In their second-to-last game of the NBA’s 2022-23 season, the young and rebuilding Houston Rockets won their second straight and third of four overall, in Friday’s 112-109 win (box score) at Charlotte.
Relative to 2021-22, the biggest improvement for the Rockets (21-60) has come in rebounding, where they rank near the top of the league on a per-game basis after ranking dead last a season ago. That growth was visible at Charlotte (26-55), where second-year big man Alperen Sengun had 14 points and a career-high 21 rebounds. His streak of five straight double-doubles is the first of Sengun’s career.
