Rockets Blow an Absolutely Golden Opportunity to Help Themselves in the Standings
· Yahoo Sports
The fourth quarter ended tied at 95 after a wild play where Rudy Gobert blocked a Kevin Durant jumper before eventually fouling out on the inbounds play.
Houston then turned the ball over, rather than getting an opportunity for a game winner. Thankfully Alpi got a game saving block on Julius Randle's fastbreak drive.
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Now having to test their 1-6 record in overtime, the Rockets looked to get things handled in the next five minutes.
Minnesota continued to fall apart as Houston’s run extended to 24-2. Their 13-0 start to the extra period should’ve secured the win, but Minnesota responded with 13 unanswered points of their own.
With 55.5 seconds remaining, things were knotted at 108. Houston failed to score, allowing Julius Randle’s elbow jumper to give the Wolves the lead with 8.8 seconds left.
Durant missed Houston’s first free throw of the game with 3.3 on the game clock, forcing him to intentionally miss the second. He did just that, and the Rockets even got lucky enough to have the Wolves poke it out of bounds.
Now with one final chance to get a bucket and send it to another overtime or just walk out a winner, possibly the worst outcome possible happened. They failed to even get a shot off.
The Rockets didn't even really get the ball inbounds, as it was tipped out of play before anyone could get possession. However, with only 1.1 on the clock at the time, there was no more time left by the time the ball was called dead. Final score 110-108 with the Timberwolves coming out on top.