He was just going out there playing with his will and ability and he got it going.” “He can do some things a lot of us can’t.
“He is the most athletic player on this team,” DeRozan said. Walker’s run started with an alley-oop dunk followed by consecutive 3-pointers to tie it at 115-all with 11.5 seconds remaining. Walker had 18 points in the fourth quarter, including eight straight to close the period and force overtime. Harden’s runner bounded off the backboard and rim as the first overtime ended. Houston outscored San Antonio 7-2 in the final two minutes of overtime to force a second OT. “So, hopefully, we’re starting to figure that out.”įorbes added 25 points, Jakob Poeltl had 15 rebounds, five blocks and five assists, and Rudy Gay added 14 points in 23 minutes. “This is a team that we think we have, we’ve just got to play like this consistently and we haven’t really done that,” San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich said. San Antonio responded with a group effort to beat the Rockets four days after knocking off the Los Angeles Clippers at home. The Spurs were without starting power forward LaMarcus Aldridge, who missed his second straight game with a sore right thigh. Westbrook was 7-of-30 shooting but added 10 assists and 10 rebounds.
Capela had 22 points and 21 rebounds, and Austin Rivers and Westbrook added 19 points apiece for Houston.
