okc vs rockets game 2

Dort didn’t finish the game as Billy Donovan turned to the Chris Paul, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Dennis Schroder backcourt as the Thunder needed offense more than defense. They fell apart as Houston used a 17-0 run to take control of the game in the first half of the fourth quarter, though.The Thunder didn’t really threaten the Rockets after that.When asked specifically what the Thunder did better in Game 2, Paul didn’t want to give any indication that he was satisfied with the fact that his team merely brought a lead into the fourth quarter.“We communicated a lot better coming into this game, sorta knew what our plan was, knew what we wanted to do, but there’s no moral victories,” he said.“I don’t know, like I said, my guys worked as hard as they could, fought really hard and we put ourselves in position and I let this one get away from us and we just gotta get ready for Game 3.”The most unfortunate thing for Oklahoma City is that the team failed to capitalize on the absence of Russell Westbrook. Joe Mussatto joined The Oklahoman in August 2018 to cover OU football, men’s basketball and softball. "Fifteen years in this league and I’ve never seen anything like it," Paul said. 25 pick.The voices the NBA players were able to use publicly last week was a far cry from 15 years ago when Chris Paul joined the league.It was different than six years ago, when Paul's Los Angeles Clippers protested owner Donald Sterling but chose not to boycott or strike the game.Over the days that athletes forced the NBA to postpone games, the now-Oklahoma City Thunder point guard said he hadn't experienced anything like this. That fueled a 9-0 Thunder run on three 3-pointers.

So despite the Thunder doing a much better job of competing with the Rockets in Game 2, at the end of the day, Oklahoma City was on the wrong side of a 111-98 loss. The Thunder, after leading by one point heading into the fourth quarter, trailed by 14 points with 6:43 left. Rockets in Game 2 as Lu Dort limits James Harden; Article: Tramel: Chris Paul is right about the OKC Thunder's latest NBA Playoff loss. Twice in the series, the Rockets have set a playoff record for most 3-point attempts, shooting 58 from behind the arc in Monday's loss to break the record they set with 56 tries in Game 2. OKC Thunder: Five takeaways from Game 2 loss to Rockets

Dennis Schroder tried to fight through it as he attempted to keep up with James Harden, but as he did, his arm went between Tucker’s legs. The Houston Rockets will be carrying a 1-0 series lead into Game 2 against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday, and if they’re to take a commanding 2-0 series lead, they will have to do so without Russell Westbrook. After shooting 8-of-16 in the first quarter, Houston was just 2-of-19 on similar 3-point looks in the second quarter. The ball movement that was nonexistent in Game 1 had reappeared.

https://okcthunderwire.usatoday.com/2020/08/20/chris-paul-takes-blame-game-2-rockets-loss/ Tucker $25,000 apiece for the altercation that took place in the third quarter of Game 5 on Saturday, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Neither player will be suspended, Wojnarowski added.On the play, Tucker set a screen.

4 Rockets and No. Article: OKC Thunder spoils chance vs. He previously covered University of Kentucky football and basketball for SEC Country. https://okcthunderwire.usatoday.com/2020/08/20/chris-paul-takes-blame-game-2-rockets-loss/ The Thunder scored just 19 points in the third quarter and 20 in the fourth. ... OKC. If I told you the Rockets wouldn’t have Russell Westbrook to start the series and James Harden would shoot 5 of 16 in Game 2 many of you would assume the OKC Thunder were up 2 … After trailing at halftime, the Rockets started the third quarter on a 16-2 run. Mussatto is from Oklahoma City and lives in Norman.