The series exist to end, records are made to be broken and Line Renaud’s sympathy capital is just enormous. However, it was necessary – at a minimum – to have some basic clairvoyance to predict a victory for the Rockets. Yes, Houston won a basketball game against the Raptors, and that’s a big sigh of relief. Debrief.
The pretty house boxscore, it’s here
Many people tend to say that it is in defeat that we progress. If so, Houston goes for a three-peat over the next few seasons with Jae’Sean Tate as Kevin Durant. The holders of an unpleasant series of twenty consecutive setbacks, rockets are strangely over-motivated at the idea of not entering their little names in the Guinness Book. However, the Rockets have only four games left to avoid drama and equal the record shared by Cleveland (2010-11) and Philly (2013-14). A hard blow for John Wall who was announced in the biggest franchises and who finds himself scratching the bowl in Texas. Their evening opponents? The 2019 NBA champions, the roster of the Cameroonian band, and the teammates of the northern buttocks. Well, this season the Raptors squat eleventh place in the Eastern Conference and Pascal Siakam was replaced by Ousmane Dembélé’s cousin. Casually, Toronto is currently the ideal opponent to get the Rockets out of an endless nightmare. Come on, Nick Nurse changes his glasses, and the jump is given. From the start, Fred VanVleet places a pellet and brings to our attention a nice stat: 70 consecutive matches with at least one 3-point shot scored for the plumber from Canada, quite simply the franchise record. However, the danger is real but comes from Texas: the insatiable John Wall sets fire to the Raptors’ house, and slams his fourteenth pawn with halftime. If Pascal Siakam and Norman Powell play fair, the accomplices are too lonely and – for the first time in a long time – the Houston collective hurts. Logical punctuation of this first act, an incredible buzzer from Danuel House Jr (Rockets 65 – 60 Raptors).
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— Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) March 23, 2021
In the understated genre and bordering on disrespect, the Jae’Sean Tate case is not bad at all. The Rockets rookie is exceptional: promising defense, skill stolen from Joe Ingles and real versatility, no one is really ready. Well, then it’s a shame that he already has fifty brooms. The meeting seems to fly away definitively in the big Texas handles and the contributions of Sterling Brown, Christian Wood and Kenyon Martin Jr. are rich in fat. Come on, mass is said when John Wall validates his first triple-double since… March 2016! The leader sends 19 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists at 26% shooting (my god), in memory of a time when we drank Corona without anyone being able to let go of a Beauf valve. Yes, Houston win, and the dreadful series of twenty consecutive reverses is only a distant memory. Honorable mention for the 27 cartridges, 8 rebounds, 4 interceptions and 2 assists of Fred VanVleet, the only great man on the Canadian side. In addition, the Raptors continue to dig and this loss marks the blow. Severe but fair, Nick Nurse and his fellows will have to pull themselves together and brush up on the dust that hinders the smooth running of their season. They will be remembered as those who defeated the Warriors dynasty, before losing in a 100m freestyle against Gégé.
Tate is eating well tonight ????
???? 22pts / 6reb / 5ast pic.twitter.com/aXtCMhq50W
— Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) March 23, 2021
The Three Kings have just left Jerusalem to bring back five tons of frankincense, a few kilos of myrrh and two, three bottles of Loic Raison in Texas. No, John Wall and his teammates will not make history, great good to them.
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