NBA playoff chances, picks: Why Warriors achieve another victory in game 6; Rakets are low on Steven Adams

The Houston Rockets have already proven that they will not go quietly, as can be seen through their 131-116 victory in game 5 against the Golden State Warriors. The action changes to San Francisco for game 6 on Friday and it seems that it surrounds a lot of attention Steph Curry's thumb. Can the Rockets force a game 7 or will the Warriors avoid their business at home? There are many pieces to see as one of the best series in the 2025 NBA playoffs CVs.

Now that the 2025 off -season started, the basketball competition is hotter than ever before. CBS Sports will offer daily selection for the duration of the off -season. Sam Quinn will make at least one choice for every game between now and the NBA final.

Houston Rockets at Golden State Warriors

Since the beginning of the Golden State dynasty in 2015, the Warriors have played in 12 different series that played at least six games. In one of these series you have only lost both game 5 and game 6, the notorious NBA final in 2016, but remember that Draymond Green was suspended for game 5. Under these circumstances, they are with Green and Stephen Curry in the picture with 11: 0. I think there are a few reasons for it, but the easiest is that Golden State almost always has more offensive pivots than his opponent due to its unorthodox playing style. If the opponent solves Steve Kerr's movement, the warriors can adjust to normal, pick-and-roll-heavy offensive and confuse the opponent from the front. Imagine game 6 between the Rockets and Warriors in 2019 as an example. Curry was completely suppressed in the first half. He broke out in the second when he and Green began to run pick-and-roll over and over again. Do you remember when he scored 50 in game 7 a few years ago? Similar concept: Curry doesn't like to play hero ball, but he can do it. He has more answers for her than you for him. I therefore expect that he cracks this excellent defense in Houston in game 6 more than I expect that the rockets have new concepts that the Warriors should apply at the other end of the soil. The selection: Warriors -5

I think the offensive of Golden State works in game 6. I'm not so confident in Houston. Her crimes in game 5 was based on non -sustainable shootout, and her offense in game 4 was based on Green in bad difficulties and was therefore not on the pitch to slow down Alperen Senengun. The offensive is otherwise struggling, and when the Warriors returned to their home floor with a new urgency for game 6, I expect to clamp the Rockets to seal the series. The selection: under 204

I selected Steven Adams over 6.5 rebounds in game 5, and if the game had been competitive, he would have come there. He had six in about 17 minutes, but the catch is that he had far fewer chances for the offensive rebound because the rockets made all their shots in the competition. The more you miss, the more chances he gets. If you doubt your offensive, you bet your offensive back rush. The Adams Sengun series was its only reliable weapon in this series. They dominate these minutes and are killed on the floor with any other line -up. You will rely on you relying on it, so you roll with Adams. The selection: Adams over 7.5 rebounds