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Royce Young, ESPN.com: Everything. It’s the two best teams from the season playing each other, with storylines and stars and narratives and even some trash-talk mixed in. It’s kind of all you could want in a series.Andrew Han, ESPN.com: Great defense going down in flames to greater offense. It’s one thing to see high-scoring games because one team overwhelms another, but high-octane offenses pulverizing the two staunchest defenses in the postseason will make for a sweeping series of sonorous scoring.
Micah Adams, ESPN Stats & Info: This is the series everyone has wanted all along, and I love that Houston gets its shot. General manager Daryl Morey has admitted that the entire franchise is obsessed with beating the Warriors, and I’m excited to see what happens when — unlike in the regular season — everyone is available and each team has the other’s undivided attention. How do Morey’s pieces all fit? Will the iso sets continue to work? Can Harden be the best player in this series? There are too many subplots to pick just one.
Kevin Pelton, ESPN Insider: How Houston’s switching defense holds up against Golden State. As successful as the strategy has been all season, clearly it was designed specifically to deal with the way the Warriors force defenses to switch. Will a season’s worth of practice, plus personnel choices, pay off?Han: Can Luc Mbah a Moute (or PJ Tucker) sink open shots? When the Warriors trot out the Hamptons Five (or any Hamptons-adjacent) lineup, Mbah a Moute allows for the necessary defensive switching in order to stay with Golden State. If he’s able to hit 3s at his regular-season mark (36.4 percent, versus 20 percent in the postseason), Mbah a Moute will prove to be a crucial anchor for the Rockets’ plan of attack … or defense, I should say.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Curry got his groove back to score 35 points with five 3-pointers, shooting over James Harden and driving past the Houston star as the Golden State Warriors made a second-half statement to beat the Rockets 126-85 on Sunday night for a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference finals. Kevin Durant added 25 points, six rebounds, and six assists, while Draymond Green grabbed 17 rebounds to go with 10 points and six assists.The Warriors won an NBA-record 16th consecutive home postseason game, surpassing the Chicago Bulls’ mark of 15 in a row from April 27, 1990-May 21, 1991.
The defending champions got defensive — and maybe a little mad — after a 127-105 Game 2 defeat Wednesday night at Houston, determined to make stops to ignite the transition game and open up 3-point shooters. And they eventually got Curry going with 18 points on 7-for-7 shooting in the third quarter. Harden had 20 points and nine assists, while Chris Paul added 13 points and 10 rebounds as they combined to shoot just 12 for 32. Game 4 is Tuesday night at Oracle Arena. Curry and Durant each scored five quick points as Golden State opened the third quarter with a 10-0 burst to go ahead 64-43.
Under pressure from Paul, Curry swished a 3 from way back with 5:06 left in the third. He struggled with his long-range shot again early but drove through the paint at every chance. Curry hit a baseline 3-pointer at the 9:02 mark of the first but missed his next five 3s before going 4 for 5 in the second half. He is now 7 of 25 from long range — he made one in each of the first two games. The Warriors’ five starters all scored in double figures, the first time they’ve done so this postseason. Trevor Ariza and Green received a double-technical with 6:49 to play when Ariza shoved Green as they traded words.
Both potent offenses were slow getting rolling as the teams played strong defense.
Harden and Paul began 3 for 14 with Paul missing six shots before getting his first basket on goaltending against Andre Iguodala 2:39 before halftime. Golden State began getting the looks it liked after halftime. The Warriors faced more stingy, in-the-face pressure from Houston, making it hard to get any early flow shooting. Durant hit his first 3 6:27 before halftime then missed from the deep the next time down. A moment of silence was held before the national anthem for victims of the Houston school shooting.
