Houston Rockets center Nene (42) celebrates a basket in front of Oklahoma City Thunder center Steven Adams (12) in the fourth quarter of Game 4 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series in Oklahoma City, Sunday, April 23, 2017.
Meanwhile, maybe Mike D'Antoni should teach his Rockets players what professionalism looks like.
After the Thunder let an 11-point lead evaporate in the first quarter with Westbrook on the bench, things got even worst with their leader on the bench in the second half. On shots from the field, he was 12-of-12.
But James answered with the go-ahead 3-pointer and Cleveland sealed the win on James' free throw with 1 second left. Jerami Grant added ten for OKC. He sank just two of those free throws before coach Billy Donovan made a decision to pull him out. In addition to swatting away an uncomfortable conversation about the play of his supporting cast, Westbrook showed those same players that they can be just as important to the Thunder's success as he can. One would think that he'd find a way to improve on something as simple as free throws. You were out there for part of it.
It was a timely offensive outburst from the 2.13m Kiwi who has been criticised for his lack of production through the first three games of this series.
"That's what a team is for", Harden said. I've believed in trusting these guys all year long. The Houston Rockets have lost five their last nine road games. On different nights, it's going to be different guys that step up.
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Further attempts to get an answer from Adams were shooed off with a "Next question" from Westbrook, who finished with 35 points (on 10-28 shooting), 14 rebounds and 14 assists. "I think both (Games) 2 and 3 we spot them 10 points and it's tough".
"We got to come out desperate, that's all that is", James Harden said before Saturday's practice.
After the game, Russell Westbrook was in no mood to talk about how the team performs when he's off the floor and it's up to the bench players. Don't try to split us up. "I don't want nobody to try and split us up". After Game 4's deflating 113-109 loss to the Rockets to put OKC in a 3-1 hole, next to Westbrook on stage was Steven Adams, the owner of a new playoff career high with 18 points on 8-of-10 shooting.
Only Wilt Chamberlain, who had four consecutive triple-doubles in the 1967 playoffs, had ever recorded three consecutive playoff triple-doubles.
It didn't work, and the Rockets head back home with a chance to finish off the series. And when you see that the Thunder shot better from the field AND three-point range while recording less turnovers, you have to ask what caused the downfall.
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