The Nets beat the Rockets 110-98 thanks to plenty of great performances from players up and down the roster as this win was a complete team effort. Ziaire Williams had 21 points and eight rebounds while D'Angelo Russell dropped 18 points and three assists with the way that he was able to take control of the game on the offensive end while making his teammates better at the same time.

Ziaire Williams had 21 points, D’Angelo Russell added 18 and the Nets won consecutive games for the first time since November with a 110-98 victory over the short-handed Houston Rockets on Saturday night.

Three nights after snapping a seven-game losing streak in Charlotte, the Brooklyn Nets traveled to Houston and went band-for-band with the No. 2 seed in the West. Ziaire Williams was everywhere. Day’Ron Sharpe was dropping shoulders and snatching chains.

T he Brooklyn Nets (16-33) understandably felt good about themselves after Wednesday's win at the Charlotte Hornets given that they had ended their worst losing streak of the seas

D'Angelo Russell scored 18 points, Ziaire Williams flirted with a double-double and the visiting Brooklyn Nets claimed a surprising 110-98 victory over the Houston Rockets on Saturday.

OKLAHOMA CITY — In Ziaire Williams, the rebuilding Nets took a flier on a former lottery pick as a salary dump. He’s an athletic floor-running defender whose jumper has been his weakness. But if he can keep shooting the way he has lately, their gamble might come good.