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Kevin Porter Jr.’s Buzzer-Beater Lifts Rockets Over Wizards, Goes Viral

The Rockets were in Washington playing the Wizards on Wednesday evening, a game during which Kevin Porter Jr.—fresh off his one-game suspension—hit a buzzer-beater to give Houston a 114-111 win.

The clip of the shot can be seen below:


Porter, along with teammate Christian Wood, was disciplined for poor behavior during Saturday’s loss to Denver.

Afterwards, Porter called game:

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The Rockets, currently the cellar-dwellers of the Western Conference at 11-28, are currently rebuilding with young players.

The Wizards dropped to 19-19 on the season and hold the ninth of 10 playoff spots in the Eastern Conference.

Andrew Corselli

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