In a match in which there was no tomorrow, cataloged “life or death”, Houston Rockets It was not even the shadow of the two previous games in which he won to force this seventh encounter and although he had the support of his fans at the Toyota Center he was dominated by the experience of Golden State despite his figure Stephen Curry took carbon.
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Golden State was imposed without problems with rockets
The Warriors released the trade at the time of pressing to take over the 103-89 victory in this seventh game of the first round to take the 4-3 series. Now Curry and company are going to be summoned in the semifinals of the West Conference against Minnesota Timberwolves, who come to surprise Los Angeles Lakers favorites with a forceful 4-1.
While the rockets were superior to Golden State in the regular season when the number two were planted, the reality is that those of the bay anyway They were the favorites To impose themselves in this battle and avoided the catastrophe because if they were 3-1 above, 3-3 were matched and this Sunday you had to define everything in a visitor.
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He sent the ball in the air and won the Rockets in what seemed to be a good omen for those at home, but that was a mirage. Daymond Green began to appear, who with five points immediately He put the warriors advantage. He visited her, took the command of the game, to the rhythm she wanted, a curry was more dedicated to release the ball than to look for the shots, so much so that in the first quarter she did not reap points.
Curry shone on the stub
Even Curry’s first units arrived seconds before the break with a long distance shot, courtesy of the house, And after the halftime he released more. Golden State began the third quarter with 51-39 advantage. Houston had the obligation to wake up and although he signed his best performance he did not reach him, he put on three down with 63-60, but that only caused Warriors awakening, which did not want surprises.
In Rockets did not appear Dillon Brook and Fred Vanvleet Cas they did in the past duels And that missed him. Amen Thompson took his face with 24 points and Alperen Sengun wore double-double of 21 points and 14 boards, however, they now required more effort.
Warriors uncovered at the close and obtained his greatest advantage on the board with 84-74 to be aimed at victory. Curry ended with 22 points and 10 rebounds, but the palms were taken by Buddy Hield with 33 units.
Pacers put the cavs to temper
The Pacers made it clear that they are more team than the Heat. The CAVs swept Miami to comfortably move on to these semifinals of the East Conference, but now the complexity was different and thus was proven. Indiana got into the stroke of the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse to put an advantage in this battle. The visit won 121 to 112.
The first sown of the east suffered His first collapse in these NBA playoffs And while the defeat was at home and they are always painful, the good news is that this setback was started at this tie, although with this result they will no longer have the possibility of looking for the pass to the final of the conference at home.
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Tyrese Haliburton and Andrew Nembhard gathered in the Pacers To total 45 points. Six different players reached double digit, all the headlines, so the effort together paid off.
In the cavs he took command and responsibility To show off with 33 unitsHowever, he did not reach the CAVS, who by the way surprised Darius Garland.
A poor 23 percent effectiveness from the perimeter also took its toll in Cleveland, which on Tuesday will try to match the tie When playing 2 is played.
They noted in double digits. Donovan Mitchell, the top scorer, He scored 33 points, But cavs alone 23.7% of their triple and they failed Darius Garland, who was loss again due to an injury to the foot of the foot
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