“You can’t ask for a better back-up point guard in this league”, Thompson said.
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Harden led the Rockets with 28 points, 13 coming from the line on 15 free throws.
Without him, this series is simply one over-matched team getting embarrassed by a title contender.
Venue: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas.
“The last shot was typical of what James does”, interim coach J.B. Bickerstaff said. But we just got to play it by ear and continue to see his progress over the next couple of days. “You do get spoiled by it at times, but in these biggest of moments, you can’t help but appreciate it”. Howard disputed any potential rift with Harden despite cameras showing them appearing to argue.
Game 1 saw them go down by 26 points.
Who do you think is going to win, HollywoodLifers? The Warriors unselfish plays led to double digits for multiple players. He had a crossover on Iguodala to make a 3, a nasty one-handed dunk on a fundamental bounce pass from Beverley, and he drew a four-point play on Draymond Green. “Based on how I feel right now, I probably couldn’t play”.
However, despite taking part in the shootaround session for the Warriors earlier in the day and admitted that the ankle has been improving, head coach Steve Kerr has decided against using the reigning regular season MVP here in Houston.
Stephen Curry’s troublesome right ankle has no serious structural damage. Others don’t. Either way, they’ll be the butt of several to many jokes.
“Banged up as we are, we’re here to fight”, Nowitzki said. “I know a lot of people say, ‘Just don’t play him at all, ‘ but if you’re 100 percent, you can play”.
“Whether Steph’s here or not, we should perform at a high level, which we did for much of the game, but we’ve got to eliminate some of the mistakes”, he said.
Game 2 builds our confidence and our momentum to go out there and beat them without Steph.
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Matchup: Warriors at Rockets Eastern Conference Quarterfinals Game 3. While he is their best player on the court by a long way, he can’t do it all himself. Golden State’s team concepts assure that the likes of Shaun Livingston (16 points and six assists) and Marreese Speights (nine points in 11 minutes) can contribute without Curry in the lineup, or that Harrison Barnes can be a useful defender and carry a scoring threat when he shoots 1-of-10 from the field. Trailing 88-80, they rallied with seven consecutive points and later took their first lead since 2-0 when Clark nailed a floater with 1:25 left. Instead, with no timeouts, Harden gave the fans and his team hope for another week. It’s nice to get a little work in, get some shots up and figure out how it feels. “I’ve just got to keep staying confident”.
