Steve Kerr’s simple game plan is reduced to a point of faith.
“If it’s a mid -cut game, I really think our defense can make this series,” said the Warriors coach on Sunday night.
The Warriors supported the confidence well to escape from Kerr by keeping the rockets of Homecourt Houston higher at their lowest scoring output of the season in a 95-85 victory in game 1 of what is a way to be a Bruisup.
The advantage of rockets rebounds allowed them to take 11 more shots and still could coincide with the Warriors score production, thanks to a Golden State defense that kept them at 39.1% of shots from the field and only six 3 tweezers).
“I think, in general, we just fly,” said Drayond Green, appointed one of the three finalists for the prize to the NBA defensive player earlier in the day. “We renounce any easy aspect. We follow our defensive game plan. Just make difficult shots.”
The aggressive approach to the rockets, literally practical to protect Stephen Curry, caught attention after he he gave 3 points at his final meeting of the regular season, but it was the physicality of the Warriors that caught Houtanton.
As is the first postseason game to Alperen Senguun, Jalen Green, Amen Thompson and many others in the young Rockets list, Umoka said he did not believe “the moment” that had the subject “, but I would say that the time gosicality) physical) physical” physicality “” physicality “
According to it was the only rocket in double figures to the middle of the last quarter and ended with 26 points, the only Houston player with more than 11, but even he acknowledged that later, “I think we were ready, I think, I think I say, I think, I think I say, I think.
Green, who averaged 21.0 points per door of the game the regular season, was a hero to 7 in 3 of 15 shots, while the veteran of the playoffs Fred Vanvleet was 4 of 19 from the field and 2 of 13 from the distance. Jabari Smith Jr., who scored 11 points from the bank, said it wasn’t just a bad night.
“Our space was a bit thrown tonight,” he said. “We were very crowded by painting. We have to discover ways to counteract that. They were packed the painting, catching Jalen (and) Fred, son of channeling everything. We were trying to make the additional pass and we were not, we were not we were not doing and not.” “” “” “” “” “”. “” “”
The Rockets classified in the lower third of the NBA in 3 -point attempts in the regular season, and Kerr joked saying that “he felt like 1997” with his physical offensive style inside the arch. They averaged 113.4 points per game, 13º more in the NBA, but obtained no. 2 seeds with your defense.
The defense of the Rockets occupied the seventh place in the NBA in more than 82 games. The Warriors have been the best since Jimmy Butler III arrived.
Green was asked if the victory was more satisfactory given the circumstances.
“We just want to win the game,” he said. “We understand that to win, you must defend yourself at a high level. They are the seed no. 2 because they defend themselves at a very high level, you have to give them their credit … but in general, Steph Curry usually wants a way.”
Curry finished with 31 points, Butler added 25 and the Warriors now have the advantage of Homecourt.
They knew that the Rockets were going to obtain their offensive rebounds, and they did: 22 of them, but they could minimize their advantage of possession playing clean basketball. Houston beat the Warriors for 16, Tok 11 more attempts from the field and six additional shots from the foul line, but also turned the ball more than 16 times to the Warriors ’11.
“Our defense is big, and let’s have that,” Kerr said. “We need to recognize that we do not need to take chans in this series. We need to be clean in our execution and transition. We do not need to haggle traffic. We do not need to go to Lob’s passes to try. We have.”
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