The Warriors spent a half waiting for Steph Curry to find his game.
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Let’s just get the most important thing about this game out of the way – and which has absolutely nothing to do with the Houston Rockets and everything to do with Stephen Curry. Curry came out of the locker room at halftime and tried warming up but ultimately walked back to the locker room.
Today’s game will be the second to the last in Houston, the series returns to Oakland for Game 5.
Beverley’s impact on the defensive end waned somewhat this season, but he’s still one of Houston’s best perimeter defenders.
“He’s been healthy all year long and all of a sudden the playoffs start and a couple of fluke things”. The teams split the two games Curry was out and Golden State leads the series 2-1. Curry was so convinced he could play in Game 3 that he didn’t bring a suit to wear on the sideline and was therefore unable to watch the game from the bench.
In the process, the Warriors’ three-point shooting percentage dropped from 42 percent in the regular season to 32.9 in the playoffs.
Jerebko had a pair of 3-pointers in the last 90 seconds of the third quarter and the first two baskets of the fourth to help Boston turn an 11-point deficit into a 74-73 lead. Golden State has a 3-1 lead with Game 5 on Wednesday at 10:30 P.M. ET.
Klay Thompson made seven of those 3-pointers.
The Warriors, on the other hand, set the playoff record for most made threes (21), per NBA.com.
Kerr said that Curry would be followed closely by the coaching and medical staffs and could face a minutes restriction, since he will not have played for eight days.
“Whatever moves I need to try to execute, play free with that creativity, I feel like I can do that in this (practice) setting and hopefully that translates to a clear mind and confidence in myself tomorrow”, Curry said.
Thompson drained a pair of 3-pointers during the run, with Green adding another as the Warriors took an 80-67 lead with 6:08 to go. In the first half, Houston’s starting floor general suffered a strained right leg, per the Houston Chronicle’s Jonathan Feigen, and at halftime, the team ruled him out for the remainder of the game.
Rockets: Howard got a technical in the third quarter when he hit Livingston…. Golden State defeated the Rockets 121-94. They have guys who put some of their skills on the back burner because it’s better for the team.
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“Terrible way, bad way, awful way to lose… just a awful quarter and that’s what gave the game away”, Harden said.
