The missiles avoid the heroic “Dame Time”, keep for 100-97 victory vs. Bucks

Houston – Tuesday, February 25th, Houston rockets he hosted Milwaukee Bucks For the second time this season.

After finding themselves in another close game, the rockets closed Bucks in the fourth quarter, holding them at only 12 points in the period and holding a victory with 100-97.

Damian Lillard, from Milwaukee, had the chance to tie Bucks in the final possession of the game, but his shot was outside the brand.

Jalen Green drove the missiles with 25 points, while Alperen Sengun was just behind him with 23. Giannis Headkounmpo was Bucks’s main scorer, ending with 27.

In the fourth quarter, Amen Thompson was evacuated after a flagrant 2 fault was requested while he defended the forehead.

The incident was quite clear beyond the scope of a common foul, but the rocket fans were divided whether or not the ejecting was justified.

After the match, KPRC 2 Michael Horton asked Rockets’s head coach, Udoka, if he agreed with flagrant 2 he was called and kept the short and simple answer: “Yes”.

This was Houston’s second and last match with Milwaukee this season. In their first November attack, Bucks escaped a victory of 101-100 at home.

The profit raises the rockets to 36-22 in the season, where they are in fifth place in the Western Conference.

Recapitulation of the game

The first quarter

Prince Taurean Al Milwaukee and Esseon Stars in Houston traded three points to get the score. From there, Alperen Sengun became the focal point of offense in Houston, obtaining buckets from both paint and middle.

Giannis Fatekounmpo cut inside to attract some early fouls, but the balanced notation attack of the rockets rained supreme in the first stages of the game. At the end of one, Houston held 30-25.

The second quarter

Bucks has been moving, starting the second quarter on a 7-0 running from a pair of Kevin Porter Jr. Dunks and a Kyle Kuzma Three. This gave Buks an advantage of 32-30, but the missiles quickly regained their composting, and the two-point baskets, Jabari Smith Jr., and thumbson put it back in front. When Esseon and Dillon Brooks connected on unanswered threads to make the score 44-36, Bucks took a time.

Damian Lillard and Atetokounmpo started cooking from the time interval. Giannis cut inside for two Dunks, and Lillard threw a few threads. Sengun and Green managed to keep Houston in front, but Bucks seemed to approach the lead with every pass possession. Antetokounmpo has obtained the best in Sengun in the mail to throw another dunk to finally tie the score at 53.

With the score now knotted at 57 in the seconds of closing, Lillard drove in for a hard right arrangement to provide the management. Smith pulled out with three balls at the ringer, but was thrown into the air. Bucks drove 59-57 in half.

Antetokounmpo drove all the scorers in the first half with 15 points. Green was the main scorer of Houston, heading for 12 points at 5-of-12.

The third quarter

Giannis held his foot on gas to start the second half, marking Bucks’s first five points. As is the case for a large majority of the NBA, he was clearly a match nightmare for Houston. When Brooks was left on an island on a leading header, Sengun rushed in for the double, leaving Brook Lopez open for three, which he did. Brooks replied with a hard fadeaway jumper from the middle of the other end. With the score equal to 70 years old, Houston took a time interval.

This time interval was exactly what the doctor ordered for Houston, while the team broke out in an 8-0 running after he got up. Smith and Brooks turned on three balls during that shoe. Bucks responded very quickly, and the back triples from AJ Green helped Milwaukee get an 83-81 advance.

Fourth quarter

The high score action from the first three periods slowed down in the first minutes of the fourth, because none of the teams scored in the first 90 seconds. Sengun broke the dry spell when he returned his own young lady and threw a dunk. The two defenses continued to fight this, but Green and Esson managed to expand Houston’s lead to 92-85 by just seven minutes to play. Trying to end the rocket running, Bucks returned to their two stars: antetokoumpo and lillard.

Bucks did not score a point in the first five minutes and 58 seconds of the quarter. Dame quickly broke that series with two free throws and a three indicators to bring the buckout back in two.

On Milwaukee’s next possession, Giannis got the ball in the paint, and a skipped Thomps tried to block the back blow. While Thompson was in the air, he grabbed the back of the rear antetokoump and pulled him back. Thompson was evaluated a flagrant fagl 2 and ejected from the game. Giannis made one of his two free throws, and the missiles led 92-91.

Just over two minutes at the clock, Atetokounmpo buried two free throws to tie the game at the age of 95. At the next possession of Houston, Sengun left 1-from-2 from the charity to give Houston an advantage of a point. With 34 seconds left, Lillard missed three deep and Senun started the return and was hit. He did both on the line, and Houston drove 98-95 with 30.1 seconds left.

On the next possession of Milwaukee, Lopez took a very deep three, which dropped. Green obtained the return and quickly climbed to court in fast break. An errarating pass from Sengun caused a turnover, and Bucks had a new life, with 12 seconds left.

Giannis released him inside and threw a dunk to bring Bucks into one. Green was immediately hit and threw them both on the line. With a three -point fresh deficit, Milwaukee had another chance.

The rockets had a fault to give, so Esson wrapped Lillard for six seconds. Lillard took the ball again and was hit, and he lifted the ball beyond half the ground, trying to draw a shooting foul. He protested, but the referees called it a foul on the floor, so he had only two free throw attempts, rather than three.

Lillard missed his first free throw. At the second attempt, he was requested a violation of the band, resulting in a half -field jump. Lillard lifted the ball after Bucks fixed the tip, and he shot a buzzer who beat three, but threw out. The missiles took place for victory with 100-97.