The [Houston Rockets](https://www.thedreamshake.com) are finally healthy and are now the winners of nine straight games heading down the home stretch after coming from behind to defeat the Miami Heat 102-98 behind 37 points from Fred VanVleet.
The Rockets were down 11 at one point in the third quarter, but rallied behind VanVleet, who went on a 9-2 run all by himself, inlcuding two three-point shots, to give Houston the lead for good and their first win in Miami since 2018. VanVleet finished 13-for-17 from the field and 9-for-11 from three-point range and also had 3 assists and 3 steals.
Amen Thompson returned from injury and picked up right where he left off, finishing with 18 points on 8-for-14 shooting, along with filling up the box score with 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 7 steals and a block.
Houston also got 11 from Dillon Brooks and 11 from Jabari Smith Jr. , and the Rockets shot 50 percent from three-point land as a team. They won the rebound battle 46-34 and forced 20 Heat turnovers to spearhead the victory.
Miam was led by Andrew Wiggins, who finished with 30 points, while Kel’el Ware had 16 points, 14 rebounds and 2 blocks.
The Rockets are now 46-25 and hold a two-game lead over the [Los Angeles Lakers](https://www.silverscreenandroll.com) for the second seed in the Western Conference with 11 games left to play in the season. They will return to action on Sunday night versus thr Denver Nuggets in a good measuring stick.