THE SEC REPORT
LSU marches on, Florida survives and Georgia rolls
Oct 8, 2019, 6:49 am
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LAST WEEKEND
LSU obliterated Utah State in an effort to remind the world of College Football that they're really good even when most of the SEC isn't playing. Florida pulled out an impressive, ugly win over Auburn and Georgia just absolutely smited Tennessee.
THREE SUPERSTARS
Joe Burrow, quarterback of LSU; Put another five touchdowns up through the air and rushed for another last weekend as he continues his campaign for Heisman consideration.
The entire defense of Florida: Auburn had been averaging over 30 points a game coming to the swamp and then they turned around and held them scoreless in the second half and to only 13 points for the whole game.
John Rhys Plumlee, running back of Ole Miss, on 22 carries he nailed 165 yards and a touchdown up on the board. Give this kid the rock.
WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEKEND
This is an obviously huge weekend in college football with great games all over the schedule but two of them happen to come right from the SEC. Texas A&M is hosting Alabama and A&M can't lose another game this season. Florida travels to LSU hot off their win over Auburn and they have a shot at a conference championship lined up directly in their sights with a win here, but LSU sees the same thing in their future.
PLAYERS TO WATCH THIS WEEKEND
Tua Tagovailoa, quarterback of Alabama, this is where Tua needs to sharpen up and start gearing up for this year's playoff run. If Alabama is going to win a National Championship, these are the level of games they'll need to be great in to win.
Joe Burrow, quarterback of LSU, this is an awesome game and it's going to be him or Florida's defense that comes out on top. Who wants it more?
D'Andre Swift, running back of Georgia, for the second week in a row the table is set for this guy to run through a lesser opponent. Yards, yards and touchdowns, keep an eye on the scoreboard for this game.
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Jalen Green scored 33 points for Houston, and Phoenix star Kevin Durant left with an ankle injury in the Rockets' 148-109 romp over the Suns on Sunday night.
Durant fell to the floor with 6:57 left in the third quarter after he stepped on Rockets Jabari Smith Jr.‘s foot. Durant got to his feet, but could not put weight on his left leg. Suns coach Mike Budenholzer said Durant will have an MRI on Monday and will not accompany the team to Milwaukee for a game Tuesday night.
Durant finished with 11 points in 23 minutes, but the Rockets were already well ahead, having taken a 78-49 lead at halftime. Houston (49-26) has won 12 of its last 13 and is second in the Western Conference standings, two games ahead of Denver.
Alperen Sengun had 16 points and nine rebounds and rookie Amen Thompson had 12 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists for the Rockets. Neither played in the fourth quarter as Houston led by 42 points.
Devin Booker scored 28 points for the Suns, who fell two games behind Dallas for the final play-in spot in the West with six games remaining. It was Phoenix’s third loss in a row.
Rockets forward Dillon Brooks was ejected i n the second quarter after a brief shoving match with Durant. He was assessed two technical fouls while Durant and Nick Richards each received one.
Takeaways
Rockets: The Rockets are 12-4 in March with a game remaining.
Suns: Own the tiebreaker against the Mavericks based on winning the season series from Dallas. But with or without Durant, five of their last six games are against playoff teams.
Key moment
After Brooks’ ejection, Houston outscored Phoenix 23-11 the rest of the half to lead by 29 at the break.
Key stat
Phoenix committed 19 turnovers leading to 34 Houston points.
Up next
The Rockets are at the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night. The Suns are at Milwaukee on Tuesday night.