Basketball
Rocket torments the party with warriors and there’s a seventh game
The Houston Rockets forced their seventh game against the Golden State Warriors on Friday after dominating sixth place in San Francisco 107-15, matching the 3-3 series.
The Rockets and Warriors will play their final series game at the Toyota Center in Houston on Sunday.
Fred Vanvriet led several dominant rockets, defence solids and attacking troops. Vanvleet signed issue 26 today in his fifth game, earning 29 points after signing in the room 25 times.
The Rockets became a favorite in the series that appears to have been sentenced 3-1 after the Warriors four games later.
In addition to 29 points, Vanvleet contributed eight rebounds and eight assists. Alperen Sengun signed a double double with 21 points and 14 rebounds, while Steven Adams scored 17 points.
The Rockets outperformed the Warriors with 62-51 rebounds, 12-6-6 and 11-16 losses, showing defensive discipline from start to finish.
For the Warriors, Stephen Curry scored 29 points, but only had 39.1% success (9 out of 23 on field shots). Jimmy Butler put in 29 points, nine rebounds and eight assists.
They are guilty of lack of success throughout the game, including 41.1% (37 out of 90) and 30.6% (15 out of 49).
After eliminating Luka Donsic and LeBron James’ 4-1 for the Los Angeles Lakers, the Minnesota Timberwolves are waiting for rockets and warriors in one of the western semi-finals.
Rockets become serious
The Houston Rockets knew that their road to Game 7 had experienced stopping the Golden State Warriors’ offensive power.
They were strong in defense with Alperen Senggan and Stephen Adams, demonstrating discipline, enforcing losses throughout the game, preventing shots, and stealing the ball.
They left the Warriors with 21 points in the first quarter, earning the biggest advantage of +11 in the second Ecuador.
Less than two minutes later, Stephen Curry unleashed a partial burst of 11-0 to tie the game together.
Still, the Rockets closed 48-53 in the first half.
The Rockets maintained their initiative after the break, but were unable to take off from the Warriors in the third quarter. Stephen Curry and Jimmy Butler each placed 10 points in the room in front of Houston’s defense.
They won the room, but the Rocket was still ahead of 84-86.
Houston opened the final quarter by destroying 0-6 in just 53 seconds, forcing Steve Kerr to stop the game at dead time. His team hadn’t played at the level of the game as it is today.
The Warriors were a clear favourite with an equal ending where the Rockets looked for – and achieved, to make all the sacrifices.
Fred Vanvriet’s triple put the Rockets at +12 and 6:47 with the biggest advantage, at which point frustration began to appear in the local ranks.
They were not only under-strength, they were targeted. The warriors signed the final fourth disastrous signature, with three field shots, providing the game for loss, with alternatives composing the final result.
The Rockets face the final game of the series with field advantage and are confident they have raised the tie they were given to die.
Source: Mundo Deportivo
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