The latter victory was a 103-92 Game 3 win in Houston that marked the Spurs' first playoff game without Tony Parker since he began his career in 2001.
The Spurs in my mind were at least going to make the series interesting between them and the Warriors after they beat the Rockets.
The San Antonio Spurs travel to Houston to take on the Rockets in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals at 8:30 pm CT. Parker, 34, averaged 15.9 points and 3.1 assists this postseason. The 34-year-old was injured in the fourth quarter of Game 2. To a man, they expressed concern for Parker's health and his future. "Tonight this was needed and I did it. They might just stay big, or they could go with another little guy". Game 4 is Sunday at 9:00 p.m. ET in Houston.
"Besides that we're going to miss having him around". "When he's been healthy we've had a rhythm, he gets into it defensively and has set a tone on the perimeter for us along with Kawhi". The Rockets got what the wanted while in San Antonio, which was a split and now have a golden opportunity, now that Parker might be done for the Spurs, to be in the driver's seat of the series.
Both of Friday's games will have big questions at the point. Patty Mills will assume point guard duties going forward. "We just didn't play well". LaMarcus finished with fifteen points and two blocks. Leonard made the free throw to make it 78-72.
Jonathon Simmons hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to leave San Antonio up 72-66 entering the fourth quarter.
James passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (5,762 points) for second place on a three-pointer in the third quarter.
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He remained upset after a timeout, approaching a referee and arguing the call, before finally calming down.
The Spurs announced on Thursday that Parker has a ruptured quadriceps tendon in his left leg.
The team is expected to rule out Parker for the rest of the playoffs and schedule a procedure based on the outcome of the MRI exam, league sources said. Green had 11 points.
On top of all that, the Rockets started to lose their composure and just bark at officials.
However, players like Harden and Patrick Beverley have to start playing better off-ball defense. James (5,777 points) now only trails Michael Jordan (5,987), the player to whom he has been compared since he was a teenager.
"Tony is a huge part of this team and we all know that", Gasol said. I like Houston to fill it up at home and get the victory here. It certainly wasn't a pretty game to watch, as the Spurs shot 45.3 percent from the field and won thanks to the Rockets' 36.4 shooting percentage.
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