Rockets Top Grizzlies 132-101 in Season Finale

Houston Rockets center Clint Capela delivered a season-high 23 points and 13 rebounds on Sunday night, leading a reserves-heavy lineup to a 132-101 victory over the injury-ravaged Memphis Grizzlies at Toyota Center and capping the regular season on a high note.

With their fifth seed in the Western Conference playoffs already locked in, the Rockets rested key starters including Kevin Durant, Amen Thompson, Alperen Sengun and Jabari Smith Jr. The win completed a 4-0 season series sweep against Memphis, the team's first since the 2009-10 campaign. Houston finished the regular season at 51-30, entering the postseason after an eight-game winning streak was snapped by a 136-132 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday.

Tari Eason contributed 20 points and eight assists, while Reed Sheppard added 19 points in the starting lineup alongside Eason and Josh Okogie, all of whom had started games earlier in the season. The trio played through the third quarter before giving way to the bench. JaeSean Tate scored 13 points off the bench. Sheppard, a rookie guard, remains the only Rocket to appear in all 82 regular-season games.

For Memphis, which ended a disappointing 25-57 campaign, the...