HOUSTON () -- Hakeem Olajuwon's 29 points and Kenny Smith's 3-point shooting led Houston to a 106-83 victory over the Chicago Bulls, extending the Rockets' season-opening winning streak to eight.


Olajuwon dominated the inside from start to finish, and Smith, who finished with 19 points, hit four of six 3-point shots, including two in an early fourth-quarter run when the Rockets took command Thursday night.