Warriors pushed on game 7, but the trust “not fluctuating”

San Francisco – After he had the chance to close the series for the second time in a row, the Golden State Warriors drive to Houston on Saturday, even though he had to play a game 7 to keep their season alive.

Houston fascinated the Warriors in the Chase Center in the fourth quarter with a suffocating defense with a win of 115-107 on Friday evening 3: 3.

“So we will win together, we will lose together,” said Jimmy Butler, Star of Golden State. “I know that we will definitely win together on Sunday.

“We are good. We smile. We listen to our music and celebrate life. We are ready to compete. We were ready to take part tonight. Things did not approach us.

The Warriors express confidence because they have an advantage in the playoff experience, especially in their experience in the game 7. Stephen Curry and Draymond Green played 3-2 in five such do-or-the games. Her last game 7 came in 2023 when Golden State won 120-100 in Sacramento to take this first round.

Curry scored 50 points in this victory. According to ESPN Research, he has an average of 32.6 points in game 7 in his career in his career, who achieves the fourth most of each player in the history of NBA history. Curry Trails only Kevin Durant, LeBron James and Michael Jordan.

Butler played 7 in four games and is 2-2.

For comparison: Jeff Green, Steven Adams, Fred Vanvleet and Aaron Holiday played in a combined 10 game 7 in comparison.

“It will not be a problem to stay together,” said Steve Kerr Steve Kerr, head coach of Golden State, who is 3-1 in game 7 as head coach. “This team was connected and everything went through. There is no question that the frustration is set tonight. I could see it. The body language. We cannot have it. We cannot afford that in game 7.

“We have to be through all the way. I like our chances. I have seen what this group can do over the years. We were in many games of games. Jimmy Butler is Jimmy Butler. He was in all these games. He is one of the Clutch actors in the league, so … We will be reproduced.

Just four days earlier, the Warriors celebrated a clutch victory in game 4 that gave them a 3-1 lead that felt like a strangle in this series of the first round. But the defense of Houston, especially his zone, suffocated the Golden State by routes in the last two games.

Houston lifted a two-point game at the beginning of the fourth. Vanvleets 3 pointers with a foul for a four-point game in six seconds in the last quarter triggered a 20:5 run. The Warriors missed 14 of their first 15 shots when the Houston zone disabled their offenses and they were 17 years with 4:40.

According to ESPN Research, Golden State 13-Gegen-30 shot against the Houston Zone.

“There is a reason why they play a zone for a whole half,” said Curry, who shot 9: 23 and had 29 points and seven rebounds. “They try to force a certain type of shot. I probably took four highly contested depth 3, just to try it.

“If you do this and play the zone and shoot certain boys, it is just like we are long, regular season and playoffs over the entire season. If you have a shot, take it. … You are out there, be aggressive.

Butler, who ended with 27 points, nine rebounds and eight templates that he had to be more aggressive in the boards and the team has to achieve more 50-50 balls.

The Warriors have to do this in an enemy environment in the Toyota Center, where they were crushed in game 5. At one point, the starters of the Warriors were followed up to 31 a.m. at the beginning of the third quarter on Wednesday.

Nevertheless, the Warriors know that they can win there as in game 1, 95-85. And you will tend to play 7. Butler says that the team's self -confidence does not work through the loss of these last two games.

“Always high,” Butler described the trust of the warriors. “Well, it's a profit or home from every time. It doesn't fluctuate. We know how good we are a team. A few of us have been here several times. It is on us to make sure that we can do it.”

Green described the game 7 as “fun”. Curry said he was looking forward to playing in another to play the Minnesota Timberwolves next week.

“If you don't appear with this appropriate mentality, you have a long vacation ahead of you,” said Curry. “You know that you don't want to be the team that packs it together.

“We pack on this plane for a week to go to Texas and hopefully go to Minnesota immediately afterwards. This is the approach. I know that we are all enthusiastic about the fact that we still have life left, although the last two games did not go in our way.”