The X account "BrickCenter" posted a clip on X showing the sparse Toyota Center crowd during the opening minutes of Rockets-Bulls. "The Rockets have Kevin Durant and the seats are EMPTY," the user offered up to the marketplace of ideas. And the video evidence supports such a claim.

Kevin Durant savored his game-winning 3-pointer Monday against the Suns more than usual since he said Phoenix blamed him for their recent shortcomings. The Suns traded Durant to the Rockets during the offseason after their Durant-Devin Booker-Bradley Beal era did not live up to expectations.

With his point production during the Houston Rockets ’ 119-110 win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday night, Kevin Durant passed Nowitzki and moved into sixth place on the list. Nowitzki scored 31,560 points over the course of his career. Durant now has 31,562, and counting.