“We’ve played a lot of games like this, so it’s not uncharted territory”.
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The Warriors’ season lives on largely thanks to Thompson’s shooting touch.
Paul’s right hamstring didn’t allow him to take in the final, frantic 22.4 seconds of the Rockets’ 98-94 win over the Warriors Thursday night at Toyota Center.
There are two ways to process Game 4.
Golden State’s Andre Iguodala will miss Game 5 of the Western Conference finals against the Houston Rockets on Thursday night.
Fellow Splash Brother Stephen Curry added 29 points, five rebounds and six assists while Kevin Durant chipped in 23 points with seven boards and four dimes. Golden State had exactly double (26) the amount of assists that Houston had (13). “He’s just been haunted by these types of injuries in his career, and it’s a shame”, Kerr said. “Probably sounded more vocal than I usually am”, Thompson acknowledged. “But at this point it’s all hands on deck obviously, and you never know how the game is going to play out”. “Usually when I do that, it trickles over to other aspects of my game”.
The Rockets will once again be looking to disrupt the Warriors’ rhythm tonight.
Teams that win Game 5 of a 2-2 best-of-seven series go on to win the series 83.1% of the time (167-34). Curry jumped in, saying, “I think we both blocked that whole year out of our memory”, referring to the fact the Warriors lost the NBA Finals in 2016 after being up 3-1 on the Cleveland Cavaliers. Not only was their offense not clicking, but they were also confused and late to rotate on defense, letting James Harden, Eric Gordon and Trevor Ariza absolutely feast on the perimeter.
“We wanted to come out and give them light, put smiles on their faces (and) clear their minds a little bit”, Harden said. Trust the next man ahead of us.
The National Basketball Association has been synonymous over the years more so with dynasties than with parity, but lately it has swung even more in favor of the former.
After combining for zero points on 0-of-4 shooting in the first quarter, Curry and Thompson started building momentum in the second and closed the half with 18 combined points. I think they’ll be plenty focused in tonight’s game. He doesn’t worry about judgment and results.
“I was proud of the way we fought back”, said Boston coach Brad Stevens. “He’s so comfortable in his own skin”. I’m not going to say we want it more than them, but I’ll tell you, we’re desperate.
Having him on hand still meant so much. “They’re just playing to their fan base and they’re basically trying to use the anthem as fake patriotism, nationalism, scaring people”.
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Through four games, the team that scores the most points on fast breaks has won each game.
