With an advantage of 3-1 in this series, the Warriors went to Houston in order to qualify for the next round, but nothing went as planned. From the start of the match, Golden State blocks against the very good defense of the Rockets led by Amen Thompson, author of three interceptions in the first quarter.
“I have not prepared them to play properly”, admits Steve Kerr after the meeting. “We made three faults in two minutes during the first quarter and they [les Rockets] made a 13/13 for free throws. We cannot come with this lack of energy and concentration and hope to be a good team on their land. »»
With this good start, the Rockets continued to press the accelerator during the second quarter to have 27 points ahead when joining the locker room (76-49).
A strong choice at halftime
At the break, a discussion takes place between Steve Kerr and Draymond Green to find out if we had to continue giving everything in the second half to make a heist in Texas.
-“We had a conversation at halftime when he told me that he did not think that we could win the match,” explains the strong winger. “” I replied that if we could not fill the gap during the first five minutes of the second period then he had to get us out. »»
Admittedly, it is with his starting five (Curry, Podziemski, Hield, Butler, Green) that Golden State attacks the second half, but the burst of pride does not take place. Worse, the gap widens even more to pass the 30 -point mark. So, in the middle of the third quarter, Steve Kerr takes a time to get his holders out and offer them a little rest before the sixth round of this Friday. The Warriors therefore bow logically and now hope to finish the series at home.
But Moses Moody believes that the Warriors still have the positive to be drawn from this broad defeat because the “second unit” of the Warriors reduced the gap to -13, and Ime Udoka was forced to recall his holders: “The goal was to ensure that they put their holders back on, and they were tired. We may not have won, but at least, something comes out. »»
| Shots | Rebound | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | To | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| Stephen Curry | 70 | 32.2 | 44.8 | 39.7 | 93.3 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 6.0 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 24.5 |
| Jimmy Butler Iii | 30 | 32.7 | 47.6 | 27.9 | 87.0 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 17.9 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 43 | 30.1 | 44.4 | 37.9 | 77.7 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 17.6 |
| Jonathan Kuminga | 47 | 24.3 | 45.4 | 30.5 | 66.8 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 15.3 |
| Brandin Underworld | 64 | 26.8 | 44.5 | 37.2 | 75.8 | 1.0 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 11.7 |
| Buddy Hield | 82 | 22.7 | 41.7 | 37.0 | 82.8 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 11.1 |
| Dennis Schroder | 24 | 26.2 | 37.5 | 32.2 | 74.4 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 10.6 |
| De’anthony Melton | 6 | 20.2 | 40.7 | 37.1 | 62.5 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 10.3 |
| Moses Moody | 74 | 22.3 | 43.3 | 37.4 | 79.7 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 9.8 |
| Draymond Green | 68 | 29.2 | 42.4 | 32.5 | 68.7 | 1.1 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 9.0 |
| Quinten Post | 42 | 16.3 | 44.9 | 40.8 | 77.8 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 8.1 |
| Trayce Jackson-davis | 62 | 15.6 | 57.6 | 0.0 | 57.8 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 6.6 |
| Gary Payton Ii | 62 | 15.0 | 57.4 | 32.6 | 71.1 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 6.5 |
| Lindy Waters Iii | 38 | 17.2 | 37.1 | 33.1 | 72.7 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 5.5 |
| Kyle Anderson | 36 | 15.0 | 45.0 | 36.5 | 66.7 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 5.3 |
| Kevon Looney | 76 | 15.0 | 51.4 | 40.0 | 56.6 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 4.5 |
| Gui Santos | 56 | 13.6 | 45.8 | 33.0 | 69.0 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 4.1 |
| Jackson Rowe | 6 | 8.6 | 47.1 | 30.0 | 50.0 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 3.7 |
| Kevin Knox Ii | 14 | 6.0 | 50.0 | 26.7 | 75.0 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 3.3 |
| Pat Spencer | 39 | 6.4 | 40.6 | 22.7 | 73.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| Yuri Collins | 2 | 8.2 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 |
| Reece Beekman | 2 | 2.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| Braxton Key | 3 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
