San Antonio Spurs jugará la final de la Conferencia del Oeste por decimotercera ocasion, en parte gracias a un jugador poco referenciado…
Los Spurs eliminaron a los Rockets de Houston de James Harden con victoria de 114-75 en el sexto partido de la serie en el que LaMarcus Aldridge aporto 34 puntos saliendo en reemplazo del estelar Kawhi Leonard..
Aldridge quien juega su temporada 11 con San Antonio, no tuvo participacion en los previos 6 partidos de postemporada. ademas de sus 35 puntos, agrego 12 rebotes en apenas su segunda gran partido de semifinales de conferencia..
Aldridge se convierte en el primer jugadsor de los Spurs en anotar 34 puntos y 12 rebotes en un partido de playoffs desde que lo consiguiera Tim Duncan frente a Phoenix en el 2008.
con el 4-2 final de la serie ahora San Antonio disputará la final de conferencia frente a Golden State comenzando el domingo.
HOUSTON (AP) San Antonio is heading to the Western Conference finals for the 13th time thanks to a player who has never been there.
The Spurs eliminated the sluggish James Harden and Houston Rockets with a 114-75 victory in Game 6 on Thursday night behind a season-high 34 points from LaMarcus Aldridge in a game they played without All-Star Kawhi Leonard.
Aldridge, who is in his 11th season and second in San Antonio, had failed to get out of the second round in his previous six postseason trips. He added 12 rebounds in his second big game of the Western Conference semifinal series to pick up the scoring slack with Leonard out after rolling his ankle in San Antonio’s overtime victory in Game 5 on Tuesday night.
Aldridge became the first Spur to score 34 points with 12 rebounds in a playoff game since Tim Duncan against Phoenix in 2008.
The Spurs were up by 19 by halftime in a game that was over quickly, and didn’t let up to reach the Western Conference finals for the first time since winning the title in 2014. The 4-2 series win sends them to conference finals against the Golden State Warriors.
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Game 1 of the conference finals is Sunday at Golden State.