HOUSTON -- - Alperen Sengun made two free throws with 4.5 seconds left and Darius Garland missed two of three free throws after that to allow the Houston Rockets to hold on for a 109-108 victory ...

HOUSTON (AP) — Alperen Sengun made two free throws with 4.5 seconds left and Darius Garland missed two of three free throws after that to allow the Houston Rockets to hold on for a 109-108 ...

Led by Alperen Sengun, who is poised to make his first All-Star Game this season, the Rockets have the third-best defense in the league. Sengun, however, has been compared to the best offensive ...

“I’ve got a lot of injuries from (his childhood) — like everywhere,” the 22-year-old Şengün said. “My arms. My knees. I have injuries and scars everywhere from climbing places. A car hit me — twice. I ...

“I’ve got a lot of injuries from (his childhood) — like everywhere,” the 22-year-old Şengün said. “My arms. My knees. I have injuries and scars everywhere from climbing places.

He laughs at the irony of it all. “And now I play every game.” Alperen Sengun unplugged, at @TheAthletic: From a street kid in Turkey to leaving home as a 12yo to NBA prominence, with so many ...