NBA Playoffs 2017: Rockets vs. Thunder Game 5 live stream: Watch online
By Luke Norris
As the final buzzer sounded in Game 4, the Oklahoma City Thunder just looked broken and defeated. They played a solid game on Sunday afternoon, giving themselves a chance to win and even the series at two but they just let the Rockets hang around too long and let it slip away. There were some bad shots in the fourth quarter and Billy Donovan’s decision to keep Andre Roberson in the game when Mike D’Antoni decided to keep fouling him and put him at the free throw line is still a bit puzzling and a bit unfortunate as well. For all of the good things Roberson has done in this series, he’s likely going to be remembered for his inability to knock down a few freebies as the Rockets bench just laughed at him. Roberson had the second-worst free throw percentage in the NBA during the regular season at 43 percent.
I said it in my takeaways from Game 4 and I’ll say it again here. The Rockets just have so many weapons and the Thunder just can’t quite keep up. The trio of Nene, Gordon and Williams just tore through the Thunder on Sunday and all three have played well for most of the series and took a lot of the pressure off of James Harden as he obviously wasn’t playing his best basketball. And that just plays right into the fact that Russell Westbrook doesn’t have that. If he struggles, the Thunder more often than not struggle right along with him. They just lose their flow when he’s not on the court and if the supporting cast can’t step up in Game 5, the Rockets are going to win this game in a walk. I think Houston wins and closes the series but I’m actually hoping that doesn’t happen. The last three games have been so much fun to watch and I’d love to see more. But things just aren’t looking that great right now for Oklahoma City and this has a chance to get ugly in front of the Houston faithful.
Let’s take a look at when, where and how you can watch Game 5.
Date: Tuesday, April 25
Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
Location: Houston, Texas
Venue: Toyota Center
TV Info: TNT, ROOT Southwest (territorial restrictions), FOX Sports Oklahoma
Live stream: Watch TNT
Oddsshark.com currently has the Rockets listed as an eight-point favorite. The over/under for Game 5 is 223 points. This may be the last chance to see the Oklahoma City Thunder for a while so be sure to tune in on Tuesday night.
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