The Stephen Curry shipowner was for a maximum of 36 points, and the Golden State Warriors, despite the missing missing Jimmy Butler III, Rallied adapts to the Houston Rockets 104-93 visitors to take a 2-1 advantage in his National Association of Boly Bally)
Gary Payton II of the Warriors saved nine of his 16 points of his post -season career for a late race, and Buddy said he bombarded five triples to account for most of his 17 points. The rookie Quinten Post, making his first start of posts, snatched 12 rebounds for the seventh warriors sown, who can upload 3-1 in the west conference series of the West Conference with another victory on the court at home on Monday.
“This series, no game is going to be pretty,” Curry said Saturday night after the game in ABC broadcast. “You just have to grind it. We had 22 points in the middle of the [second quarter]. You wonder, how are we going to write down? You simply stay with him and make the right plays. “
The Warriors learned after the warm -up prior to the game that Butler could not go due to a bruise of buttocks suffered in the loss of game 2 in Houston.
“Everyone took a step forward and played for Jimmy,” Curry said. “Hopefully, he will come back soon.”
After the Rockets kept the Warriors at 18 points in the first quarter, Golden State scored the last 9 points of the second quarter to reach 49-46 at the break and established a secondly very disputed half.
A Triple of Dillon Brooks with 5:47 minutes to remove in the regulation gave the Rockets its last advantage in 84-83 before Payton, who did not be scored in the defeat of game 2 of the Warriors, surprisingly tok about the game.
With his dad in the Hall of Fame looking from the stands, Payton gave Golden State the leadership with a tray, with 5:27 for the end, then added another tray, a triple and a dump in a personal 9-point race opened a 92-86 for the end.
“Everyone has confidence. That is the beauty of our team,” Curry said. “Gary was an incredible advantage of double teams at the top, getting into the painting, ending on the edge, the big three in the corner, obviously the defense … He has also been close. He was part of the championship team in 2022.
Curry played playing his fifth triple of the night, and Payton added an immersion in the section to help Golden State keep visitors at bay.
The 30 Curry points night was the 60s of his postseason career. Hello, it also found time for seven rebounds and a game of nine assists.
“We are not going to keep it 3 points each who play it. We have to understand that,” said Fred Vanvlete de Houston. “It is one of the greats of all time. I thought that our coverage were a bit slow tonight. Some of the changes, part of the physicality, was an advance of what we had that became the last game.”
Curry and sustained each drilled five triples, helping Golden State to overcome Rockets 42-33 beyond the arch.
Drayond Green contributed 7 points, eight rebounds, four assists, two robberies and three blockages to the cause, while Brandin Podziemski added 10 points.
Vanvlete walked through the second sown rockets with 17 points, and Alperen Sengun had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Brooks scored 13 points, Jabari Smith Jr scored 12 and Ames Thompson scored 11 Jalen Green intervened with 9 points, six rebounds and five assists.
Nuggets Slam Dunk Clippers on the bell
In the previous games on Saturday night, the Oklahoma City Thunder, fed by 38 points of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, delayed the Grizzlies of Memphis 117-115 to complete a 4-0 sweep in its Nersst Tealn Tealns.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are on the edge of the progress, carrying a 3-0 domain in their ESE conference series with an explosion of 124-87 of the Miami Heat.
The Denver Nuggets leveled their West Conference series with an impressive 101-99 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers, sealed by Aaron Gordon’s overtown in the final bell.
Nikola Jokic Airball a triple when the clock ended, and Gordon jumped to catch the ball and released his dump just before the red light entered the bottom. A repeat review confirmed the ruling and the basket allowed Denver to even the best west conference series in two games each.
“You could say that it was a lucky play, but Aaron is a great athletic man,” said the interim coach of the Nuggets, David Adelman. “Hello with the ball early. I could not say whether it was good or not. I was prepared for overtime …
“That will be on the NBA television one day and I am slippery, we won the game. I am slippery, it will be the day of the nuggets and not the day of the clippers.”
Jokic had 36 points, 21 rebounds and eight assists when the fourth sealed nuggets recovered from a jet of 117-83 in game 3 on the road.
Kawhi Leonard registered 24 points and nine rebounds, and Norman Powell scored 22 for fifth sown clippers.
“This was really great for us,” Gordon said. “We did what we came here to do, and that was to recover the advantage of the court at home.”
Game 5 is Tuesday in Denver.
