Thunder even a series with Houston Rockets!

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Oklahoma City makes a comeback in a series against Houston Rockets by winning back to back games. Once again Dennis Schroder led his team with 30 points coming off the bench. Schroder, Chris Paul, and Alexander led OKC to 117-114 victory.  

James Harden passed Kobe Bryant on the all-time playoff 3's list. Oklahoma City is a 3-guard's team and they have big like Adams who can be very important against Houston Rockets.  

First Half

7 minutes to go in the second quarter Houston Rockets got 6 points lead in the game. Alexander's 5 points cut 6 points lead of Houston Rockets to 1 point. 1:30 to go Ferguson stole a ball from James Harden and Chris Paul scored on that turn over to tie a game at 58-58.  33 seconds to go in the second quarter, Harden took a ball from Chris Paul and he finished with a dunk on that seal. Both teams scored 60 points after the first half. 

Second Half

Third Quarter 

9:41 to go in the third quarter, Houston Rockets made 4 triple in the starting 3 minutes of the third quarter which gave Houston Rockets lead of 6 points. 7:19 minutes remaining in the 3rd quarter, Gordon's stepback 3-pointer gave 11 points lead to Houston Rockets. 6:15 minutes to go in 3rd, Rockets made 8 out of 8 3-pointers in the first 6 minutes of the 3rd quarter. After House 3-pointer Rockets got 15 points lead in a game. Rockets made 14-2 run in the last 3:19 minutes when 6:15 remaining in the quarter.   

Before Bazley made his 3-pointer for OKC, OKC missed 12 shots from that range. 1:32 to go in the quarter, Chris Paul flipped up a ball into a bucket and drew a foul. Shroder ended a quarter with a  bang. Schroder made a last-second 3-pointer to cut a lead to one point. Houston Rockets blew out 15 points lead to only one. Oklahoma City Thunder made 19-5 run in the last minutes of the quarter.

🚨 Close game alert 🚨

Dennis beats the buzzer to bring the Thunder to within 1 heading into Q4. Watch NOW on @FOXSportsOK pic.twitter.com/YVMbEsbFaB

— OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) August 24, 2020

 

Fourth Quarter 

1:31 minutes to go, Chris Paul made a jumper on James Harden to give 1 point lead at the clutch moment of a game. 35 seconds to go in the game, Shroder spun, drove and made a flip to put a ball into a bucket to give 3 points lead to OKC. 28 seconds to go, James harden passed a ball to Tucket who missed a shot from his favorite position to score a 3-pointer and missed a chance to tie a game. 

Dennis Schroder after a game," We're just gonna stay humble in victory and just keep chippin' away, Game 5 is gonna be a big one. Just gotta come out ready."

Big time clutch buckets. #DennisSchröder | #ThunderUp pic.twitter.com/DQQnXOX0AI

— OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) August 24, 2020

Oklahoma City Thunder's Scorers

Chris Paul dropped 26 points with 6 rebounds and 3 assists. Dennis Schroder added 30 points with 3 boards. Alexander also was good in a game with 18 points, 12 rebounds, and 6 assists. Adams made 12 points and 8 rebounds. Dort and Gallinari each scored 9 points.

Houston Rockets' Scorers 

James Harden led Houston Rockets in scoring with 32 points, 15 rebounds, and 8 assists. He Nearly scored a triple-double in a game. Out of 8 players who played in a game 6 players scored in a double-figure for Rockets. Eric Gordon helped James Harden with 23 points. House had a big game as he added 21 points with 6 rebounds. Tucker made 11 points, 11 rebounds. Covington made 14 points with 6 rebounds. Jeff Green scored 10 points in a game with 5 rebounds and 3 assists.