Oklahoma City Thunder's Luguentz Dort, center, goes up for a shot as Houston Rockets' Jeff Green, left, defends during the second half of an NBA basketball first round playoff game Saturday, in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. That was a fortunate turn of events for the Houston Rockets. Schroder led the Thunder with 19 points — 18 of them in the second quarter, when Oklahoma City had its only lead of the game. Steven Adams had 12 points and 14 rebounds, and Darius Bazley had 10 points and 12 rebounds for the Thunder. Houston scored 20 of the game’s first 27 points, but the Thunder erased the deficit in the second -- taking a brief lead of as many as five points -- before the Rockets took a 48-45 lead into the half.

Source: The Standard August 30, 2020 02:26 UTC