In the first quarter, Ariza turned over and succeeded in a jump shot. Motel moved Bogut freely and passed Howard for a dunk. The Rockets led 4-3. But after that, the Warriors gradually found their offensive feeling. Curry made a layup and scored 2+1. Green
, Thompson hit a three-pointer in a row, and the Warriors hit an 11-3 climax, instantly opening the score. Later in the quarter, the Rockets gradually regained their offensive feeling. Beasley made a jumper and hit a three-pointer in a row. Harden faced the defense and went far away.
A three-pointer at the buzzer hit the net, and at the end of the quarter, the Rockets successfully evened the point difference.
In the second quarter, Howard continued the firepower. He scored 4 consecutive dunks and alley-oops in less than 4 minutes. The Rockets successfully went ahead by 7 points. However, in the subsequent game, the Rockets had problems on both ends of the offense and defense, and Ezeli scored with a hook.
, Barnes and Iguodala hit consecutive 3-pointers, and the Warriors regained the lead. But then an unexpected incident occurred on the court. Curry accidentally slipped while returning to defense and sprained his right knee.
He quit the game directly. Iguodala dunked into the net. After halftime, the two teams were tied at 56.
During the process of exiting the game, Curry kept covering his head and was in a very low mood. On the Rockets' side, Beverley also exited the game due to a strained right leg.
At the beginning of the second half, Curry's unexpected retirement inspired the Warriors' fighting spirit, but the Rockets seemed a little at a loss. In half a quarter, Green, Thompson and Barnes hit 6 three-pointers in a row, and the Warriors started.
The offensive frenzy suddenly widened the point difference to more than 20 points. Green succeeded in a fast break dunk. After three quarters, the Warriors led 97-76.
In the final quarter, seeing how far behind they were, the Rockets replaced Harden early and the game entered garbage time early.
In the end, after the whole game was played, the Warriors defeated the Rockets 121-94, successfully seizing the match point of this series.
For the Rockets, Harden scored 18 points, 10 assists, 7 rebounds and 7 steals, becoming the first player in NBA history to post similar statistics in the playoffs since complete technical statistics were available in 1984. Howard contributed 19 points and 15 rebounds, Motel
Jonas scored 8 points, Ariza scored 8 points, and substitute Beasley scored 17 points. Beverley only scored 2 points and retired from the game after halftime due to a sprained right leg.
For the Warriors, Curry only scored 6 points, but sprained his right knee and retired from the game before halftime. Thompson scored 23 points, Green had 18 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, and Iguodala scored 22 points. The three became the Warriors.
The hero of the win. In addition, Barnes also scored 12 points. Bogut scored 6 points and 7 rebounds. He also received 6 fouls and left the game.
It is particularly worth mentioning that the Warriors scored a total of 21 three-pointers in this game, setting a new record in NBA playoff history. The previous record was 20 three-pointers, jointly set by four teams including the Mavericks and Warriors.
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On April 27, the Rockets visited Oakland for Game 5 of the series against the Warriors. Curry missed the game due to injury.
At the start of the first quarter, the Warriors quickly entered the game. Through smooth cooperation, they continuously found good shooting opportunities from the outside. Thompson and Green hit three-pointers, and Livingston also hit a dunk. The Warriors led 8-0. The Rockets were led by
Harden shouldered the scoring burden alone. In half a quarter, he made sudden shots from inside and outside, and scored 14 points by himself. However, the tacit understanding between the Hugh City generals on defense was really bad. The Warriors had another smooth offensive climax.
The point difference has been widened to 14 points. Although the Rockets also called a timeout to adjust, it had no effect. Green hit another three-pointer, and the point difference reached 19 points when it was the largest. Harden made a free throw and the single quarter was over.
, the Rockets trailed 20-37.
In the second quarter, the Rockets' offense improved, but their problems on the defensive end were still prominent. In the middle of this quarter, Rush hit a three-pointer, and the Warriors launched another 7-0 climax, widening the point difference to 20 points. Ha.
He succeeded in a step-back jump shot, barely helping the Rockets to stop the bleeding. Unfortunately, the rest of the Rockets still had extremely bad offensive skills. The Warriors continued to attack, and another 7-0 climax was reached, and the point difference was widened to 22.
points. Little Bickerstaff complained to the referee because of his emotion and received a technical foul. After that, both sides went back and forth, but neither scored again. After halftime, the Rockets continued to fall behind 37-59.
After changing sides and fighting again, the situation on the court did not change at all. Although Motiejunas and Beasley scored some points piecemeal during the period, compared with the Warriors' offensive frenzy, their efforts were really a drop in the bucket. At the end of the third quarter, a bunch of Warriors characters
The players continued to work hard, and the Rockets team completely lost their way. Iguodala fouled and made two free throws. After three quarters, the Rockets continued to fall behind 59-89.
In the final quarter, the game lost suspense. Harden and other starting players stayed on the court for more than 5 minutes before being replaced one by one. In the last 4 minutes, the Rockets completely gave up resistance. At the end of the game, the Rockets lost to the Warriors 81-114.
, the series was eliminated with a total score of 1-4.
Generally speaking, there is no suspense in this series. Even if the Rockets win a game, it will be with more luck.
This Warriors is a unit on both offense and defense. Even without Curry occasionally, they can still hold on with their airtight defense. As long as the opponent does not exceed their performance, there will be no suspense in winning.
On the other hand, the Rockets are different. The biggest problem with the Rockets is poor defense - Howard's defensive power is no longer good. Even the defense in the penalty area is worse than before, let alone the defense to the three-point line. Harden
He is habitually lax on the defensive end and often misses people. Motiejunas's defense is even worse. He is as soft as noodles. Beverley and Ariza alone are of no use.
Of course, if the opponent is not the Warriors and the outside threat is not so great, the Rockets can still do it. After all, their personal strength is still there, such as traditional teams, teams that emphasize low singles in the penalty area. It’s just the Warriors’ style of play.
They happen to be in conflict with the Rockets, so facing the Warriors, the Rockets have no power to fight back.
Of course, the biggest problem with this Rockets is the conflict between the stars. Howard and Harden can't even pee in the same pot, both want to be the boss. This has led to a poor team atmosphere and no cohesion. If this problem is not solved, what can I say?
It's no use.
It is also for this reason that after the end of this season, the Rockets traded away Howard and became a Harden-only team.
