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Houston Rockets win Gold State Warriors
The amazing James Harden made a three-point throw a second before the end of extra time to give the Houston Rockets a 135-134 win over the Golden State Warriors in the NBA last night.
Harden continued to score, becoming the only player in tournament history to score at least 35 points and giving his teammates 5 badists in at least nine consecutive games.
Harden scored at least 30 points for the 11th consecutive game, leading the Rockets to an 11-game win in the last 12 games and finishing fourth in the West despite a bad start to the season.
After the sixth consecutive victory, Rockets increased its lead to 22 wins and 15 losses.
Harden finished the match with a 3-digit double for the third time in a row, scoring 44 points, 10 rebounds and 15 badists.
The Rockets victory was produced despite the absence of veterans Chris Paul and Eric Gordon.
The defending champions were unable to maintain their 20-point lead early in the third quarter and lost to a guest uprising when Hardin scored three points before 51.4 seconds.
The Rockets lost 134-132 23.1 seconds before the end of overtime and the defeat seemed tough, as the TV reruns showed that Kevin Durrant was pbading Clay Thompson's two-point lead and down the field.
But Harden took charge of the Rockets' final shot in the game and managed to score three points despite the presence of Thompson and Raymond Green to defend against him.
Harden finished the extra time in 11 points out of 16 for Rockets, giving him his second win in two games against the Warriors this season.
"Every time you ask this question, the answer will be: work," Harden said in a field interview after the match.
"I do not stop trying and even if I miss many attempts, I'm fit."
Houston, who lost to the Warriors in the Western Conference final last season, kicked off the season with a win in six games, but won eight wins in 10 games.
And once again stumbled four consecutive defeats and 7 in 9 games before the series begins its impressive results.
"We have to keep going and even young players are doing very well," Harden said.
"We are finally at the heart of the season because we have become more aggressive and more physically dynamic despite the absence of Eric and Paul."
Stephen Corrie led the Warriors with 35 points, followed by Thomson and Durant with 26 points each.
The Warriors slipped to third place in the West after losing 14 times in 39 games.
* Disappointing return
Demar Dirozan recorded three double-digit numbers for the first time in his career, leading the San Antonio Spurs to a 125-107 victory over his old Toronto Raptors.
The match saw the return of Kwai Leonard to San Antonio for the first time since his departure with Danny Green as part of an exchange with Dirozan against the Spurs.
Spears' reception for former players was different when the match was announced: Green was warmly greeted by Leonard while he was booed.
"I feel really bad, Kwai is a great player and we all make decisions in our life, and what we will do in the future, what he did like everyone else, so I meaning badly about what has really happened, "said Greg Popovich, Spurs coach.
Leonard started a conflict with Spears last season due to his recovery and preparation for returning to the matches before applying to the team.
San Antonio tried to keep the player and offered him a new contract, the largest in the history of the team, with a salary of up to $ 219 million for five seasons, but he refused to sign a contract reciprocal with the Raptors.
Deruzan scored 21 points, 14 rebounds and 11 badists, while Lamarkos Aldridge added 23 points.
Spears completely dominated the game and reached 28 points in the third quarter before Raptors reduced the gap in the final minutes.
The Raptors were impressed by the absence of playmaker Kyle Laurie due to a back injury and Leonard scored 21 points.
Laurie played one of the last 9 Raptors and the team has won five of those matches.
Spears, who earned his third straight win and seventh in the last 10 games, finished seventh in the West Division with 22 wins and 17 losses.
After losing for the fifth time in the last 10 games, the Raptors are still in second place in the East Division behind the Milwaukee Bucks with 28 wins and 12 losses.
Spears maintained his undefeated record at home against the Raptors since December 28, 2007.
Spears will be in Toronto on February 22 for their second game this season.
The Denver Nuggets continued to dominate the West section after beating the 117-113 at the Sacramento Kings.
The Nuggets have ambaded 25 points in 36 games after winning their fourth straight victory.
It was the third consecutive loss of the Kings to ninth place in the West with 19 wins and 19 losses.
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