Vans. Taco bells new steak doubledilla. Two helpings of juicy, marinated steak, inside of a cheesy quesadilla, with a side of chips and salsa. Unbox it, only at taco bell. [sfx bong] [ pickaxe hitting rock ] when a days work was mining for gold under the frozen ground for twelve straight hours. Happy hour had a whole new meaning. And when the men sat down for their banquet, mister coors brought a beer worthy of the occasion. A beer thats still known as the banquet beer. Mike the lead is now 10. They looked at that earlier threepointer and it was a two. Its all on the line. So its 10292 with 2 24 remaining. Both teams in the penalty. Clippers only have a timeout. Theres another turnover. Paul and griffin. Back to griffin. Throws it down. Eightpoint game. Nine straight points by the clippers. Mark weve seen this movie before. Mike thats something the clock didnt start right away. Tony brothers notices that. Mark james harden again off the pick and roll. Throws it away gives clippers credit. They are not fading away. All of a sudden they have gotten life. Creating turnovers, picking up percentages. What do they look like now . Jeff i think its 9 with my quick calculations. Give them another bucket though theyll be back pedaling quicker than a politician. Mike shot clock down to 8. Again, trying to get the ball out of hardens hands. Three to shoot. Harden on the drive. Stepped back puts it up and fouled. Martin back to the line. With 1 40 remaining. Fouled it. 03 remaining on the shot clock. Redick the fourth foul. Jeff i would like to see that one more time. I mike did he foul him after jeff maybe on the elbow right there . Mike redick didnt vehemently argue. Mark now we see Dwight Howard. With under 2 00 to bring him back in. Jeff oh its legal now, now we have the rileule that you can foul. Mike mike mark its called bring your ball back. You can play now. Jeff does that make any sense . Mark thats one thing i agree with you. I think the rules should stay the same because i dont want to reward a bad fleethrow shooter. But i agree with you on that. Make it the entire game. What is right is right. Mike harden gets a pair there. 29 for harden. Tenpoint game. 1 30 left. Redick finds jordan. And a foul. Jones not a smart play there. And Deandre Jordan a change for a threepoint play. Jeff for me you dont have to tell Deandre Jordan to miss a freethrow. But think he has to miss it and try to rebound it. He really pounded the rim. Mark you continue to defend get the ball out of james harden and force other guys to remain uncomfortable. Jeff if im chris paul, i might grab chris howard as the ball is in the air and make it a loose ball foul. Mike it would not be away from the play in that situation, howard would have to shoot. Jeff and he does just that. Mike he does exactly that. Howard shoots two freethrows. Its not away from the play where its a freethrow situation. Jeff its like hes playing piggy back. The absurdity of the nba. Its beautiful to watch. Jeff its funny. I remember doing a game with you several years ago. So i did it coaching the war kwler, barnes jumped over somebodys back. We wound up losing the game but a brilliant strategy. Jeff it is a way being around the foul but you can save time. I dont know if anybody told you, but you can coach. Jeff thank you, sir. At least i can come up with whacky ideas. Mark i know that. Its documented. Mike do you guys just have a nice exchange . Mark i know. Its been a while, right . Mike howard 4 of 7 from the line this afternoon. Misses both jordan the rebound and doc rivers calls his last no, hes actually got several timeouts. Its houston with one timeout remaining. Rockets now have two timeouts left and heres a smart headsup play. Knowing your rule. Chris paul trying to will his team back in this where they trail by as many as 20 here in the fourth. Technology that lets a pc be a tv and a tablet. All in one . Yeah,. So, no more clutter. A lots changed. Upgrade to a portable all in one with intel inside. Even less clutter. Mike here in game seven a big Fourth Quarter for the clippers certainly not like the rockets Fourth Quarter in game six. But its keeping their hopes alive. However, just 1 25 remaining. Clippers have two timeouts left. They dont have a foul to give. Ideal with the clippers is get them to do that same situation. Mark the thing is screen and roll. Sloppy action im fouling him. Right here. Mike griffin looking for redick. Good ball from jason terry. Fires away. Way off the mark. Ariza, the rebound. Coming up on 1 00 remaining. And an eightpoint game. Mark you have to force the issue right now if youre the clippers. Mike terry, swings it. Jones out to ariza for three. Its good trevor ariza, again his sixth threepointer of the game. And that one should seal it for the rockets. A 20point game for trevor ariza, a former champion with the lakers nails it with 55. 8 remaining. And the rockets, on the verge of a western conference finals. Strong can lift you from your lowest point. Strong can silence the doubters. Strong can push you even harder. Think what strong can do for you. At ts network now has the nations strongest 4g lte signal. Mike they are celebrating here at the toyota center. Rockets back up by 11 as trevor ariza coming up huge for the rockets. Remember the offseason, they didnt match chandler parsons, they want the chris bosh they wanted to seip him. They wanted to sign Carmelo Anthony but instead they signed or acquired trevor ariza in a threeteam trade. Ariza brought defense, hes brought threepoint shooting. He was seventh in the nba. With a field goal. A former champion with the lakers coming up huge in game seven. Jeff theres a lot of debate thats going on about the value in the three and can it hold off in the playoff . And the reason is yes tcan, if its the right guys. Mark who is debating . Jeff well phil jackson for one. Mike paul looking, finds crawford. Crawford off the tribble. Pulls back. Crawford hits the shot. 10798. Thats not the man they want to foul. Harden trying to sell it. And they do find chris paul after harden released the ball. Kevin mchale talking to mike callahan. Paul picks up his fifth foul and harden at the line with 45. 