The Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets will fight for control of the series in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals. Join The Roar for live scores and coverage from 11:00am (AEST).
The Rockets looked good in the opening game, getting out to an early lead before being pegged back and ultimately beaten by a Warriors team that can score in tidal waves.
Still, the Rockets will be buoyed by their performance as they pushed the highly fancied Warriors all the way in front of their raucous crowd.
They would be confident if they can give a repeat performance they have a great shot at stealing home court advantage away from the Warriors.
James Harden looked at his dynamic best, falling 1 assist shy of a triple double and threatened the Warriors defence all game.
The Golden State Warriors small ball line-up got them back in the game by pushing the break and raining three’s and has been a go-to line-up for Coach Steve Kerr all season.
MVP Steph Curry put up 34 points, using handles which boggles the mind of defenders and hitting six three pointers with the purest stroke in the game.
Draymond Green again did a little bit of everything really well and is the engine room that allows the small ball unit to run so productively.
The big question entering the match is weather the Rockets star center Dwight Howard will take the court after spraining his knee in Games 1 and is a game time decision today.
Both these teams play high-scoring basketball and thankfully we seem to be finished with the Hack-A strategy in the playoffs now so today should be fun!
Join me on The Roar from 11:00am (AEST) as we follow all the action of Game 2 live!
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WARRIORS WIN by 1 point WARRIORS - 99 ROCKETS - 98
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Q4 0.00 – Barnes misses the layup, Harden rebounds and races up the court. He is double teamed and attempts to pass put throws it away. GAME OVER WARRIORS - 99 ROCKETS - 98
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Q4 0.33 – Howard with the bucket off the Harden assist Time out Warriors WARRIORS - 99 ROCKETS - 98
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Q4 0.40 – Barnes misses a 3 pointer Harden gets to the foul line again hits both. 8 second turnover by the Warriors, WOW! WARRIORS - 99 ROCKETS - 96
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Q4 1.13– Green hits 1 of 2 FT's Harden with the step-back jumper WARRIORS - 99 ROCKETS - 94
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Q4 1.31– Harden hits a pair of FT's WARRIORS - 98 ROCKETS - 92
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Steph Curry with 33 points James Harden with 32 points WARRIORS - 98 ROCKETS - 90
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Q4 1.39– Curry with the big time 22 footer - a few long 2's for him today. We head for our third timeout in the last 46 seconds. WARRIORS - 98 ROCKETS - 90
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Q4 2.20– Harden splits his FT's WARRIORS - 96 ROCKETS - 90
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Q4 2.25 – Bogut with the layup and the foul off the Curry assist. Time out Rockets. WARRIORS - 96 ROCKETS - 89
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Q4 2.41 – Curry's long 2 is answered by a Harden 3 pointer. WARRIORS - 94 ROCKETS - 89
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Q4 4' – Thompson with the layup off the Curry assist. WARRIORS - 91 ROCKETS - 85
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Q4 4' – Still trading buckets here, waiting for a hero to step up and win the game. WARRIORS - 89 ROCKETS - 85
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Q4 7' - Howard with the layup. Klay Thompson hits the 16-footer. Josh Smith with the layup Time out Warriors WARRIORS - 85 ROCKETS - 81
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Q4 8' - Iguodala hits a 15 footer and we have Rockets timeout. WARRIORS - 83 ROCKETS - 77
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League Pass has gone down currently but I can still give updates. Talk about bad timing Mr NBA!!!