That's a little bit of a reoccurring theme, is that it takes us a little while to get going.
One game of hot shooting from Houston (especially in Game 4) will effectively put this series away. "It's not just one guy". I don't have a cast, I don't have other guys. "That was the case tonight". Westbrook had 14 points, 8 assists and 7 rebounds at the break, and he had more offensive help than in the previous two games. "Don't say, 'when Russell goes out the team doesn't play well.' That doesn't matter". Steven Adams added 18 points on eight of 10 shooting, Victor Oladipo scored 15 points while Andre Roberson chipped in with 13 points with five blocks.
That was when Westbrook interjected and wouldn't let Adams answer the question.
"I don't want nobody trying to split us up", Westbrook said. Don't split us up. The New Zealander played much more aggressively on Sunday on the defensive end, especially in the first half, altering shots in the lane and getting three of the team's 14 blocks. "That's all that matters". He grabbed the 10th rebound in the final second of the second quarter, and the Thunder led 58-54 at intermission.
Houston scored the first nine points of the second half, including six from Harden, to go up 67-65.
According to The Sports Daily, the average National Basketball Association team had 126.2 possessions per game during the 1961-62 season and with the 2016-17 season, the Oklahoma City Thunders were more than 25 possessions ahead of that rate.
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The first-round series shifts back to the Toyota Center in Houston on Tuesday night where James Harden and the Rockets will have the opportunity to advance the Western Conference Semifinals.
The game was tied with 5:20 left, but three Lou Williams free throws (three free throws became a theme in this game) brought Houston ahead of the game for good. But the Thunder lost track of Nene on the other end, and he converted a three-point play.
Then the teams traded free-throw tries until Harden's drive in the final seconds with the Rockets down two.
That included a disheartening defeat on Wednesday, when Westbrook posted a triple-double that included 51 points but was criticized for a fourth quarter in which he made just four of 18 shots. But he is shooting 37.3 percent from the field. It happened again on Sunday _ the Thunder were outscored 13-4 in a stretch that lasted from late in the third quarter to early in the fourth. When the Rockets aren't hitting from three at a more consistent clip, they're leaving the door wide open for the Thunder to hang around. Beverley would not comment on the incident before Saturday's practice, but said he would speak on it once the NBA's investigation concluded. There's no dirty players out there. The league announced the fine about two hours before Game 4 tipped off. The Thunder defense was also magnificent with 14 blocks in the first half but they could never pull away and took that same four-point lead into the locker room.
Russell Westbrook didn't have to do everything himself Friday night. Kyrie Irving added 28 points.
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