Houston (AP) Draymond Green easily led to the victory of Golden State’s victory over Houston’s Rockets in match 1 of the first round eliminatory series on Sunday evening.
“So that we win basketball matches, Steph Curry is great,” said Green. “And it was just that.”
Curry scored 31 points and the Warriors built a huge lead and maintained to beat the Rockets 95-85.
Curry was 12 out of 19 on the field, reaching 5 of the 9 to 3 points. He seduced his teammates with a few circus strokes who made the bench unleashed.
Jimmy Butler added 25 points, seven rebounds, six assists and five interceptions during his beginnings in the playoffs for the Warriors after joining them in a Miami trade in February.
“(Curry) has just made incredible games and obviously transported us offensively with Jimmy,” said coach Steve Kerr.
The warriors of seventh seeded led by 23 in the third quarter, but Houston, the second seeded, reduced it to 69-60 entering the fourth.
A basket of Amen Thompson with about 5 1/2 minutes remaining obtained the rockets within four. Curry struck his fifth pointer 3 of the night a few seconds later to do it 82-75.
The Rockets still cut it four with approximately 2 1/2 minutes on the left on a 3 per Fred Vanvleet. This time, Moses Moody struck a 3-point pointer to start a 7-0 race which made 91-80 and sent streaming fans for outings.
Match 2 of the best seven series is Wednesday evening in Houston.
The Warriors obtained victory despite the fact that Houston has an advantage of 22-6 on offensive advice.
“I think we can play much better,” said Green. “This is the encouraging part on this subject. I don’t think we have played very well.”
It was the 100th victory of career coaches in career for Kerr, who participated in equality with Larry Brown for the sixth victories in the playoffs.
“I am lucky to train the guys I make,” said Kerr. “The players win matches. It is our job to try to help them a little here and there.”
The Rockets, which returned to the playoffs for the first time since 2020, obtained 26 points from Alperen Sangun in his first match in career playoffs. But Vanvleet and Jalen Green fought, making only 7 of the 34 shots.
“We just haven’t been executed,” said Vanvleet. “Maybe physicality was a problem, but I thought we had equaled it for the most part.”
Vanvleet was 2 out of 13 in the 3 -point range on a Houston night made only 6 of the 29 3 points and was 11 for 20 on free throws.
The Warriors obtained a place in the playoffs with a 121-116 victory against Memphis Grizzlies Tuesday evening in the game tournament.
They obtained another victory in playoffs on the Rockets after having eliminated them four times from 2015 to 29.
Curry said this game was different from these victories, because these rockets are a completely different team from those he faced at the time.
“Calm in the playoffs and experience in general allows you to resist the races a little and not to be agitated,” he said. “So we are counting on that more than any story here.”
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