A win would essentially end Houston’s season and secure a spot in the play-in round for Golden State.
Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry #30 brings the ball down court as he’s guarded by Houston Rockets’ Dillon Brooks #9 and Fred VanVleet #5 in the first quarter of their NBA game at the Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. Seven games still remain for the Warriors, but the suddenly clicking club can essentially secure a play-in spot on Thursday in Houston.
The Rockets surged in March by winning 11 straight games and drawing as close as a half-game behind Golden State for 10th in the West. But now, after the Rockets have lost two straight and the Warriors have won five in a row, Golden State can bury them. As the Rockets tore through a soft pocket of their schedule and hoisted themselves up into striking distance of the Warriors, Green said he didn’t “give a damn” about them. Soon after, Rockets forward Tari Eason taunted them in a social media video with the classicHouston also employs Dillon Brooks, who injured Gary Payton II in the 2022 Western Conference semifinals and routinely instigated the Warriors when he played for Memphis.
They’ll also return probably their best athlete in Jonathan Kuminga, who has missed the past four games with bilateral knee tendinitis. Kuminga, Payton and Andrew Wiggins will likely be the three primary on-ball defenders tasked with slowing down the dynamic Green.
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