6. Mark kevin mchale trying to make the point james harden didnt have the basketball. That foul committed thats not when they made the call the call is made now. 689 i agree, kevin, thats what it should be. But, kevin, its over. Its fine. Its good. And, mike he is there are a lot of coaches, i think, that dont get the credit they deserve, but he would be near the top of the list. What hes had to navigate through this year injurywise roster turnover this guys done a terrific terrific job. Mike 34 wins 45 minute 54 win, now 56. Hes got an extension back in december. And again roster fluctuation throughout. There is not one player on the roster here from his first season not one. Mark doesnt get a lot of credit. I thought he did a great job all season long and his finest moment was in game six. As a coach, leaving your best player on the bench as the bench, the supporting cast does the job. Thats a tough decision. Thats why they pay them the big bucks. Mike mean while his team here in game seven will have a wiretowire victory. And jubilation in houston, but heartbreak in l. A. The clippers still desperately trying to somehow come back. Crawford launches it up. That shot wont go. Rebound. Who else trevor ariza . And hes foul eded more freethrows. What a devastating finish this will be for the l. A. Clippers as they hear the celebration from the rockets fans. Up three games to one. And not just up three 31, but blowout victories in their three wins. I mean dominant at times in this series then lose a game on the road where the rockets played well and then game six will haunt chris paul and the clippers all summer long. Up 19 with 2 30 to go in the third. Paul once again, will come up short. On something he is so desperate for, a trip to the conference finals. Hes never been there. As griffins jump shot is good. A twopointer. As you said jeff so much pain at the other end. Expectations different now for the clippers. They are expected to be one of the best teams but they are now judged by what they do in the playoffs and they have fallen short of those expectations this year. Deandre jordan will be a free agent. Jeff and theyve got to add to their bench depth. Glen davis had some good moments. Spencer hawes didnt ever find really a role. They just need to add, as chris paul congratulates mchale and harden. On a great series. Mike future halloffamer congratulating mchale congratulating a current halloffamer, paul a fantastic season during the regular season and just unbelievable playoff performances. Game seven gamewinner against the San Antonio Spurs but his team will fall short as james harden and Houston Rockets, what an impressive win here on their home floor. Will now get set to play the Golden State Warriors. That will start tuesday in oakland. A stunning turn around here in this series as the rockets will become the ninth team in nba his interest to come back from a 31 deficit and second rockets team to do it. The 95 champs did it. How about this ovation from ariza. 22 point, 6 threepointers 7 rebounds and some great defense. Mark and appreciating his work and the work of this rockets team. What a heck of an accomplishment. And the crowd ready to erupt. Hits the wire up top. Rockets will inbound. And this one will be over. Dwight howard going back to the conference finals. He did it with orlando. They made it to the finals before losing to the lakers. And the comeback is complete the Houston Rockets will play in their first conference final in 18 years. As they win game seven, wiretowire. The runnerup for mvp. 31 points in his game seven. Howard with 16 and 15. He had three strong games. As they won three straight to take the series. Leeza is withase lisa is with harden. Lisa thank you. Mike. James, you just took off your shoes. Your feet hurt . No i throw them in the crowd, man. I love this crowd. They are very supportive. Its a great position to be here right now. Lisa you guys led james he wants to say hello to Deandre Jordan jordan. You guys led wire to wire. How were you able to take control of this game . The will to win. You know we were down 31. We didnt give up. Weve been through adversity our entire year. So another case for that. We just kept battling much. Lisa im going to get back to that but describe the impact trevor ariza had. When we lost tayrevor, he was knocking down victories. Hes a winner. Thats what i like around me. Guys that like to win. Lisa about overcoming that 31 deficit only 8 other teams in nba history have done that. What does it mean to you . A very special group. A very special group. Lisa you know folks have counted you guys out. What whats that . Lisa folks have counted you guys out. All of the time. Overlooked all of the time. Im overlooked. We dont worry about it. We just goat out and play. Thats what its about. Lisa looking to the next round. Steph curry, how do you think that will play out . Theyre a good team. Theyre rolling right now, were rolling. It will be a great battle for us. Lisa congratulations. Mike back to you. Mike lisa rockets, three straight games face elimination. Perfect in all three, there in the western conference final. Jeff, your thoughts . Jeff i just think that they were dominated through five games. Even though they won that game five i had no thought that they would go to l. A. And win game six, and then to be down 19 find a way to win, and back it up with a terrific performance today, to me thats a great, great accomplishment. Mark . Mark i echo that. Give credit to kevin mchale did not panic, trusted his players and he responded. What a bigtime play. Earning one possession and one win at a time. Mike conference finals the top two seeds in the east make it now the top two seeds in the west. Tuesday on espn western conference finals again from oakland. Golden state hosting houston. It starts at 7 30 eastern. And at 8 30 the nba draft lottery, and game one will tip off shortly after 9 00 eastern. James harden and rockets are in