“It doesn't mean anything if we don't make the playoffs,” Green said of his performance.
Green made seven 3-pointers, Fred VanVleet hit 10 treys, and the Rockets made 27 from beyond the arc in a dominating victory.
VanVleet finished with 34 points, tying James Harden and Chandler Parsons for the Rockets' single-game 3-point shooting record.
“I felt good after the first shot,” VanVleet said. “In those situations, when you put on a good face, your teammates see you in a good spot.”
The Rockets were already leading 47-23 one minute into the second quarter when Houston's Jabari Smith Jr. and Utah's Kris Dunn tangled on the court and exchanged punches and were ejected.
Houston coach Ime Udokor said he believed the altercation was a hangover from a sour exchange between the same two players in a game in January.
– Suns beat Spurs –
In other games, Devin Booker scored 32 points and the Phoenix Suns won 131-106 against the Spurs in San Antonio.
Kevin Durant scored 25 points and Bradley Beal added 13 points and 12 assists for Phoenix, which trails the Sacramento Kings and Dallas Mavericks by a half-game for the sixth and final automatic playoff spot in the West. There is.
The Kings defeated the Magic 109-107 in Orlando, scoring 31 points, including two free throws from De'Aaron Fox, and leading Sacramento by one with 21.2 seconds left.
Keon Ellis added a free throw and Orlando's Paolo Banchero missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer.
Domantas Sabonis had 21 points and 14 rebounds for Sacramento, tying Kevin Love's record for 53 consecutive double-doubles since the 1976 ABA-NBA merger.
In New York, Donte DiVincenzo's 31 points led the Knicks to a 105-93 victory over the crosstown rival Brooklyn Nets.
Miles McBride added 26 points for the Knicks, but they pulled away in the fourth quarter and the Nets lost their sixth straight game.
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