Oklahoma City Thunder surprised Houston Rockets in a 3rd game of a series.

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Oklahoma City gave Houston Rockets surprised with 119-107 points victory over them. OKC's 4 players scored 20+ points in a game. This feat achieved since 1976 as they were as a team of Supersonic. Now OKC bounces back in a series with a win but there was no Russell Westbrook due to an injury. If Russell Westbrook will be back it will be tough for OKC to win any game.   

OKC is a team of 3 guards and all of them are high caliber guards. OKC is one of the best teams in the NBA when it comes to the clutch moments of a game. OKC has a best record in a clutch moment 30-14 and they show in this game why are they best in the clutch.  

First Quarter

Houston Rockets started a game with strong momentum with 12 points lead as Houston Rocket's guard James Harden scored off the glass when 3:20 minutes left in the first quarter. Houston Rocket's got 6 points lead in the first quarter of the game.  

Second Quarter

In a second-quarter, Alexander scored a bucket off the glass to cut a lead to 2 points with 6:40 minutes to go. 3:35 minutes to go in the second quarter, Chris Paul with nice in and out dribble pullup and drew a foul for 3 points play. 1:55 to go, James Harden shaken his defender and scored a bucket to give a lead of 7 points. 1:02 minutes remaining in the quarter, Schroder came downhill for the layup with a burst of speed to score a bucket. His bucket cut a lead to only a point for OKC. In the last seconds of the game, Houston stole a ball that turned a ball and there was Harden on the break, count it, and one on the punch. Houston Rockets took a lead of 6 points after the first half of a game.        

First Half: Houston Rockets 63 - Oklahoma City Thunder 57

Third Quarter

11:06 minutes to go in the quarter, What a move by Chris Paul, He ducked on James Harden drove towards the rim and got a layup. Hoston Rockets lead cut to 2 points. Oklahoma City Thunder took a 1 point lead after play of 5 minutes in the last quarter. 7:24 to go, OKC young talent Alexander banged a 3-pointer which gave 4 points lead to OKC. 4:11 remaining in the quarter, James Harden made a step back 3 which took a lead back from OKC. Houston Rockets made 10-2 run in the 3 minutes of a game when 2:22 left in the quarter. Houston Rockets took the lead of 5 points. Houston Rockets took a lead of 4 points after the 3rd quarter.  

Fourth Quarter 

Both teams exchange a lead in the 4th quarter. 6:55 to go, Schroder drilled a 3-pointer to give 3 points lead to OKC. Another finished by Dennis Schroder with a smooth move to give 5 points lead to OCK. Just under 3 minutes to go in the fourth, Jeff Green's 3-pointer gave 2 points lead to Houston Rockets. James Harden pulling his way to the bucket with dancing moves to score, Houston took 4 points lead. House tried to take a last shot of the game but he stepped out of bounds. A collision on the court and players hit the court and a ball went out of bounds. A call was overturned and it was Oklahoma City's ball. Dort set a screen on Jeff Green for Paul, Harden switched on to Chris Paul, Paul got to the bucket and passed a ball to Alexander. Alexander hit the biggest shot of the game. House had a chance to give a win to Houston by scoring both free throws but he missed a one and it's a tie at 104-104. Paul just missed one of the best reverse layups if he made it for the last shot of regular time.

OT

Without James Harden in overtime, OKC took over a game and they made 15-3 run in OT. James Harden was fouled out in OT.

Full Game: Oklahoma City Thunder 119 - Houston Rockets 107 

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Houston Rockets' Scorers

James Harden scored 38 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists but it wasn't enough to give his team a win. Gordon made 18 points, House scored 15 points with 10 rebounds. Jeff Green added 22 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists coming off the bench/ 

Oklahoma City Thunder's Scorer 

Dennis Schroder scored team-high 29 points with 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 2 steals coming off the bench and he tied with his career-high points. Alexander added 23 points with one big clutch shot in a game. He grabbed a ball 7 times, made 6 dishes, and stole a ball 4 times. Chris Paul scored 26 points with 6 rebounds and 5 assists. Danilo Gallinari put a number of 20 points with 7 rebounds.