James Harden was the leader in the team effort win over Oklahoma City Thunder Russell Westbrook sits out in a game 1 and probably will miss game 2. This is a huge victory for Houston Rockets in the absence of Russell Westbrook. Chrich Paul is playing against his former team where he nearly made NBA finals against mighty GSW but he missed this opportunities in 2 season.
This win is a team effort from Houston Rockets. Houston Rockets always solely depend on James Harden when it comes to scoring. In a game 1 against OKC it was a different story. Houston's other players supported Harden very well in this game. Jeff Green did a great job with +/- of +28 in a game with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.
When 10 minutes left in the 2nd quarter, Houston Rockets made 21-7 runs in last 5 minutes of the game to take a lead of 17 points. 4:26 minutes to go in the 2nd quarter, Houston Rockets got 20 points lead in the game. Houston Rockets got highest 21 points lead in the firs half. OCK made 14-5 run to cut a lead of 21 points to 11 points.
Houston maintained 10+ points lead in the game. 2:40 left in the 3rd quarter James Harden's 3 pointer gave 23 points lead to the Rockets. In the fouth quarter Houston never felt difficulties from OCK. Houston won this game with ease.
Whenever it comes to 3-pointer attemp in a game Houston Rockets always comes on the Top. They tried shots from the long range for 52 times and connected 20 times. Half points of Houston Rockets scored from 3-pointer.
Houston's Scorer
James Harden scord 37 points, 11 rebunds and 3 assists. Eric Gordon get back his form and continue to shine as he scored 21 points with 3 rebounds and 4 assists. McLemore added 14 points and PJ Tucker scored 11 points with 4 rebounds and 4 assists.
22 bench points in the win for Jeff Green!#OneMission l @reliantenergy pic.twitter.com/TqaxNmeVpa
— Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) August 19, 2020
OCK's Scorer
Danilo Gallinari doing a wonderful job for OKC with Paul and Schroder and Gallinari continue doing his job. Gallinari added 29 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. Crish Paul nearly scored triple-double in a game with 20 points 10 rebounds and 9 assists. Steven Adams added 17 points with 12 rebounds.
Maimi Heat Vs Indiana Pacers :
This is the only series where no one is favourite to win a series. Miami gets a slightly edge over after securing 1-0 lead over Pacers in 7 game playoff series. Indiana Pacers got hurt by injury of their star player Victor Oladipo. He played only 8 minutes in the game before he was hurt in the left eye when 3:26 minuted to go in the first quarter.
Miami got 72-62 lead in the mid of third quarter but the Pacers got back and cut a lead to only 1 point after third. In the last quarter Jimmy Buttler took away game from Pacers. Heat made 11-2 run that got 12 points lead to Heat when 2 minutes remaining in the game. Maimi got a victory with 113-101. Dragic scored 21 points out of his 24 points in the second half of the game.
Miami gets all thing in thier lineup to win a game but only one things to win a chip is another superstar like Butler in their team.
Indiana Pacers' Scorer
T.J. Warren scored 22 points with 8 rebounds and 3 assists. Brogdon scored 22 points with 1 rebound and 10 assists. Holiday made 11 points. For Pacers only these three players were able to score in double figure.
Miami Heat's Scorer
Jimmy Buttler scored 28 points with 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks. Dragic scored 2 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. Adebayo added 17 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 blocks. Herro scored 15 points.
Playoff Jimmy finished yesterday with a game high 28 points on one end... and notched 4 impressive steals and 2 blocks on the other.
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) August 19, 2020
🔥🎥 #HEATHighlights pic.twitter.com/H9yQHVZvZr
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