San Francisco-It tok more time than they wanted, but the confrontation of the first round of the Warriors is established.
With an exciting 121-116 victory over the Grizzlies in the game tournament on Tuesday, Golden State won the seventh seed at the West Conference and will revive an old rivalry to open the NBA playoffs.
Houston’s rockets expect, they thought they are a different team from that Steph Curry and Co. expelled four of their five trips to the NBA finals between 2015 and 19.
History: This time James Harden or Chris Paul won in the opposite bank, but instead is the generosity of a reconstruction that became one of the most exciting squadrons of the league this season under coach Ime udoka.
UDOKA, whom you will remember from the battle of the NBA finals of 2022 of the Warriors with Boston, has a group of talented and talented young athletes bought completely in their intense defensive style. The coach showed in the most recent confrontation of the teams that is not afraid to mix it, scaring with Steph Curry just before half of the time about the physical defense of the rockets.
Warriors Coach Steve Kerr Will Have To Find A Way To Counter The Length The Rockets Get From Amen Thompson (14.1 ppg, 8.2 Reb), Jabari Smith Jr. (12.2 ppg, 7.0 Reb) and tari eason (12.0 ppg, 6.4 Reb), The Size The Down Low Low In Alperen Sengun Sengun Sengun Sengun Sengun Sengun Sengun Sengun Sengun Sengun Sengun Sengun Sengun Se (19.1 ppg, 10.2 Reb) and Steven Adams, and the Pure Scoring Ability of Jalen Verde (21.0 ppg). And surely increase things, Dillon Brooks (14.0 ppg) provides another character of Golden State’s postsease settings.
The schedule
• Game 1: Warriors at Rockets (Sun. April 20, TBD)
• Game 2: Warriors at Rockets (TBD)
• Game 3: Rockets at Warriors (TBD)
• Game 4: Rockets at Warriors (TBD)
• Game 5: Warriors at Rockets (TBD)*
• Game 6: Rockets at Warriors (TBD)*
• Game 7: Warriors at Rockets (TBD)*
*= If necessary
Season series: GSW 3, Hou 2
127-121 GSW (November 2)
99-93 GSW (December 5)
91-90 Hou (December 11)
105-98 GSW (February 13)
106-96 Hou (April 6)
Rockets are responsible for one of the seven losses that Warriors have been delivered since Jimmy Butler III debuted on February 8. Houston pumped Curry for 48 minutes and held it 3 points in 1 of 10 shots. Brandin Podziesski and Buddy remained combined to drain 10 triples, but Golden State turned the ball more than 20 times.
It was better for the Warriors in its first term after trade, obtaining 27 points from Curry and 19 of Butler in their fourth game with Golden State, but Houston was playing without the loss of Eason and Fred Vanvleet.
Key statistics: 109 vs. 110.3
The series promises to be a fight.
While Warriors have been the best NBA defensive team since it added Butler, the Rockets have been doing it all season. Golden State has allowed 109 points per 100 possessions in 31 games with Butler; Houston has allowed 110.3 percent in the course of 82 games.
The Rockets also collided the glass and create second opportunities better than anyone, leading the NBA with 48.5 rebounds per game and a better in league 14.6 in the offensive.
Factor X: experience in the playoffs
Rockets can be on the rise, but Warriors are wise of experience.
The future seems brilliant in Houston, and the regular rockets season was impressive. But the fact is that they house the proof that they can do it when the lights are the brightest.
You can’t say the same of a team led by Curry, Drayond Green and Butler. The three have combined to play more postseason games (448) than the entire list of rockets.
Jalen Green, according to and Thompson create the three -headed Houston monster, and this weekend will be the postseason debuts for the three.