He missed only one game, due to illness, and ranked third in the league in minutes with 2,947.
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich was effusive in his praise of the man who stewarded the opposition Thursday night because he is respectful and tactful.
Houston led five points to San Antonio's four with 10 minutes left in the first quarter, but that's it.
The San Antonio Spurs beat the Houston Rockets in extremely impressive fashion on Thursday night (114-75) to advance to the Western Conference Finals.
The Rockets trailed 3-2 going into game six at the Toyota Center and knew they needed a big performance in front of their own fans to take the contest the distance.
"Obviously he had a tough game, but to me it's a joke to get on him because we're not where we are. without James", Morey said.
"He's been like that through these first two rounds", Popovich said of Aldridge. "He did a really good job".
During the season, Harden became the first player in National Basketball Association history to both score and assist on 2,000 of his team's points.
"It was a real team effort with 32 assists and just seven turnovers".
"If you're telling me I can get +900 on San Antonio, well then I need to get to the window on that". "As a team, and as a unit, we just didn't have a rhythm and they capitalized on that".
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The Spurs trailed only once (5-4) and set the tempo early with crisp offensive execution and relentless defense. He added 18 points on 8-for-12 shooting; Patty Mills had 14.
It only got worse for the Rockets.
Green scored seven of his 16 points in overtime, helping San Antonio top James Harden and the Houston Rockets 110-107 on Tuesday night to take a 3-2 lead in their second-round playoff series. San Antonio stormed ahead by as many as nine in the first quarter, and only piled it on from there.
"Pau's length was great tonight", Popovich said. They shot 53 percent from the field while out-rebounding Houston, 60 to 37.
"It could be said that (the Spurs) should win", D'Antoni told USA TODAY Sports last week before Game 3.
The Cavaliers await the victor of the series and if either one of these teams wants a chance of competing with Cleveland, they're going to have to figure out how to win on the road. You look at D.J.
With a 19-point deficit at halftime, head coach Mike D'Antoni was spotted on the bench with James Harden looking extremely sad. "We were above all expectations". The Spurs dominated the hustle stats, winning virtually every 50-50 ball, as well as the box score. "It was across the board".
All of the pressure is on the Wizards tonight on the brink of elimination and Game 7, should they win, heading back to Boston.
"It's frustrating. It's frustrating, definitely, especially the way we were resilient all year long", Harden said.
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