National Basketball Association
Houston 107, Oklahoma City 100
When: 9:30 PM ET, Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Where: Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Officials:
#14 Ed Malloy, #41 Ken Mauer, #22 Bill Spooner
Attendance:
18203
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Rockets 107, Thunder 100: James Harden scored 31 points and was 7-for-9 from 3-point range to lead Houston to a scintillating road win in Oklahoma City to cut the Thunder’s lead to 3-2 in the best-of-seven Western Conference series.
Omer Asik had 21 points and 11 rebounds, Francisco Garcia recorded 18 points and Patrick Beverley scored 14 as the eighth-seeded Rockets made 14 3-pointers while winning their second straight to tighten up the series. Game 6 is Friday in Houston.
Kevin Durant scored 36 points but was shut out in the final quarter and Reggie Jackson added 20 points for Oklahoma City. The top-seeded Thunder were only 8-for-33 from 3-point range and badly missed standpoint point guard Russell Westbrook, who is out for the postseason after suffering a knee injury in Game 2.
Struggling to slow Harden and Houston’s perimeter attack, the Thunder employed a strategy of fouling Asik repeatedly during a 2 1/2-minute stretch of the fourth quarter. Asik went 9-of-14 during the stretch to foil the strategy as the Rockets led by nine with 3:53 left and Garcia’s fifth 3-pointer made it 107-94 with 1:39 to go.
Harden had 16 first-half points and Garcia added 14 as Houston took a 50-43 halftime lead. The advantage reached 66-50 on a basket by Chandler Parsons with 7:39 left in the third quarter before the Rockets settled for an 87-75 edge entering the fourth.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Rockets PG Jeremy Lin (chest) missed his second straight contest. … Thunder G Kevin Martin, who was acquired from Houston in the trade for Harden, had three points on 1-of-10 shooting. … Beverley was booed vociferously throughout the contest because of his involvement in the play that caused Westbrook’s season-ending injury.
Top Game Performances
| Houston |
|
Oklahoma City |
|
James Harden 31 |
Scoring |
Kevin Durant 36 |
|
Chandler Parsons 4 |
Assists |
Kevin Durant 7 |
|
Omer Asik 11 |
Rebounds |
Serge Ibaka 9 |
|
Omer Asik 13 |
Free Throws Made |
Kevin Durant 13 |
|
Patrick Beverley 1 |
Steals |
Thabo Sefolosha 2 |
|
Omer Asik 2 |
Blocks |
Nick Collison 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Houston
|
107 |
47.2 |
14-35 |
25-37 |
15 |
42 |
5 |
4 |
15 |
| Oklahoma City
|
100 |
41.9 |
8-33 |
20-28 |
20 |
43 |
10 |
5 |
9 |
Upcoming Games
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Oklahoma City will play their next game on the road against Houston. The Thunder have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.
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Houston will play their next game at home against Oklahoma City. The Rockets have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.
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