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Aldine Davis shocks Conroe in comeback win 25-24

Aldine Davis shocks Conroe in comeback win 25-24
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After going up 17-0 early in the 2nd quarter Aldine Davis by most accounts was done for the night. Conroe was going for its first 2-0 start since 2013 and the Tigers were rolling.

Then Aldine turned a fumble deep in Conroe territory into a touchdown, then a recovered muffed punt led to another touchdown. Next thing you know Davis is leading 19-17 with 2:02 left on the clock, all they have to do is defend the kickoff.

And then things got weird.

Conroe kick returner Dr’Ondra Lewis was pretty much stuffed on the ensuing return for a short gain only to emerge from the pack, a stutter step and he was gone, 87 yards for a seemingly dramatic touchdown as his teammates mobbed him in the end zone.

With 1:37 remaining all Conroe had to do was defend the kickoff and they were 2-0, a great start to the season.

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Jalen Green helped the Rockets even the series! Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images.

Jalen Green made eight 3-pointers and scored 38 points to lead the Houston Rockets to a 109-94 win over the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night in a testy matchup to even the first-round Western Conference series at one game apiece.

The seventh-seeded Warriors never led and played short-handed for most of the night after Jimmy Butler left with a pelvis contusion after a hard fall on a foul late in the first quarter.

Green, the No. 2 pick in the 2021 draft, rebounded from a flop in his playoff debut, when he scored just seven points on 3-of-15 shooting, with a dominant Game 2.

His eight 3-pointers were two more than the No. 2-seeded Rockets made on 6-of-29 shooting in a 95-85 Game 1 loss.

Alperen Sengun had 17 points and 16 rebounds for the Rockets. Tari Eason had 14 points off the bench.

Game 2 is Saturday night at Golden State.

Stephen Curry had 20 points and nine assists for the Warriors and become the 11th player in NBA history to reach 4,000 career playoff points with 4,017.

Houston led by 20 with about 10 minutes left before the Warriors used a 9-0 run, with two 3s from Quinten Post, run to get within 11. Jalen Green was called for a flagrant foul on Draymond Green at the end of that run after he flailed an arm into his face.

The Rockets then used an 8-0 spurt, highlighted by a step-back 3 from Green, to extend the lead to 99-80 with 5 ½ minutes remaining. Draymond Green received a technical foul in that stretch for arguing with officials and Eason received one for throwing a towel in an “unsportsmanlike manner.”

The loss of Butler, acquired from Miami in a February trade, was a huge blow to the Warriors after he had 25 points, seven rebounds and six assists in the series opener. On top of Butler’s injury, the Warriors were also hampered by Brandin Podziemski’s stomach ailment.

He missed most of the first half dealing with the problem and was scoreless in 14 minutes after scoring 14 points in Game 1.

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Vanessa Richardson was joined by Sengun after the big win!

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