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The Rockets won the tiebreak duel in the second quarter, Curry showed Harden what the champion boss is

11:19am, 12 May 2025【Basketball】

The Warriors started with Dream Green scored 5 points in a row, Podjemsky hit a three-pointer, and Hield scored a breakthrough and scored an 8-2 offensive. The Rockets relied on VanVleet's CPPCC and Shin Kyung to respond in the inside, and Amen Thompson tied the score for a while. In the last minute of the first quarter, the Rockets' offense was silent, and Hilder made two consecutive three-pointers (including a very long-range buzzer-beating three-pointer), scored 15 points in a single quarter with 5 three-pointers, and the Warriors led 23-19.

The Rockets made consecutive shots in the early stage of the quarter, and scored 2 points with only free throws in the first 4 minutes. The Warriors took the opportunity to climax 12-2, and the score difference widened to 14 points. Hilde continued his hot touch, making another 3 three-pointers in a single quarter, and scored 22 points from 8 of 9 shots in the first half. Curry made his first three-pointer at the end of the quarter, and the Warriors led 51-39 at halftime.

Rockets made 3 of 14 three-pointers in the first half, Jaylen Green made 0 of 5 shots and failed to win, only Amen Thompson (12 points) and Shin Kyung (8 points) supported the offense.

Rockets Amen Thompson made consecutive breakthroughs in the third quarter, leading the team to a 12-4 offensive, and the score difference once narrowed to 3 points (55-58). Curry hit a key three-pointer and assisted Butler to dunk, then broke through and scored a layup, contributing 7 points and 3 assists in a single quarter. The Warriors ended the third quarter 70-62.

The Warriors used "1-3-1 joint defense" in the final quarter. The Rockets made 5 mistakes in a single quarter and made only 1 of 9 shots from the outside. The Warriors seized the opportunity, with Hilder and Curry making 4 three-pointers in a row, scoring a 12-0 climax to secure the victory.

Curry scored 10 points in the last quarter, including two three-pointers and two breakthroughs, and the gap was widened to 20 points. The Rockets withdrew from their main players in the last 4 minutes, and the game lost suspense.

Rockets, Amen Thompson made 9 of 16 shots, 6 of 6 free throws, contributed 24 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists; Alperen Shin-kyung made 9 of 23 shots, and 2 of 4 free throws, contributed 21 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists; Fred VanVleet made 6 of 13 shots, and 3 of 6 three-pointers contributed 17 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.

According to statistics, Amen Thompson played a total of 7 games in the first round of the playoffs, averaging 33.1 minutes per game to score 15.7 points, 6.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.7 steals, 0.9 blocks;

Among them, the first three averaged 10 points, with a shooting percentage of 40.6%; and averaged 20 points per game to score 54.7% from the field. From the beginning of the playoffs to the better performance, it can be considered a better place.

According to statistics, Jabbarry Smith Jr. shot 50% from the first round of the playoffs, shot 45.5% from three-pointers, and shot 80% from free throws.

Smith played for more than 20 minutes in the first four games, averaging 8.5 points, a shooting percentage of 57.9%, and a three-pointer of 54.5% per game; he played for less than 20 minutes in the last three games, averaging 6 points, a shooting percentage of 40%, and a three-pointer of 36.4%. On the contrary, Smith is the type who becomes more and more confused as he plays. Especially after being DNP, he is used as a scope by Curry because he has no playing time.

As for VanVleet, the first few games can be considered a crime, but the next few games performed very well, which helped the team to drag the tiebreak. At least if there is no better defender who can sign in, VanVleet can still be used.

Shen Jing played a total of 7 games in the first round of the playoffs, averaging 36.6 minutes per game, scoring 20.9 points, 11.9 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 1.9 steals, 0.4 blocks;

NBA official shared data: Shin Jing averaged 20 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists in the previous series, joining Doncic, Tatum and Magic Johnson. Although the shooting rate of less than 50% of the inside line is a bit low, it is also a pot of constant iron-breaking on the outside line. If the outside line gives more pressure, Shen Jing will not be so pressured and his performance will not be so poor. Of course, he still has to practice to go further.

On the contrary, Jaylen Green has had a mess of other games except G2, and it seems that he can really give up.

Warriors, Buddy Hilder made 12 of 15 shots, 9 of 11 three-pointers, contributed 33 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists; Stephen Curry made 8 of 16 shots, 4 of 10 three-pointers, contributed 22 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks; Jimmy Butler made 7 of 13 shots, 2 of 3 three-pointers, 2 of 5 free throws, contributed 20 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, and 7 assists; Draymond Green made 7 of 15 shots, and contributed 16 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks.

Hilder's previous game has been very bad, but he finally played the role of a pitcher in the critical tiebreak battle. He scored 33 points in 0 free throws in the tiebreak battle and scored the highest score of 0 free throws in history. 8 million finally achieved the effect of this game in the playoffs.

Butler was still as stable as Mount Tai. Curry quickly adjusted the second half with 1 of 7 in the first half. He scored 7 of 9 in the second half and helped the team win the game. This is also the difference between him and Harden. One had a bad tiebreak and the other had a tiebreak turning the tide.