Like many people around the Rockets these days, owner Tilman Fertitta isn’t too pleased with the looming Game 7 in Houston’s first-round playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The Rockets have won their three games by an average of more than 20 points per game — and they’ve led in the final two minutes of regulation in each of the other three contests. Only one needed to go Houston’s way for a series-clinching victory, yet none ultimately did.
With his team’s crunch-time woes at the forefront of many discussions on Tuesday, Fertitta made a joke at their expense during his weekly interview on CNBC’s Power Lunch. Among his comments:
We’ve been great in all six games.
The three that we’ve lost, we forgot where the basket is the last three minutes of the game.
Tilman Fertitta on the #Rockets and Game 7: "We've been great in all six games. The three that we've lost, we forgot where the basket is the last three minutes of the game." #OneMission
— Ben DuBose (@BenDuBose) September 1, 2020
Fertitta added that he was hopeful of a showdown between the Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round of the playoffs, noting that it would feature the No. 2 and No. 4 cities in the United States, by population. But for that to be a reality, everyone around the Rockets knows that they must win a decisive Game 7 on Wednesday night.
Game 7 between the Rockets and Thunder tips off at 8:00 p.m. Central, with a national broadcast on ESPN and a regional version (with Houston announcers) on AT&T SportsNet Southwest.
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