After six games with three wins back-and-forth for the OKC Thunder and the Houston Rockets, we are now on our way to witness an epic finale in Game 7.
Chris Paul nearly singlehandedly elevated his team to a 104-100 victory to force a Game 7 and denounce the idea that he was a choker based on a couple of bad playoff losses.
The Rockets and Thunder will play a winner take all matchup on Wednesday to determine who advances to face the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round, and it was all thanks to Paul.
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The Thunder were the best clutch team in the NBA this season by both record and net rating. It wasn’t close. Chris Paul’s teams are almost universally better in the clutch than they are over the course of games, and his 14 fourth-quarter points were what elevated them in this one.
Houston, meanwhile, would be disappointed for not closing out the series on the night with all of their missed opportunities. They led for most of the second half and got a strong 32-point performance out of James Harden. But Russell Westbrook, who was thought to be the one to influence this series since his return from injury proved otherwise. He hogged the ball in the final moments, and Houston couldn’t put late-game points on the board.
Russell Westbrook was also responsible for seven of Houston’s 22 turnovers, and Houston’s season might end abruptly on Wednesday if he doesn’t get it together.
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