Recap: Washington vs. Houston

By Sports Network

Washington, DC (Sports Network) - Tracy McGrady scored 14 of his team-high 20 points in the fourth quarter as the Houston Rockets woke up from a lackluster start to upend the lowly Washington Wizards, 103-91.

Carl Landry and Aaron Brooks were once again terrific off the bench with 19 and 18 points, respectively, for Houston, which has won three of four overall and seven straight games over the Wizards.

Yao Ming returned after missing one game with a sore left foot and recorded 18 points and just five rebounds, while Ron Artest had a solid all-around effort with 14 points, nine rebounds and six assists for the victors.

Antawn Jamison carried Washington with 27 points and 10 rebounds but was a non-factor in the final quarter as the hosts fell to 1-9 on the young season. Andray Blatche had 14 points, while Caron Butler finished with 12 points and seven boards in the loss.

Juan Dixon's long two in the corner with 8:39 remaining in the fourth gave the Wizards an 85-76 lead, but nine quick Rockets points in the span of a minute and a half tied things up.

A Landry three-point play was followed by a pair of McGrady three-pointers, and McGrady hit another triple from the right wing as the Rockets went ahead 94-91 coming down the stretch.

Rafer Alston's trey -- his only field goal of the game -- with 1:48 to play as the shot clock was winding down took the wind out of the Wizards sails, upping their deficit to 97-91, and Washington failed to score in the final 4:16 to come away empty yet again.

While the Wizards jumped out to a 29-17 lead after 12 minutes of play, the Houston reserves bounced back to trail just 50-49 at intermission.

Seven straight points for Washington -- five on Jamison free throws -- helped the Wizards take a 77-70 lead into the final quarter.