The Rockets led by four points in the final 1 minute, plus 2 points from a quick foul free throw in the middle, and thought they had won the game. Unexpectedly, the Trailblazers hit two three-pointers in a row, directly dragged the game into overtime, and finally lost the game by the Trailblazers!
131-137, the Rockets lose, let's see what happened in the final moments!
In the final quarter, the two teams played inextricably together, and the scores alternated leads. In the first 2 minutes of the final quarter, the Rockets were still 2 points behind, relying on Landale to grab two rebounds and score 2+1, and the Rockets completed the overtake. The two teams tied at 110 again, and the game entered the last 5 minutes, with Green's difficult backhand 2+1. In the last 3 minutes, the two sides tied at 116, and the Rockets seized the Trailblazers' mistakes twice in a row and successfully played a transition offense, and in 1 minute and 20 seconds, the Rockets led by 4 points at 120-116! The gap between the two offensive rounds was originally thought to be stable, but something dramatic happened. VanVleet misses in the final moments, and Brogdon hits a three-point shot from the bottom corner!
With 2.2 seconds left in the game, the Rockets led by one point, the Trail Blazers quickly fouled, and the Rockets hit both free throws with 1.6 seconds left in the game. The Rockets put Boban to interfere with the Trail Blazers' serve, but it was still useless, and the Trail Blazers sent it smoothly to Grant, who received the ball at a 45-degree angle, and the latter drifted to the end of the three-point shot! It is worth mentioning that it was still VanVleet who defended Grant. The fatal mistake was Van Vleet, the background board was still him, and Van Vleet made 3 consecutive mistakes at the critical moment, making the Trail Blazers frantically counterattack, but Udoka was quite stubborn and still kept him on the court!
In overtime, the Trail Blazers took advantage of the victory and chased after it, did not give the Rockets any chance, and closed the game 13-7. Really, a large part of the reason for losing the game in the last quarter to overtime was because of VanVleet, today's Trail Blazers' celebration banquet VanVleet did not move his chopsticks, and the other players did not dare to eat it. In the whole game, VanVleet played 45 minutes, playing a game-high time, 8 of 17 shots, 2 of 10 three-pointers, 18 points, 7 assists, 6 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 blocks and 2 turnovers. Udoka was also stubborn enough, and VanVleet played like this, giving him the highest playing time on the team, and he could have won the game, but gave it away.
On the other hand, Green, who played poorly before, performed well today. He scored 19 points on 7-of-14 shooting in the half and 12-of-24 shooting from the field, scoring a team-high 29 points and three assists and one steal, with just one turnover. The performance at the critical moment was not black. There's individual offense with the ball, there's also a three-point step back with teammates to cover, and there's running without the ball. The overall offense is quite reasonable and quite rare. and Landale, who played a good performance in the face of Ayton, with 6 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists on 2-of-2 shooting, with the highest plus/minus in the game. In the second quarter, relying on Landale's play, the Rockets once extended the difference to 13 points.
The biggest problem was that in the second half, the defense collapsed, allowing the Trail Blazers to throw in 8 three-pointers and shoot 8-of-13, an extremely high shooting percentage. The Trail Blazers scored 41 points in a single quarter, with a net win of 8 points to complete the overtake! On the Trail Blazers' side, Simmons was full of firepower, with 16 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in the third quarter, and 33 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in the whole game.
And the two key gentlemen in the final quarter and overtime, Grant scored 21 points and Brogdon scored 19 points, so is the Trail Blazers considered a success?