Houston Rockets star James Harden cooked Los Angeles Clippers forward Wesley Johnson during in the first quarter of Wednesday’s win at the Staples Center.
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In the first quarter, Harden was matched up on the Clippers’ Wesley Johnson, who stood absolutely no chance. Considering Houston has won both games in the season series, I say them, but I’d give the Cavs one or two wins in the series due to the toll of a seven-game series haunting the Rockets.
Giannis gets looseThe Greek Freak, Giannis Antetokounmpo, showed off his athleticism and skills early in the first quarter, going behind his back with the dribble, then driving in for a lefty flush. Houston averages 114 points per game, the second best in the league, including a league leading 15.5 three-pointers made per game.
Of course, Houston would go on to defeat the Clippers and increase their winning streak to an impressive 14 games. Then obviously adding (Chris Paul) and (PJ Tucker) and (Luc Mbah a Moute) and then you get (Gerald Green) and Joe Johnson.
“You know, we’ve kind of barricaded all of the secret passageways”.
“Like. did the ref call side out of bounds?” Obviously, that wouldn’t keep anyone from going through that door if tempers flared again, but it appears that things were a lot calmer on Wednesday’s game. We’re going to build a wall, and I’m not paying for it!
“It wasn’t too bad, was it?”
Houston wasted no time jumping on the exhausted Clippers, who scored 41 points in the fourth quarter on Tuesday night to rally from a 19-point deficit and win in Denver.
“Of course, it was insane”, teammate Eric Gordon said after the game. Instead, Smart became excited, because now he has the opportunity to make another mark against one of the greatest offensive weapons the National Basketball Association has ever seen.
“Of course, it was insane”. But when you’ve got the ball, and when the ball’s tipped off, it’s time to go.
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However, while the Rockets have so far done their talking on and off the court, Curry insisted the duel everyone expects to see in the Western Conference finals was far from a foregone conclusion.
