Chris Paul saved the Oklahoma City Thunder’s season.
In the final minutes of the fourth quarter on Monday, the veteran point guard made back-to-back three-pointers to tie Game 6 of their first-round series with the Houston Rockets, and then sank a pair of free throws to give OKC the lead for good in a 104-100 victory. A win-or-go-home Game 7 is set for Wednesday.
“This is who we are,” Paul told the TNT broadcast afterwards. “We’re built for stuff like this. A lot of guys on our team have been pushed out, traded or whatnot, but we just stick together and we keep fighting.