The Rockets let a duel they had in their hands slip away in the final seconds when time was practically running out. With 124-121 on the scoreboard and 1.6 seconds until the horn sounded, the Texans needed good defensive possession to contain the Blazers, when Jerami Grant emerged as the visiting hero to send the game into overtime in which They would end up winning 131-137.
Brogdon was in charge of putting the ball into play, and although the locals tried to cover the perimeter as much as possible, a change of assignment created a space at the header that Grant took advantage of to receive. Fred VanVleet, noticeably smaller, was in charge of defending him, and although he did not manage to score the shot, he did manage to bother enough to force the forward to shoot in an unnatural position that made the shot not exactly accurate. . However, in one of those plays that go so wrong that they turn out right, the ball ended up hitting the backboard and going in while the horn sounded, certifying the tie and forcing five minutes of extra time to be played.
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Portland thus established an almost inevitable equality given the continuous give and take that the match had been. The score changed leaders 23 times and there were 16 ties, the last of which was 124-124 with which extra time began. Because in this, equality ceased to be such.
The visitors clearly dominated the extra time, in which they took the lead after 13 seconds and have not stopped leading since then. The five members of the Billups quintet scored in this period to sign a 7-13 run, closing with some respite what was the 13th victory of the course for the Oregon team.
Anfernee Simons, with 33 points, finished as the game’s top scorer, followed by Grant’s 21, who also added 9 assists. For his part, Malcolm Brogdon added 19 points, while Deandre Ayton finished with an outstanding double-double of 18 points and 17 rebounds.
In Houston, it was Alperen Sengun and Jalen Green who, with 30 and 29 points respectively, were in charge of commanding the team’s offense, although neither of them could shine excessively in overtime and they ended up succumbing. The Rockets thus missed the opportunity to tie with the Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Lakers for the last play-in position in the West, from which they are now one game away.
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2024-01-25 10:00:00
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