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95-85. This is not the score at the end of the 3rd quarter of this Game 1 between the Rockets and the Warriors, but indeed the final score! As in the regular season, the defenses took over the attacks between the two teams. While the workforce is young (under 25 on average), Houston relies on a game that we would rather find in the East, on the side of Miami or Orlando.
“It is not a typical team of modern NBA. They do not play very quickly, do not deviate as much, do not draw a ton of 3-point ” explains Steve Kerr to a journalist. “They are rather old school. They are like their coach. IME, he was a hard worker, a hard and physical player. This is what Houston is today. »»
“It looked like a 1997 match”
In this opposition to the Warriors, the Rockets decided to bet on their size and their physique, and it is no coincidence that Steven Adams played a lot that night.
“We can see that they know where their advantage is: to play Adams a lot, sometimes with Sengun, and send everyone to the rebound” confirms the Coach of Golden State. “Frankly, it looked like a 1997 match tonight. It is a completely different type of basketball, and we have to be ready for that. This is what this series will be. »»
Compensate for lost rebounds
For Kerr, the danger comes from the rebound where the rockets are precisely ultra-dominating with this game focused on size and physique. The Warriors compensate by aggressiveness on the pass lines and the situations of un-confer. This is the only way to respond to the “second chances” of the Rockets.
“If it's a half-terrain match, I really think that our defense can do the work in this series. So we cannot afford to lose balloons, nor to concede too many offensive rebounds-even if it is sure that they will take some. It is the best team in the League in terms of possession management. They took 11 more shots than us this evening, because of all these offensive rebounds. Now we will also force them to lose balls, and our defense is excellent. We just kept a very good team at 85 points on his parquet floor. So we will rely on it. »»
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