Houston advances to conference finals

By Eurohoops Team/info@eurohoops.net

Even though James Harden had an off night with 18 points on 7-of-22 shooting, Chris Paul scored a playoff career-high 41 points to help his team close out the series with a 112-102 victory.

The veteran point guard added 7 rebounds, 10 assists and a steal with no turnovers in a superb all-around performance.

Swiss center, Clint Capela blocked 5 shots adding 5 points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals for the winning side.

The Utah Jazz put up a fight and Donovan Mitchell who had to leave the game due to injury scored 22 of his 24 points in the third quarter in which his team made a run.

French center, Rudy Gobert had 12 points, 8 rebounds, an assist and 5 blocks for Utah.

Sweedish forward, Jonas Jerebko played 6 minutes and had 3 points and 3 boards for the losing side.

Houston will play the winner of the Golden State-New Orleans Pelicans with a home court advantage.

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