NBA Playoffs: Warriors' Victory over Rockets Ties Series with 3-3 Leading To Game 7

Jon Snow
Sun May,2018
NBA Playoffs: Warriors' Victory over Rockets Ties Series with 3-3 Leading To Game 7 Basketball

Earlier, this Saturday, Warriors faced their elimination win-over game nearly after  2 years in the NBA Playoffs with Houston Rockets. Warriors with the record of a 2-3 series loss with Rockets in the previous Game 5, opened up their way to Game 7 as they tied the series with 3-3 on May 26.

The final score of the Game 6, showed up 115-86 where Warriors' victory was sealed with the match highest point of 35 by Klay Thompson.

The trump card of the Golden State Warriors, Thompson recorded 6 rebounds and 2 assists while Rocket's James Harden made team highest 32 points accompanied by 7 rebounds and 9 assists.

The Western Conference finals got in the favor of Warriors with the joint 87 points of the power players like Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, and Thompson. Although the first quarter ended up with 17 points lead for Rockets, the Warriors took them down in rest of quarters.

Teams First Quarter Second Quarter  Third Quarter  Fourth Quarter Result
Golden State Warriors 22 29 33 31 115 (Win)
Houston Rockets 39 22 16 9 86

Now, the Rockets and the Warriors will hold themselves for the Game 7 scheduled to be held in Houston, on Tuesday, May 29.

While Boston and Cleveland will also be playing Game 7 in their Eastern Conference Final series, this Monday, which makes it the first time since 1979 that the two Conference Finals have gone the distance.

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