Patrick Beverly is a hard man to keep down.
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Thunder Center Steven Adams found that out the hard way after delivering a monster pick against the Houston point guard.
Beverley was in hot pursuit of Thunder counterpart Russell Westbrook when Adams stepped in to lay the boom on Beverley:
Steven Adams just crushes Pat Beverly on a screen pic.twitter.com/S4TUZ5SdEV
— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) April 17, 2017
Not dismayed, Beverley immediately got up and just minutes later reminded Adams that he's not so tough with a huge 3. It put the Rockets up 73-62 over the Thunder.
PATRICK B3V3RL3Y! #Rockets 73 l Thunder 62 pic.twitter.com/5VyzQMFdiC
— Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) April 17, 2017
Beverley finished the game wiht a playoff career-high 21 points on 8-of-13 shooting — including 4 of 6 from beyond the arc — and 10 rebounds.
Game 2 takes place Thursday, 10:00am AEDT in Houston.