Rockets 102, Nets 98: Terrence Jones scored a season-high 26 points and grabbed 12 rebounds and host Houston rallied to continue its dominance of Brooklyn.

Trevor Ariza scored 20 points and James Harden chipped in 15 and 12 assists for the Rockets, who have won eight straight at home against the Nets and 16 of the last 17 meetings overall. Donatas Motiejunas had 11 points and Josh Smith contributed 10 points, nine rebounds and four blocks off the bench.

Mason Plumlee and Deron Williams finished with 15 points apiece for Brooklyn, which fell to 2-5 on an eight-game road stretch. Rookie Markel Brown had a career-high 14 while both Joe Johnson and Alan Anderson added 13 for the Nets.

Brooklyn put together nine straight points - five by Anderson - to claim an 86-78 lead midway through the fourth and Jarrett Jack's layup with four minutes left kept it an eight-point margin, but Jones drove for a layup to spark a game-tying 12-4 burst, capped by Patrick Beverley's 3-pointer with 1:11 to go. After a miss by Brown, Harden had a go-ahead free throw and then a pull-up jumper to make it 98-95, and Jason Terry and Jones hit two free throws apiece in the closing seconds to seal it.

Plumlee had 11 points in the first quarter and the Nets led by as many as 13, but Houston opened the second with six straight points and took its first lead at 51-50 on Beverley's three-point play late in half. Brooklyn answered with a 12-2 run spanning halftime before the Rockets bounced back again, scoring 17 of the next 21 points en route to a 74-73 lead entering the fourth.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Beverley (illness) returned from a two-game layoff to produce nine points. ... Rockets PG Pablo Prigioni needed stitches after taking an elbow from Anderson in the fourth quarter. ... Nets C Brook Lopez tallied 12 points and 12 rebounds - eight offensive - in 22 minutes off the bench.