ROCKETS 113 WIZARDS 112...WIZ Kids D.C. get 10 Money Balls from former ROCKET ARIZA as RED Nation's "FEAR the BEARD" #13 goes Game-Winner to spoil what would have been some D.C. WIZARDRY and .500 Pro Ball at the NBA All-Star Break...RED Nation's #1 Soap "As DWIGHT Turns" No WIZARDRY Here...not in the TOYOTA Center #CLUTCHcity #ROCKETSgang #REDnation

The Houston Rockets had to be thinking the night before All-Star Break and the Wiz Kids D.C. on a 2nd leg of a back to back having lost on Beale Street Memphis Grit and Grinding...this should be a walk in the Toyota Center.

Well not if Wizards SF and L.A. Native and former Laker and Rocket Trevor Ariza had anything to do about it. Ariza went O-Zone Layer dropping 32 big ones on Clutch City but that wasn't all. 30 of that was via the Money Ball and that would be ten from the "Land of Plenty" as he shot 10-14 from three point land and 11 of 20 from the field. The Wiz Back Court didn't disappoint either as All-Star John Wall (19 pts 14 asst) and Bradley Beal (20 pts) also help Ariza carry the load. The Wiz simply lost on the defensive end as they committed some 32 fouls. that led to Red Nation shooting 47 free throws which also had 16 of the 47 had to do with "Hack-A-Dwight".

The Rockets get the game-winning lay-up from All-Star James Harden who had a game-high 35 points to go along with six rebounds and six assists. "Dwight of Three Stripes" added 24 points and grabbed sixteen Oranges as he was also 10 for 16 from the stripe. Rockets won the game despite missing 12 of 47 free throws. SF Chandler Parsons chipped in with 18 points as he also grabbed a dozen Oranges and waited six Red Nation Tables.

The Rockets go into AS Break at 36-17 having won seven in a row and just two games back of the Spurs. The Wizards fall to 25-27 as their quest to be .500 or better at AS Break is denied.