Warriors stainless! After leading the 3-1 series, Golden State was scared by seeing the Houston Rockets returning to 3-3, notably after an ugly home game on Friday. But the experience spoke in match 7, decisive, won 103-89 on the prosecution of young Rockets on Sunday. The Warriors therefore join the final semi-finals of the NBA, the prestigious championship of basket North American, whose posters are now known.
Chef Curry was cooking in the fourth quarter 👨🍳
He had 14 of Golden State’s 33 4Q PTS to lead them right to the West Semis!
Steph joins LeBron James as the ONLY players since 1997-98 to record 10+ PTS in the fourth quarter of FOUR Game 7’s 🤯 pic.twitter.com/1JdldrZlna
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The Californians took control in the second quarter thanks to an unexpected hero, Buddy Hield, author of 33 points including 22 points at 6 out of 7 from far before the break. Houston stayed in the match for a long time, at least ten points, before letting go at the end of the game, hosting a 12-0 at the worst time. Little success at the start of the game, Stephen Curry ended up reminding everyone that he was a player apart (22 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists).
“We had 48 minutes to draw deep into us, everyone defended very hard,” said the “chef” Curry, who can still aim for a 5th NBA title ten years after the first in 2015.
Jimmy Butler, recruited in February from Miami to give a last chance of title to Curry, also contributed to success with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.
“We were 10th (west) At one point in February, we finished the season in an emergency to qualify, so it was difficult to work on our alchemy along the way, “added Curry. “Succeeding in such a performance in a match 7 is very important. Mission accomplished, therefore ”.
Amen Thompson (24 points, 9 rebounds) and Alperen Sengun (21 points, 14 rebounds) weighed for Houston but without succeeding in containing the Warriors.
In the next round, Curry and his gang will face the “wolves” of Minnesota, who eliminated the Los Angeles Lakers of LeBron James and Luka Doncic in the previous round. First match in Midwest on Tuesday. ” There is Rudy Gobert Who succeeded in his last match at more than 20 points and 20 rebounds, we had not seen him for a long time. I know they will ask us to play at our best, ”anticipated Curry.
Note that in the Eastern Conference, the semi-finals have already started and were marked by the surprise victory (112-121) of the Indiana Pacers, fourths of the conference, on the Cleveland Cavaliers prosecutor’s office, leader of the season. The riders, trained by Kenny Atkinson, assistant to Vincent Collet in the French team at the Paris Games last summer, will welcome on Tuesday under pressure on match 2 of this series at the best of the seven games.
