Bojan Bogdanovic came off the bench to score a season-high 22 points with nine rebounds and lead the Brooklyn Nets to their first victory of the season, 106-98 over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night.

The Nets entered the game 0-7 and the Rockets had won four straight after opening the season 0-3.

Brooklyn scored six straight points to turn a tie game into a 99-93 lead with 3 1/2 minutes remaining. Thomas Robinson led the way in that stretch, scoring four points highlighted by a dunk after a steal.

Marcus Thornton made a 3-pointer for Houston, but Bogdanovic hit one with 1:37 left to stretch the lead to 102-96.

James Harden led Houston with 23 points, cooling off after scoring 43 and 46 in the last two games.

The victory was Brooklyn's first in Houston since March 13, 2006, ending an eight-game skid.

Joe Johnson added 16 points and 10 assists for Brooklyn. Brook Lopez had 14 points and 12 rebounds.

The Nets scored nine consecutive points, capped by a 3-pointer by Wayne Ellington, to take a 91-87 lead with 6 1/2 minutes remaining. Dwight Howard missed two layups on consecutive possessions to leave Houston empty-handed.

Howard had 10 points, 17 rebounds and five blocks.

A layup by Trevor Ariza ended a drought of more than three minutes for the Rockets after that. That was the start of a 6-2 run that tied it at 93-93 with less than five minutes left.

The Rockets trailed by six at halftime but used an 18-6 run to take a 79-68 lead with just more than three minutes left in the third quarter. Harden, Ariza, Thornton and Patrick Beverley all made 3-pointers for Houston in that span.

An 11-4 spurt by Brooklyn cut the lead to 83-79 entering the fourth quarter.

Brooklyn scored the last six points of the first half, with four from Bogdanovic, to lead 55-49 at halftime.

TIP-INS

Nets: Rookie Rondae Hollis-Jefferson started and played the first 7:49 of the game before sitting out until the fourth quarter. He finished with four rebounds and an assist. .... Thaddeus Young added 13 points.

Rockets: F Terrence Jones returned after missing the last five games with a cut on his right eyelid. He had four rebounds. ... Beverley returned after missing the last two games with a concussion. ... G/F K.J. McDaniels was assigned to Houston's D-League Rio Grande Valley on Wednesday. ... Coach Kevin McHale said rookie Sam Dekker is dealing with a back problem, but will likely join McDaniels with Rio Grande Valley when he gets healthy.

UP NEXT

Nets: Visit Sacramento on Friday.

Rockets: Visit Denver on Friday.

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