Most of the 13,936 fans in attendance at Toyota Center on Monday night came to the Houston Rockets game to receive a free Jalen Green bobblehead. They left with their jaws dropped after a career-high performance from center Christian Wood, whose 30 points in the second half helped the Rockets defeat the Washington Wizards, 115-97.
The 6-foot-10 big man finished with 39 points on 14-of-18 shooting (77.8%), representing the highest point total by a Rockets player while shooting 75% or better since James Harden’s 56-point game versus Utah on Nov. 5, 2017, on 19-of-25 shooting (76.0%).
Wood was on fire from 3-point range and beyond. He connected on a career-high eight 3-pointers, going 7-for-7 on long-distance shots in the second half, with the final attempt coming 33-feet away from the basket.
“That last step back that I shot, that is when I felt that everything I threw up was going in,” Wood said postgame. “That was a heat check, for sure.”
After trailing by 23 points in the…