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HOUSTON — Jabari Smith Jr. had a season-high 28 points with five 3-pointers and the Houston Rockets never trailed in a 125-104 rout of the Los Angeles Clippers in their NBA Cup opener. The Rockets led comfortably throughout and used a big run in the third quarter to enter the fourth leading by 19. Fred VanVleet added 18 points and 10 assists for Houston and Dillon Brooks scored 17. James Harden had 21 points for the Clippers. He made three 3-pointers to move into a tie with Ray Allen for second-most career 3-pointers with 2,973 behind Stephen Curry, who entered Friday with 3,779.