the western conference finals. The wiretowire victory in game seven. One victory in the final. For Jeff Van Gundy, lisa salter mark jackson, and our fantastic abc crew mike green saying thanks so of for watching here on abc, home of the nba finals. Its the rockets and warriors next up in the west. Right now lets go to sage steele and the studio in los angeles. And there you have it. Game 7, for all of the marbles, all of the presser in the world and Houston Rockets, the rockets withstood that pressure to beat the clippers. Welcome back to los angeles. Jalen rose doug collins, im sage steele. Coach let me start with you. What did it take for houston to get it done. When clippers were up 31 in the series they went to play game six. They didnt go to a closeout in game five. James harden had a triple double. Howard played well. They got momentum. And we want to talk about the last 14 minutes ofame six and today. You had james harden and howard show up. To me jalen, when i look at it. Terrence jones, prigioni trevor ariza. Those guys outplayed the clippers badly. Clippers were allowed to rely on the lead guys but character guys didnt show up. Matt barnes zero points. J. J. Redick six turnover only had seven once in his career. Jamal crawford six from the floor. Players you mentioned, 56 big points. Roleplayers showing up at home in particular. Closing the deal. You used the word uncharacteristic, thats a little surprise considering what these guys have done all season long. To what do you attribute that when they know better than we do whats on the line . Detective,bt. A a lot of time you make mistakes when youre fatigued. When youre wearing chris paul constantly down guarding him with multiple wings all of a sudden he has to be a ball handler and creator thats not something hes used to do. It caught up with the clippers finally. They got through the spurs and this series caught up with them. You could see fatigue today. They had lose balls. You see the three guys talk about barnes j. J. And crawford. 10 for 32. I talked about them in the pregame. Those three guys had to make shots. The sad part to me everybody focused chris paul had not gone to the conference. Chris paul played his heart out. This was not about chris paul. He didnt have enough help. That fatigue is credit to the rockets because of their style of play. They like to change ends of the floor. Spread you out. Shoot the three. That helped the clippers. Before the next matchup with the Golden State Warriors and again with chris paul these numbers come up. Tied for the fourth most player for a player without conference finals appearance. We know hes a future halloffamer. We know them. Youre friending with him, jalen how does he live with this . Hes a terrific coal pet tore. One of the toughest players in the entire league. Teams advance, nod individuals. You look at teamtoteam matchups you take chris paul over jason terry. Look what he was called upon to do. Theres a time when chris paul was guarding james howard being guarded by trevor ariza. Thats a lot for a small guard. He showed up. He played. But its a team game. You have to give the rockets credit how they took care of business. Remember what i said at halftime . To follow up what Jeff Van Gundy said. Chris paul was probably not going to come off the floor. But they stopped playing at the end of the game. Doc rivers said he wants to take it all on his shoulders, he obviously will. Any changes with this franchise in the offseason . Theres two stories. One you wing and fly to golden state. The other is do we have to break this team up . Can Blake Griffin and chris paul do it together . Deandre jordan can go somewhere. What will we do to upgrade our bench. Is this too much responsibility for doc rivers . Do we need somebody to come in and handle all of the personnel. Maybe give him the final decision or handle all that stuff. Thats what happens when you lose. You have to answer these questions. A lot of analysts talk about traditional basketball. You have multiple guys doing multiple things. Thats what you see when you watch the warriors play and rockets play. Normally those guys of 65 and 68, clippers dont have many productive players that size. The ones they do have. Zero points today. Good night to the Los Angeles Clippers well talk about you this offseason. Now heading to the golden state warrior, they won all four of those games important to note Dwight Howard did not play in two of those games. First thing that comes to your mind jalen, when you look at this matchup with the golden state warrior, Houston Rockets, with the mvp race steph curry, james harden what do you think . Off to the rockets. I didnt think they would get to the conference finals. Im looking at threepoint shot in the pace. Both teams like to get up and down the floor, spread you out. Dribble drive kick and or finish at the hoops. Patrick beverly one of their best defenders has not played who will guard steph curry. Who guards Klay Thompson. Thr he going to put ariza on Klay Thompson and collide james harden over to barnes. To me the matchups will be have very interesting, i tell you what, ive been in the playoffs down 06 to the cleveland cavaliers. Went on the road and they beat them in the playoffs. Throw out the regular season a lot of those numbers might mean stuff. In the playoffs it becomes a different game. You talked about it in particular. With james harden Dwight Howard who were not consistent. How important is it against the warriors . Those are the two best players. When they play well they set the table for everything else. The thing the rockets are good at taking care of business in gameseries the warriors have that luxury. It was the first adversity they faced all year. Down 21 they won game four. Theyre better. Congratulations to the Houston Rockets when it counted the most. Our coverage begins at 7 30 eastern. Tipoff at 9 00. We cant wait. World news or local news up next. Except on the west coast. Have a good night. music hey let me help with that. 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