The Warriors' direct "5 up and 5 down" is tantamount to surrendering early, and Butler shouted that the next game must be closed

The Rockets were on fire on the 1st, with 3 players scoring more than 20 points, leading by up to 31 points in the game, and finally beat the Warriors 131-116, and the NBA Western Conference first round of the playoffs was 2:3, and will return to the Warriors' home court for Game 6 on the 3rd.

Rocket Thompson (left) scores a fast-break dunk

The Rockets relied on a wave of 40:24 strong attack in the first quarter to get off the opponent, leading by 27 points at the end of the first half, and when the score gap widened to 29 points in the middle of the third quarter, the Warriors directly "5 up and 5 down", replacing the starting Curry, J. Butler, D. Green, Hield, and Podzemski, so that the players who were not in the rotation were all replaced.

Warriors coach Kerr explained that he said in the halfcourt that he would give the main team another 5 minutes, and if the game did not improve, he would not continue to pursue, and he pointed out that since Game 6 was going to be played in 48 hours, it was decided to rest the older starters.

VanVleet scored 26 points, Thompson scored 25 points, Brooks also scored 24 points, Shin Jing played an all-around performance of 15 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists, and D. Green scored 11 points to help the Rockets successfully extend the line, but in the last 7 games and 4 wins in the playoffs, the chance of completing a big comeback after 1-3 is only 4.5%. Rockets coach Udoka said of Game 6: "We're going to stay focused, put pressure on them, and bring the series back to Houston. In this game, the Warriors had the best performance with Moody's 25 points, Curry 13 points, and Butler only 8 points, but he shouted that he must win the next game and close the door smoothly.