Texans make a surprising trade with Saints before Tuesday's deadline
TRADE ALERT
27 October 2021
Mark Ingram is heading back to New Orleans. Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images.
The NFL Network's Tom Pelissero is reporting that the Texans are trading RB Mark Ingram to the Saints in exchange for what is expected to be a late-round draft pick. Ingram is familiar with the Saints offense from his time in New Orleans, so this deal makes a lot of sense in that aspect. Houston is clearly very comfortable dealing with the Saints, as the Texans traded CB Bradley Roby to New Orleans earlier this season.
Details still being finalized, but the trade expected to involve late-round future picks. A bargain addition for the #Saints, who get buddies Ingram and Alvin Kamara together again. https://t.co/6hkL13guEm
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) October 27, 2021
Jalen Green scored 26 points, Alperen Sengun had 22 points and 12 rebounds, and the Houston Rockets extended their winning streak to a season-best eight games, beating the Orlando Magic 116-108 on Wednesday night.
Fred VanVleet added 19 points for the Rockets, who maintained their second-place position in the Western Conference, ahead of — among others — the surging Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors.
Paolo Banchero led Orlando with 31 points. Franz Wagner added 20 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for the Magic, and reserve Goga Bitadze had 19 points and eight rebounds.
Takeaways
Rockets: Their streak included a six-game homestand. This was only their second road win since Jan. 28.
Magic: After nine losses in 13 games and six straight defeats at home, the Magic stand eighth in the East. Banchero has averaged 33 points over the last four games.
Key moment
Green and VanVleet made 3-pointers to open and close a 12-0 run late in the third quarter that left the Rockets with an 80-65 lead.
Key stat
The poorest free-throw shooting team in the NBA, the Rockets made 29 of 32 (90.6%) from the foul line.
Up next
Rockets: At Miami on Friday.
Magic: At Washington on Friday.
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