Post by mesi10 on Jan 11, 2024 2:32:24 GMT -5
The combination of forward Kevin Durant and point guard Stephen Curry led the attack of the Golden State Warriors who overcame a 15-point deficit and beat the Houston Rockets 92-101 on the road in the decisive seventh game of the NBA Finals. Western Conference.
The victory allowed the Warriors to win the best-of-seven series 4-3 and retain the title to play in the NBA Finals for the fourth consecutive time against the Cleveland Cavaliers, who also won the series in the Eastern Conference 4-3. .
The fourth consecutive duel between Binance App Users Data the Warriors and Cavaliers in the Finals will begin next Thursday with the first game that will be played at the Oracle Arena in Oakland as the Golden State team has the home field advantage.
The Warriors, current NBA champions, will defend the title they have won twice in the last three years, while the Cavaliers won their first in their history in 2016.
Durant with 32 points, including five triples, five rebounds and five assists, led the attack of the Warriors who had a 41 (16-39) percent success rate with shots from outside the perimeter.
While Curry shone in a special way in the second half, when the Warriors completed an 11-point comeback (55-43), contributing 27 points, including seven triples, 10 assists. He grabbed nine rebounds and had four assists.
Guard Klay Thompson reached 19 points and power forward Draymond Green contributed a double-double of 10 points, 13 rebounds and five assists, which also made him a winning factor.
Guard James Harden with 32 points, but only 2 of 13 three-point attempts, led the Rockets' attack, which also had the support of Eric Gordon by scoring 23 points.
But just like Harden, he was not inspired in his shots from outside the perimeter like the rest of the team, which scored 7 of 44 for a 16 percent success rate.
The Swiss center Clint Capela had 20 points and nine rebounds, while the forward PJ Tucker finished with a double-double of 14 points, 12 rebounds and four ball recoveries, which also did not prevent the defeat of the Rockets, who had finished the season with the best record in the league (65) wins.
The absence for the second consecutive game of the Rockets' star point guard, Chris Paul, who was injured at the end of the fifth, weighed like a stone on the game of the Houston team, which once again had a brilliant first half by always being in front of the marker and get up to 15 points ahead.
They went to halftime with a 54-43 lead, but once again, the fateful third quarter arrived, the Warriors' favorite to begin the comeback and break their rival, and that is what happened in the decisive game.
The victory allowed the Warriors to win the best-of-seven series 4-3 and retain the title to play in the NBA Finals for the fourth consecutive time against the Cleveland Cavaliers, who also won the series in the Eastern Conference 4-3. .
The fourth consecutive duel between Binance App Users Data the Warriors and Cavaliers in the Finals will begin next Thursday with the first game that will be played at the Oracle Arena in Oakland as the Golden State team has the home field advantage.
The Warriors, current NBA champions, will defend the title they have won twice in the last three years, while the Cavaliers won their first in their history in 2016.
Durant with 32 points, including five triples, five rebounds and five assists, led the attack of the Warriors who had a 41 (16-39) percent success rate with shots from outside the perimeter.
While Curry shone in a special way in the second half, when the Warriors completed an 11-point comeback (55-43), contributing 27 points, including seven triples, 10 assists. He grabbed nine rebounds and had four assists.
Guard Klay Thompson reached 19 points and power forward Draymond Green contributed a double-double of 10 points, 13 rebounds and five assists, which also made him a winning factor.
Guard James Harden with 32 points, but only 2 of 13 three-point attempts, led the Rockets' attack, which also had the support of Eric Gordon by scoring 23 points.
But just like Harden, he was not inspired in his shots from outside the perimeter like the rest of the team, which scored 7 of 44 for a 16 percent success rate.
The Swiss center Clint Capela had 20 points and nine rebounds, while the forward PJ Tucker finished with a double-double of 14 points, 12 rebounds and four ball recoveries, which also did not prevent the defeat of the Rockets, who had finished the season with the best record in the league (65) wins.
The absence for the second consecutive game of the Rockets' star point guard, Chris Paul, who was injured at the end of the fifth, weighed like a stone on the game of the Houston team, which once again had a brilliant first half by always being in front of the marker and get up to 15 points ahead.
They went to halftime with a 54-43 lead, but once again, the fateful third quarter arrived, the Warriors' favorite to begin the comeback and break their rival, and that is what happened in the decisive game.