After several changes of leadership on the scoreboard, two free throws from Trevor Ariza made the Rocktes went ahead 87-86 with five minutes to end the match, an advantage they never lost again, then Eric Gordon hit a 3-pointer after Attendance by point guard Chris Paul with two and a half minutes to the buzzer's sound to expand to 94-89, the Warriors, who had 16 home runs in the playoffs, are now in the fifth game of this series for the best of seven games on Thursday in Houston.
The Rockets missed three straight baskets and committed seven turnovers in the first quarter, where the Warriors champions were already ahead 12-0. Shortly thereafter, with 10 points and five rebounds from Kevin Durant the Warriors finished the first quarter up 28-19, a three pointer by point guard Chris Paul missing 2:30 minutes left in the second quarter gave the Rockets the chance to take over for the first time in the match (44-43).
James Harden, scoring leader in the regular season, was taking temperature and with 24 points helped the Rockets go to halftime at the front 53-46, the Rockets beat Golden State 25-10 in the last seven minutes of the second quarter , in which the Warriors also failed nine of their 11 shots in that stretch,
Stephen Curry was the one who then with a triple at 5:19 minutes to start the third quarter made the champions recover the lead 63-62. From there, the Warriors took off with an offense of 23-12 for two minutes of the small break of the third to go to the front 80-70, an explosive fourth quarter of the Rockets, especially in the last minutes, turned the omelette a spectacular triumph of the Texan team. Secondary to Harden on the scoreboard point guard Paul with 27 points and Gordon with 14. P.J. Tucker also contributed under the boards with 16 rebounds and Clint Cappela with 13 sacks, for the champions went offensive Stephen Curry with 28 points, Durant with 27 and 12 rebounds and Draymond Green with 11 and 15 balls recovered in the rebounding fight
