San Antonio Spurs guard Jonathon Simmons (17) dribbles the ball during the third quarter against the Houston Rockets in game six of the second round of the 2017 NBA Playoffs at Toyota Center. Though Warriors head coach Steve Kerr is expected to miss the series, both he and acting head coach Mike Brown have San Antonio ties and are disciples of Spurs coach Gregg Popovich.
Already without veteran Tony Parker, who suffered a season-ending quadriceps injury in Game 2, the Spurs looked to be the underdog entering this one without Leonard's scoring and defense.
As Rockets forward Ryan Anderson pointed out, it's not as if Harden was the only Rocket to play poorly Thursday night.
San Antonio will now face No. 1 seed Golden State in the Western Conference Finals.
With arguably one of the best five players in the game sitting back in the locker room resting his injured ankle, the Spurs simply inserted a second-year pro into the starting lineup - a guy barely out of the D-League - to take Leonard's place.
During the regular season, Dekker averaged 18.4 minutes, 6.5 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 1 assist per game. Patty Mills had 14 points and seven assists, and Pau Gasol added 10 points and 11 rebounds.
There is a lot we can discuss about this game and Houston is going to get a lot of flak from the press about not showing up to Game 6 and losing to a Kawhi-less Spurs team, and for getting blown out at home. He scored only two points in the first quarter and didn't officially attempt his first field goal until almost halfway through the second quarter. "Usually we get that in the first half". "I feel like I was making some passes, and we just didn't knock down shots or whatever the case may be".
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"I don't know what it was", Harden said.
"Everything falls on my shoulders", he said. They were led by LaMarcus Aldridge, who poured in 34 points on 62% shooting to go with his 12 boards. It's tough, especially the way we lost at home for Game 6.
"For whatever reason, this game we didn't have the juice and the stuff", said D'Antoni, who fell to 0-5 in postseason series against Popovich and San Antonio.
The Spurs were without star duo Parker (quad) and MVP contender Kawhi Leonard (ankle) as they advanced to the Western Conference finals against Golden State.
Patty Mills talks with guard Danny Green as Spurs ousted the Rockets from the National Basketball Association conference semi-finals.
Harden wasn't available on Friday, but took blame for the loss after the game.
Houston made just 22 FGs on the night (San Antonio made 51 FGs), shooting 28.6 percent from the floor and only mustering 11 points in the final quarter. We at Space City Scoop will get to work on putting our thoughts on the season into writing.
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