There was a game-tying 3-pointer, a controversial call and the key to the team sitting on the bench, injured.
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This is the first of a back-to-back for Houston who go on to play the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday.
I just have to wonder if he would’ve stayed, he’d be getting a lot of playing time because of injuries to the front court. Sacramento G Ben McLemore is shooting 37 percent from the field and lost his spot in the starting lineup last game.3.
It was the first meeting between the two clubs since the Rockets upended the Clippers in the Western Conference semi-finals last season by rallying from a 3-1 deficit to prevail in seven games.
In fact, they’re still crying goaltending. “I actually watched it already”.
“I thought it was very, very clear”, Griffin said later. What they may not realize is that their secret weapon maybe the only person who knows him better than anybody. The Clippers hate the Warriors so they’re definitely disappointed with the loss, but the real concern is with Paul’s health as he seemed to injure his groin late in the fourth quarter and actually didn’t finish the game.
Houston took an early 15-point lead in the first while Sacramento’s bench kept them in the game by outscoring the Rockets bench 70-13. The Clippers could have played much better team defense on Harden, as Griffin said after the game (while talking about the review that didn’t help his team), but it’s not like he can be completely shut down. In each of the Rockets’ wins, Harden has attempted at least 11 free throws.
Doc Rivers shouldered the blame, saying he didn’t have a good enough game plan in place against Harden.
In Atlanta, Kent Bazemore scored a career-high 25 points, and the Hawks earned their seventh consecutive victory.
Now, this fan was just having a little bit of fun, but still is that fan that we all hate, and never want to end up sitting in front of at a basketball game. Andre Iguodala scored 14 points, Harrison Barnes added 13 and Festus Ezeli had 10 points and 12 rebounds for Golden State.
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“With Chris being out, the rotations were really different”, said guard J.J. Redick. The star guard is attempting 11 3-pointers per game and connecting on just 16.4 percent of those chances while also averaging 4.2 turnovers. The young man we wrote a feature on about having a “next man up” mentality definitely had one tonight. Asked whether there’s extra motivation to play well against his “ex”, Smith said that’s obvious. “We were able to turn the corner and get downhill”. I don’t think we were very organized, which is on me. “I like Josh and I liked what he brought to us”.
