The Houston Rockets scored 20 of the first 25 points of the fourth quarter on Friday to beat the Golden State Warriors 115-107 and force the holding of an ultimate match in their first round series.
Match No 7 will take place on Sunday in Houston. Secondly in the west in the regular season, the Rockets avoided surprise elimination by signing two of a successful victories after shooting 3-1 in the series.
The Rockets held a thin two points before the start of the last quarter and their push. The Warriors missed 13 consecutive shots during the fourth quarter.
Fred Vanvleet raised 29 points, eight aids and eight rebounds. He notably brought the score to 101-89 with a three-point shot halfway at the fourth quarter.
“We knew what they were capable of, so we wanted to make everything complicated, contest everything,” commented Vanvleet at the microphone of the diffuser ESPN. We were able to play with two big ones to clean near the circle and capture the rebounds while remaining concentrated in attack. I think that the youth of our team, our athletic qualities, can weigh over them on the length of a match, we have proven it the last time. »»
-Alperen Sengun collected 21 points, 14 rebounds, six aids and three flights and the veteran Steven Adams has obtained his best series in series since 2020 with 17 points from the bench.
“He is one of the ancients, the beefy, those who mums everyone. It has a huge influence on us. He succeeded in his free throws tonight, we will have him play until wear. We have to rest it, hydrate it, give it a big steak and put it in bed so that it comes back, ”smiled Vanvleet about Adams.
Stephen Curry and Jimmy Butler led the Warriors in attack. Curry obtained 29 points and seven rebounds and Butler added 27 points, nine rebounds and eight aids.
The experienced Draymond Green was nervous, receiving a blatant fault from the first minutes of play for a bad gesture on Jalen Green.
The two teams are trying to make an appointment in the second round with well-rested minnesota Timberwolves.
