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James Harden, who led the Houston Rockets in the quarterfinals of the NBA Western Conference, was the brightest in Russell Westbrook’s comeback game. 114: 80 (24:14, 24:31, 37:18, 29:17) crushed the Oklahoma Thunder.
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The Rockets took the lead again in the series, now the team leads 3-2. The series unfolds with up to four wins.
For the winners, Harden scored 31 points in 28 minutes (7/7 doubles, 4/8 trit., 5/6 penalties) and added 5 assists.
After playing his first game in this year’s NBA playoffs, Westbrook scored 7 points (3/11 dvit., 0/2 trit., 1/2 penalties) in his former team’s basket in 24 minutes, He also bounced 6 balls and successfully helped his teammates 7 times. .
“We missed him in the first four games,” Houston coach Mike D’Antoni said. – Now we have it and we’ll see what we can do. I knew Russell would be a little rusty, but it lit a spark in the team. “
Westbrook hasn’t played since Aug. 11 due to a sprained quadriceps.
“He brought us the energy, the revival that we lacked. We need it, ”Harden said.
The Thunder won 31:24 in the second half, with Dennis Schroder scoring 18 of 19 points.
Still, in the middle of the third quarter, the German along with PJ Tucker were expelled from the game. Schroder, trying to break through Tucker’s barrier, struck his opponent’s crotch with his hand, and Tucker’s forehead soon struck the Thunder wizard lightly.
The referees decided to expel both basketball players from the game.
The Rockets began the third quarter with a 19: 2 streak and increased their lead from 3 points to 20 points (67:47). For the rest of the time, the lowest dominance of Houston basketball players was 16 points.
The sixth game will be played on Monday at 10:30 p.m. Lithuanian time.
Rockets: James Harden 31 (7/7 Trit., 4/8 Trit.), Robert Covington 22 (6/11 Trit., 7 Rev. Cam.), Eric Gordon 20 (9/14 Trit.), Jeff Green 9 (Cam. 10), Russell Westbrook (Cam. 6, res. 7) and Danuel House (Cam. 8) after 7.
Thunder: Dennis Schroder 19 (6/13 pitches), Chris Paul 16, Steven Adams 12 ($ 14), Darius Bazley 10 ($ 12).
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