RocketsRockets clinch a Semi-Finals place by beating Thunder by a slight margin in Game 7 - Round 1 of the 2020 NBA Playoffs
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Rockets Clinch Game 7 Win
Thunder was more efficient than Rockets in every area bar one, turnovers. If Thunder were more active defensively or looked after the ball slightly better on the offensive they would have easily gone through to the semi-finals.
Covington secured the double-double with an impressive 21 points, 10 rebounds and also came away with 3 steals and blocks.
Harden performed poorly on the offensive end but was reasonably strong defensively with 3 blocks and 2 steals
Dort had a strong game for thunder coming away with 30 points 18 of which came from behind the three-point line.
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Thunder
| # | Player | Position | Mins | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | OFF | DEF | TO | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Danilo Gallinari | Power Forward | 0:27 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
| 12 | Steven Adams | Center | 0:34 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Chris Paul | Point Guard | 0:40 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 45.5 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 2 |
| 2 | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | Shooting Guard | 0:41 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | Luguentz Dort | Shooting Guard | 0:35 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 47.6 | 6 | 12 | 50.0 | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | Darius Bazley | Small Forward | 0:15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Nerlens Noel | Center | 0:14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Dennis Schroder | Point Guard | 0:35 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 29.4 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| 33 | Mike Muscala | Power Forward | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Abdel Nader | Small Forward | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Terrance Ferguson | Small Forward | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Andre Roberson | Shooting Guard | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Hamidou Diallo | Shooting Guard | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 102 | 46 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 76 | 46.1 | 16 | 34 | 47.1 | 16 | 21 | 76.2 | 7 | 39 | 21 | 16 |
Rockets
| # | Player | Position | Mins | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | OFF | DEF | TO | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | P.J. Tucker | Power Forward | 0:39 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 25.0 | 1 | 7 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 33 | Robert Covington | Power Forward | 0:39 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 46.7 | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| 0 | Russell Westbrook | Point Guard | 0:34 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 45.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Eric Gordon | Shooting Guard | 0:37 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 5 | 9 | 55.6 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 13 | James Harden | Shooting Guard | 0:37 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 26.7 | 1 | 9 | 11.1 | 8 | 9 | 88.9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 32 | Jeff Green | Power Forward | 0:21 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 71.4 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Danuel House Jr | Small Forward | 0:26 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 25 | Austin Rivers | Point Guard | 0:07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Luc Mbah a Moute | Power Forward | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | DeMarre Carroll | Small Forward | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Ben McLemore | Small Forward | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Tyson Chandler | Center | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Michael Frazier | Shooting Guard | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 104 | 44 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 35 | 88 | 39.8 | 17 | 49 | 34.7 | 17 | 19 | 89.5 | 11 | 33 | 12 | 24 |
