In the third quarter, the Golden State Steve Kerr, who faced an explanation of 29 points on Wednesday, made a wholesale substitution at five initially, and chose to sit for the 5th game games in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs.
Houston Rockets then took the lead with a basket, and the fourth quarter rally, one of the Warriors' reserves, opposed 131-116 victory in San Francisco, which narrowed its leadership in the seven best series of Golden State in 3-2 and forced the Game 6 in San Francisco on Friday.
The decision to punt was interesting to play about 18 minutes before playing. None of Warriors's new beginners played for more than 26 minutes in the loss, the preventive of Golden State focused on a second opportunity to close the young rockets.
“Obviously, it's not ideal to play these minutes, because if we win, you're playing more,” Warriors said, Draymond Green, who only continued for 18 minutes.
“But we (Kerr and veterans) made a quick speech (third) and said, 'I don't think we should chase it,' and 'wonderful. He said.
Beyond the hot start, which allowed them to get ahead of 18 points in the first quarter, Rockets put a throat on the game 5, taking advantage of the edges in athletics. The rockets ran early and often on the offensive and brutally pressure on warriors on the defense side.
Houston showed the glare of these features in the game 3 and 4, but continuous success had been difficult.
“It sounds like we know more consistently what they're doing throughout the series,” Rockets coach IME Udoka said. He said. “I try to wear them out and take certain actions and we have done it. Try not to run the games and games. If they have to beat us one -to -one, we think this is our advantage.”
Warriors still have an overwhelming advantage in playoff experience. Golden State suffered a 39 -point road loss to Memphis Grizzlies in the 5th game of the 2022 Western Conference semi -final series, just to return to the Gulf Region and to eliminate Grizzlies in the next game.
Given this kind of history, it was not surprising that Warriors did not go well with the defeat on Wednesday.
“There's definitely something you can look again as part of the journey, but it's good and it's great to talk.” He said. “You have to do something about it in court.
“We talked about our group for the first time trying to do this together and I love this challenge because we have the opportunity to write our own story about how we go back. We have a very flexible group for the last two months and should be shown on Friday.”
Durability was on the side of Rockets on Wednesday. The series was served for the second time.
“It may not always be right (and) is absolutely far from perfect from time to time, but to be able to return and have a short -term memory is one of the best things to be a young team.” He said. “They don't always know what's in danger, so it may be good for you or bad for you.
“We played a good basketball in this series. The error margin is so small that you don't want to get away when you fall short. You should go back.”
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