Oklahoma City’s Lu Dort scored 23 points and came up with a “heroic” late block on Houston’s John Wall Sunday as the Thunder handed the Rockets their 20th straight NBA defeat, 114-112.
The Thunder led by one when Dort missed a three-point attempt and the Rockets snagged the rebound with 15.8 seconds remaining.
Wall drove past Dort to the rim, but Dort managed to swat the ball cleanly away from behind, denying Wall’s layup with nine seconds remaining.
“Honestly that was a heroic play,” Thunder center Moses Brown said. “I’ve never seen anything like it and it was so clutch.”
🚨 LU DORT WITH THE CLUTCH BLOCK! 🚨@okcthunder up 2, 4.9 left on NBA LP. pic.twitter.com/kW4AlSSwVP
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