Tempers flared between the Houston Rockets and Dallas Tuesday, with the Mavericks' Australian center Andrew Bogut among those involved in the thick of the action. Bogut seemed confused about why he had been called for a flagrant foul that helped spur a game-changing 16-0 run by the Rockets in the second quarter. Both locker rooms had plenty to say even though the Rockets won a lopsided game 123-107 in Dallas. The teams combined for eight technical fouls and two Flagrant 1s and even saw Houston's Trevor Ariza ejected in the fourth quarter. It all may have stemmed from a Flagrant 1 called on Bogut in the second quarter, when he tried to lay a hard screen on Houston star James Harden. The Rockets were on an 11-0 run at that point, and it became a 16-0 run after Bogut's foul. Harden made both free throws and then drained a 3-pointer on the ensuing possession, a pivotal stretch that Dallas coach Rick Carlisle called "the killer" for his team's chances. The players were a little more colorful than that. "I don't know what they was on tonight," Harden said. "That other team was trippin' tonight, just disrespectful, unprofessional — players and coaches. "I don't know what was their problem, but I think that got us going. They wanted to throw a little cheap shot and just woke us up a little bit, and it was over from there." Bogut didn't feel he warranted a flagrant foul on the play. He didn't get an explanation from the officials, quipping that he'll have to go through his agent and Mavs general manager Donnie Nelson to try to avoid a fine. "If you watch the replay, yeah, (Harden) made no effort to run around my screen," said Bogut, who had missed the previous 11 games with a bone bruise in his right knee. "So obviously I turned to protect myself and hit him and he went face-first into my shoulder. Yeah, it was a hard screen and I set hard screens. But to get a flagrant for it is kind of head-scratching when I felt like (Mavs guard) Justin Anderson had his wrist in a ju-jitsu hold four plays later, and that was brushed off like a regular foul." The Rockets (24-9) swept all four games against the Mavericks for the first time since the 1997-98 season, and they have won 13 of their last 15. Harden led the way with 34 points, 11 assists and five rebounds. Forward Ryan Anderson finished with 22 points. Harrison Barnes led Mavs with 21 points, while Wesley Matthews had 19. Thunder 106, Heat 94: Russell Westbrook produced the 52nd triple-double of his career, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 106-94 road victory over the struggling Miami Heat. Westbrook had 29 points, a season high-tying 17 rebounds and 11 assists. He has 15 triple-doubles this season, while the rest of the league had 18 entering Tuesday. In addition to Westbrook's customary heroics, the Thunder (20-12) outscored Miami 58-32 in the paint. Contributing to that statistic were centers Enes Kanter (19 points) and Steven Adams (15 points). Celtics 113, Grizzlies 103: Gerald Green came off the bench to score a season-high 19 points in less than 19 minutes and the Boston Celtics won for the sixth time in seven games, beating the Memphis Grizzlies 113-103. Avery Bradley scored 23 points and added seven rebounds and four assists, while Isaiah Thomas had 21 points and seven assists as the Celtics (19-13) beat Memphis for the second time in eight days. Center Marc Gasol scored 26 points, 16 in the first half, and added nine assists for the Grizzlies (20-14). Jazz 102, Lakers 100: Gordon Hayward scored 31 points and grabbed nine rebounds, and the Utah Jazz snapped a three-game losing streak with a 102-100 victory road over the Los Angeles Lakers. Joe Ingles came off the bench to score 13 points, and Ruby Gobert collected 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Jazz (19-13). Utah improved to 3-0 this season against the Lakers. Los Angeles guard D'Angelo Russell fired an airball from behind the arc just before the final horn, allowing Utah to prevail.
