By Kristie Rieken

Coming off the bench to score a season-high 26 points, Brewer helped the Rockets cruise to a 98-76 win on Saturday night.

James Harden scored 16 of his 20 points in Houston’s big third quarter to help in the victory.

“Last night was a rough game,” Brewer said of Friday’s loss. “We didn’t have any energy coming back from the break and it bit us pretty bad. So I felt like I had to bring energy … I tried to come out and play hard and everything worked out.”

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