Houston in the week prior to the first game of the First Sunday’s series between the Warriors and the host Houston, he did a lot about how the Rockets had the hero Steph Curry only three points In 1 of 10 shots in his confrontation of April 6.
Did the super athletic rockets discovered the best game of the game? The answer ended up being a resounding “no” in the narrow victory of the 95-85 of Golden State.
When Thompson and the same Houston wings that had bothered him at the Chase Center, Curry educated the young rockets in the rematch and route to 31 points.
The defenders burned in the rear cuts, sank soft floats over their large and fuze five arches, including a fashion currency from the corner to the middle of the third quarter.
But not even Curry in his best incendiary was enough to get away from the rockets, at least immediately.
Jimmy Butler, who scored seven of his 25 points in the last two minutes, took a late increase to obtain victory.
The Rockets played a tight defense of the men in the star scores of the Warriors, and had Bigs Alperen Senguun and Steven Adams parked in the painting while daring the payment of the shooter of the golden corner.
The Warriors fought to generate an early offensive, being behind 19-12 before Curry assumed to find cracks in the defense of the rockets. He made two trays at the end of the quarter to help Golden State attract 21-18 after a period.
The teams also fought in the second quarter, but Curry made two late triples and Butler canns a hard basket about Senguun to liquidate a 9-0 at short race to put the Warriors 47-34 at part time.
Golden State led by up to 23 in the middle of the third quarter, but Houston was not silent at Texas night. A 7-0 race highlighted by a triple to drift Alperen Sengun against a shooting clock that expired Houston in the game.
Curry finished the race with a middle rank jumper, but the rockets continued to cut the front thanks to several great offensive rebounds of Steven Adams.
Houston grabbed 22 offensive rebounds to the six of Golden State, with those second and third opportunities keeping the local team in the game. The advantage of the Warriors, once formidable, was reduced to 69-60 at the end of the third quarter.
Curry pushed the advantage to 72-62 with another deep triple at the beginning of the fourth. After Houston responded and reduced the advantage to only four, Gary Payton II gave him a lago of two trays to give space to Golden State with eight minutes.
Houston responded again with a Triple Smith Jr. Jabari. Houston reduced the advantage to 76-73 when Thompson made a medium-ranking shot on Curry.
But the Warriors made an 8-2 race to rise 84-75 and resume some control level with 3:23 remaining.
Butler and Curry closed things there in a game that was as sandy as the last confrontation between the teams.
Golden State won the series of the regular season 3-2, but the Rockets stifled Curry and the Warriors 106-96 in the last confrontation of the season.
Sunday’s game had a markedly different result.
The teams will play game 2 on Wednesday night.
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