Rockets end Raptors' home win streak, 113-107

James Harden had 40 points and 14 assists, and the Houston Rockets David Backes Jerseybeat Toronto 113-107 on Sunday night to end the Raptors' franchise-record, 12-game home winning streak. The Raptors lost at home for the first time since Jan. 3 against the Chicago Bulls. The Rockets also snapped http://www.officialbluesteamshop.com/Womens_Youth_Doug_Gilmour_Jerseytheir eight-game losing streak north of the border, winning in Toronto for the first time since the 2006-07 season. Corey Brewer had 23 points off the bench for the Rockets, who trailed by as many as 18 points in the second quarter. Dwight Howard added 21 points and 11 rebounds. Luis Scola led the Raptors with 21 points, while DeMar http://www.officialbluesteamshop.com/Womens_Youth_Jaden_Schwartz_JerseyDeRozan had 19. Trevor Ariza's 3-pointer with 4:43 remaining gave the Rockets their first lead since midway through the first quarter. Houston built on that advantage with an alley-oop dunk from Howard, before Patrick Patterson tied it at 102 with a 3-pointer with 3:38 to play. Howard fouled out with 2:08 Wayne Gretzky Jerseyleft and DeRozan made one free throw to put the Raptors back on top. But Harden, who had 20 points in the quarter, scored the next five points on a 3-pointer and a pair of free throws to put Houston up by four points with 1:18 remaining. A flagrant foul by DeRozan on Patrick Beverley with 1:02 to go saw the Houston point guard shoot one of two from the free-throw line to increase the lead to five, before Clint Capela's dunk took the game beyond Toronto's reach. With Toronto's normally explosive backcourt starting slowly - DeRozan http://www.officialoilersteamshop.com/Womens_Youth_Andrej_Sekera_Jerseyand Kyle Lowry had just one point between them - it was left to Toronto's forwards to lead the Raptors out of an early six-point hole. Scola had 11 to go with eight from James Johnson, as the Raptors overcame Howard's 10-point effort to jump out to a 30-26 lead after one quarter. Lowry got going in the second quarter with 10 points, and the bench chipped in with 12, as the Raptors led by as much as 18 at one point before taking a 61-51 lead into the half. Harden sparked the Rockets in the third, with his 10 points helping close the deficit to six points, but DeRozan had 12 of his own to give the Raptors an 85-77 lead heading into the final quarter.