Los Golden State Warriors The Toyoton Toyoton Center assaulted sinking into a real nightmare to the Rockets to those who beat 89-103 In the seventh game of the series promoted by the 33 points of a unleashed Buddy Hield.
The Warriors will be measured to the Minnesota Timberwolves, who since last Wednesday expected rival in the semifinals of the West. The Timberwolves, led by Anthony Edwards, got rid of the Los Angeles Lakers of LeBron James and Luka Doncic.
Hield completed 33 points with 12 of 15 in field shots (80 %), including an impressive 9 of 11 in (81.8 %), to sign the most epic match of his career.
“Achieving something like this means the world. Mission fulfilled
Stephen Curry
Stephen Curry finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds and 7 assists After closing the first half with only 3 points. Jimmy Butler contributed 20 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assistswhile Draymond Green ended with 16 points.
“We were in tenth place at some point in February and we ended the year with the urgency of getting to the ‘play-in’ to give us a chance. So, for us, build chemistry on the march, generate confidence on the march and perform as we did, and achieve something like this, means the world. Mission fulfilled,” Curry said in statements at the foot of the track at the end of the game.
The young Rockets paid their inexpension to the Warriors veterans
In some young and inexperienced rockets that left an image for oblivion, only Ames Thompson, author of 24 points and 9 rebounds, who played injured from the third quarter for a bad fall was saved. Both he and his twin brother, Ausar, in the ranks of the Detroit Pistons, have signed a spectacular season.
Alperen Sengun finished with 21 points and 14 reboundsbut with a 9 of 23 in field shots, most in painting. Fred Vanvleet, who had erected in the leader of the Rockets in the series, was left with 17.
Timberwolves and Warriors will play the first game in the series on Tuesday in Minneapolis.
These Warriors, transformed from the arrival of Butler in February, have not yet measured the Timberwolves with Jimmy in their ranks.
Nightmare in Houston
Rockets and Warriors reissued this Sunday at the Toyota Center in Houston the ends of the west of 2018. The two teams also reached the seventh game. And the Warriors were triumphant 92-101.
The Rockets came out today as favorites, after lifting with solvency a 3-1 against in the series.
Houston closed the regular season in the second place in the West with a balance of 52 wins and 30 losses, while Golden State, seventh with a 48-34, had to go through the ‘play-in’ to reach the ‘playoff’.
Today, the inexperienced template of the rockets collapsed to the Warriors veterans led by a Stephen Curry who has 4 rings in his hands.
After enduring the first quarter 19-23, the Warriors took off in the second quarter with 14 points of the Buddy Hield Bahameño with which they opened a 12-point hole (39-51) to rest.
The Rockets, which ended the game with 40.5 % of aiming in field shots and 33.3 % in triples, were never up to par.
With a solid defense, they left the Warriors in 19 points in the third quarter and came to approach 3 (60-63) to 2:43. Jimmy Butler responded with a triple, closing the door to the illusions of the rockets. The score at the end of the third quarter was 62-70.
The final fourth saw a version of a liberated Stephen Curry, with 14 points that came to give the Warriors a +20 advantage, insurmountable for Houston.