“That’s not the usual way we’ve lost this year,” said …

No, the answer was in Houston’s shooting — the Rockets took 106 shots and made only 41, including 41 from 3-point range, making only 10 — and its defense, which allowed Dallas 21 fast-break points. “That’s not the usual way we’ve lost this year,” said Kevin Durant, who was the only Rocket to shoot over 50% from the field, making 14 of 26 for 34 points. “It wasn’t like that tonight — turning it over (Houston had only nine to Dallas’ 15) or giving up offensive rebounds (Houston had 17 and only allowed two). “We got a lot of shots up. I think we shot maybe 20 more than them. And we just got to knock them down. We can give them credit for making their shots, but we just didn’t make ours. It wasn’t for lack of effort that we lost this game.”

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