The Houston Rockets responded on Wednesday and tied 1-1 the series after submitting the Warriors for 109-94but the worst news for Golden State was Jimmy Butler injury who left the encounter in the first quarter for a bruise on the pelvis. Butler suffered a ugly drop in the fight for a rebound after Amen Thompson collided with him and destabilize the Warriors player in the air, who no longer returned to the court and a magnetic resonance will be made on Thursday.
The ex-star of the Miami Heat has been crucial in the resurrection of the Warriors, which since Butler debuted on February 8 accumulate a 25-9 counting regular season ‘Play-in’ and ‘Playoff’. The next match will be played in three days when the San Francisco Chase Center welcomes the third duel of the series on Saturday. The fourth will be played in the same stadium on Monday 28. In addition to Butler, the Warriors had to deal with a brandin podziemski that was not well and that only played 14 minutes with 0 points.
On the other hand, the rockets redo and recovered sensations, especially a Jalen Green excellent that failed in the first game with only 7 points and a terrible 3 of 15 in field shots, but that tonight He gave a recital with 38 points (13 of 25 with 8 of 18 in triples), 4 rebounds and 6 assists. In addition, Jalen Green tied with 8 the triple record in a ‘playoff’ match for a Houston player.
Alperen Sengun highlighted by his side (17 points, 16 rebounds and 7 assists), Dillon Brooks (16 points) and Tari Eason (14 points and 6 rebounds). Those of IME UDOKA swept the fight for the rebound with 47 for the 33 of the Warriors.
As for Golden State, Stephen Curry was the most productive with 20 points (6 of 15 in shots with 4 of 9 in triples), 5 rebounds and 9 assists but lost 6 balls. Draymond Green stayed at 8 points and committed 5 losses.
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On the other hand, the Boston Celtics took a 2-0 advantage over the Orlando Magic this Wednesday by imposing 109-100 on the Garden TD (Boston), with Jaylen Brown scoring 36 points while Jason tatum was absent due to injury. Kristaps Porzingis finished with a double-double of 20 points and 10 rebounds and Dominican to Horford was starting and played 32 minutes in which he scored nine points and 10 rebounds.
By Orlando, Paolo Banchero led the way with 32 units. The First Round series will continue on Friday in the first of two consecutive games at the Kia Center in Orlando, Florida.
In another result, The Cleveland Cavaliers imposed 121-112 on Miami Heat With an inspired Donovan Mitchell who scored 17 points in the fourth period, without failures in his six attempts. “I just wanted to find the rhythm,” Mitchell said. “My job is to lead every night and today it was tried to score, we must continue to grow, they are a good team and we must be ready to play on the road.”
