the NBA season. The 5-0 Rockets thrashed the previously unbeaten Miami Heat 108-91. The Rockets are 5-0, joining Golden State and Memphis as the lone unbeaten left in the NBA.

James Harden had 25 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds. Dwight Howard added 26 points and 10 boards for the Rockets.

Trevor Ariza (ah-REE'-zuh) added 19 points for the Rockets, who used a 13-0 run late in the fourth quarter to pull away from the 3-1 Heat.

In other NBA:

__Damian Lillard snapped out of a shooting slump with 27 points and the Portland Trail Blazers held LeBron James to just 11 in a 101-82 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Kevin Love had 22 points and 10 boards in the loss for the 1-2 Heat.

— The Phoenix Suns dropped the L.A. Lakers to 0-5 with a 112-106 victory. Gerald Green came off the bench to lead the Suns with 26. Kobe Bryant had a game-high 39 for the Lakers.

— Paul Pierce and Garrett Temple each scored 17 points, and the Washington Wizards beat the New York Knicks for the fourth straight time, 98-83. Kevin Seraphin came off the bench and had 15 points for Washington, which is 3-1 in the early going.

— Brandon Knight had 23 points and seven rebounds, making a key jumper with 22 seconds left, as the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Indiana Pacers 87-81.

— DeMar DeRozan scored 16 points, Patrick Patterson had 14 and the Toronto Raptors beat the depleted Oklahoma City Thunder 100-88. The Thunder dressed only eight players for the game, and lost forward Perry Jones to a knee injury early in the second half.

— Pau Gasol (pow gah-SOHL') had 16 points and 13 rebounds, and the Chicago Bulls beat the winless Orlando Magic 98-90 despite playing without Derrick Rose and Joakim (JOH'-kihm) Noah. Rose has leg injuries and Noah was ill.

— Anthony Davis had 24 points, 13 rebounds and three blocks, and the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Charlotte Hornets 100-91.