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As the Houston Rockets tried to break the game in their favor and finish the series, former team manager Chris Paul got in the way.
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The player, who played well in the fourth quarter, scored two critical three points in a row, then took free throws and led the Oklahoma Thunder to victory. 104: 100 (24:25, 24:26, 29:24, 27:25) and the seventh game of the series.
The score of up to four wins in the series became 3-3. The decisive match will take place at night from Wednesday to Thursday. The winner of the Western Conference semifinal pair will compete against the Los Angeles Lakers.
In the fourth quarter, the Thunder were 91:84 ahead, but then the Rockets rushed 14: 1 and tried to take the lead – 98:92.
However, then Paul left, taking two long shots in a row and leveling the score – 98:98.
Before the start of the last minute, Russell Westbrook scored the last Rockets points – 100: 98, and in the last attack he was 100: 102 behind.
Danilo Gallinari, who stood at the free throw line, noticed the shots and closed the match – 104: 100.
Paul, who scored just 6 points before the long break, threw 15 points in the fourth quarter and finished the game with 28 points (7/14 round trip, 3/6 trit., 5/5 penalty), grabbed 7 and took 3 balls and made 7 assists. .
Gallinari scored 4 points out of three of 6 and finished the game with 25 points (9/17 shots, 5 rebounds).
Westbrook and Harden lost 12 balls together and Eric Gordon made four more mistakes. In all, the Rockets made 22 errors.
Harden threw 32 points in 39 minutes (8/11 double, 3/11 trit., 7/8 penalty), bounced 8 balls and had 7 assists.
Thunder: Chris Paul 28 (Rev. 7), Danilo Gallinari 25 (4/9 trit.), Lugentz Dortas 13, Dennis Schroder 12 (Rev. 8, Trit.), Shai Gilgeous-Alejandro 10 (6 res.).
Rockets: James Harden 32 (3/11 trit., 5 ft.), Robert Covington 18 (4/6 trit.), Russell Westbrook 17 (7 ft.), Danuel House 12.
Spark between Schroder and Harden:
Moments of the match:
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