GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS VS HOUSTON ROCKETS
1.71
TOTAL (INCL OVERTIME) - OVER 201.5
The Golden State Warriors are hosting The Houston Rockets at the Chase center in game six of the series. The Warriors are up three to two and have a golden opportunity to close out the series in San Francisco tonight. The Rockets won game five and are looking to tie the series and make it a seven game long series.
The Rockets were down 1-3 in the series heading into game five. The team stepped up when needed and won game five by 131-116. Amen Thompson played great defense on Steph Curry and Amen was also a huge contributor on the offensive end of the floor. The youngster scored 25 points and hit eight out of his 12 attempted shots. Thompson has six boards (four on the offensive end), three dimes, five steals and three blocks. Amen was a plus 32 in a 15 point win. A huge game for Thompson, who made eight of his nine free throws too.
Brooks scored 24 points and he played some great defence too. Dillon made seven out of his 13 shots. Fred VanVleet had 26 points. Fred made four out of his six shots from beyond the arc. The Houston Rockets made 23 assists in the 5th game of the series and Sengun had nine of them. The Turkish big man grabbed nine boards, had two blocks and steals each and scored 15 points. He made six out of his nine shots. Ime Udoka, head coach of the Houston Rockets spoke to nba.com after game five: "We're trying to wear them down and taking away certain actions, and we did that".
Steven Adams is a huge part defensively for the Houston Rockets coming off the bench. The center from New Zealand was a plus 15 in 17 minutes of playing time and he grabbed six rebounds. The veteran brings a lot of experience to this young Houston team. Jalen Green has been up and down in the series and is not being consistent enough. Green only scored eleven points in game five of the series. Jalen only took eight shots and made three out of those. Tari Eason was an injection off the bench for The Rockets with his high energy style of play. Eason made four out of his five shots.
None of Steph Curry or Jimmy Butler were shining for the Warriors in game five of the series. Butler took ten shots and only made two. Curry had 13 points with three made shots out of nine from behind the arc. Moses Moody was not in the starting lineup for the second straight game. Moses scored 25 points off the bench for Golden State. Steve Kerr, head coach of the Warriors, chose not to play his starters in the last quarter of the game.
TIPS: TOTAL (INCL OVERTIME) - OVER 201.5 THE ODDS: 1.71
