Nigerian basketball star, Al-Farouq Aminu, on Sunday night in Dallas (Monday morning Nigerian time) recorded his first career postseason double-double as the Dallas Mavericks avoided elimination in the NBA Western Conference playoffs with a 121-109 victory over the
Houston Rockets. The game was also the first time that Aminu would be on the floor for the opening tip in an NBA playoff game, and he helped give the Mavericks at least one more game in the playoffs as he finished with 16 points and 12 rebounds.
His teammate, J.J. Barea had 17 points and 13 assists, while Tyson Chandler had 10 points and 14 rebounds as Dallas outrebounded Houston 52-38 after offensive rebounding was a key for the Rockets in a Game 3 win that put them on the verge of their first playoff series victory since 2009. James Harden scored 24 points, and Dwight Howard had 13 for Houston. But the Rockets, the most-prolific three-point shooting team in NBA history in the regular season, were 7 of 31 from three-point territory.
Despite the win, Aminu and the Mavericks still have it all to do if they plan on progressing to the Western Conference semifinals as they have to win the next three games in their quarterfinal series against the Rockets. But no team has, in the history of the NBA, been able to come from 3-0 down to win a seven-game playoff series and Rick Carlisle’s side will need to be at their very best in order to do so against one of the favourites for the Western Conference title.
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