Rockets Edge Warriors To Level NBA Playoff Series
Anees Ahmed (@Aneesah05582539) Published May 23, 2018 | 09:50 AM
:James Harden scored 30 points and Chris Paul added 27 to lead the Houston Rockets over defending champion Golden State 95-92 Tuesday, equalizing their NBA playoff series at two wins each.
San Francisco, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd May, 2018 ) :James Harden scored 30 points and Chris Paul added 27 to lead the Houston Rockets over defending champion Golden State 95-92 Tuesday, equalizing their NBA playoff series at two wins each.
The victory snapped Golden State's record playoff home win streak at 16 games, with the Warriors suffering their first loss since the 2016 NBA Finals, and gave the Rockets their first playoff win at Golden State in eight tries.
"We know how hard it is to come back from 3-1," Paul said. "When it's winning time, you have got to suck it up. We knew we needed one here and we got it." P.J. Tucker had 16 rebounds and Clint Capella grabbed 13 for the NBA season win-leading Rockets, who pulled even in the best-of-seven Western Conference final that continues Thursday in Houston.
"We've got to come out and play hard. City of Houston we need you," Paul said. Paul hoped the Rockets' title quest might help the Houston area take relief from a school shooting that saw a teen gunman kill 10 people, much the way the Houston Astros' World Series baseball title did last year after hurricane flooding.
"Hopefully basketball can be a way for people to ease their minds, if only for a moment," Paul said.
Game six will be Saturday at Golden State. The series winner will face either Cleveland or Boston in the NBA Finals starting May 31.
Stephen Curry led Golden State with 28 points on 10-of-26 shooting while Kevin Durant added 27 points and 12 rebounds and Draymond Green had 11 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists. But Harden made 11-of-26 shots from the floor and Paul hit 10-of-20 to lift the Rockets, who closed the game on a 25-10 run after falling behind 82-70.
"In the fourth quarter we just ran out of gas," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. "They outplayed us in the fourth quarter and that was the difference. "This game was just trench warfare, everybody grinding it out...
I'm sure we'll look at the film and kick ourselves. Their physicality made a difference." Golden State, which opened the game on a 12-0 run, scored only 12 points in the fourth quarter. "This is the highest level we've ever played defensively," Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni said.
"There was some good defense in there to get us back. And they got a little tired in the fourth quarter because they felt us for three quarters."
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