Rockets vs. Warriors: Golden State needs a win to stay alive
Houston leads best-of-7 series 3-2.
Iguodala out
The Warriors will once again be without Andre Iguodala, who was ruled out for Game 6. with what Golden State says is a left lateral leg contusion. This will be the third straight game missed for Iguodala.
Pregame
The Houston Rockets are one victory away from their first NBA Finals trip in 23 years. To clinch that berth on Saturday night they have to beat the Golden State Warriors on the road in Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals (9 p.m. ET, TNT).
Houston will be without the services of point guard Chris Paul, who suffered a hamstring strain in the final minute of on Thursday. Paul scored 18 of his 20 points in the second half of the Rockets’ Game 5 win, giving them a 3-2 series lead and just one win away from their first berth in the NBA Finals since winning the second of back-to-back championships in 1995.
Golden State is 7-1 at Oracle Arena this postseason but that loss came in their last game there, on Tuesday to the Rockets, snapping an NBA-record 16-game playoff home winning streak.
Houston (114.7) and Golden State (113.6) were first and third in the NBA, respectively, during the regular season in points per 100 possessions, but in the last two games of this series between offensive juggernauts have features scores of 95-92 and 98-94, both Rockets wins. That left Steph Curry perplexed, per the Associated Press:
“I think (if you) guessed what the final score would be between the Rockets and Warriors, and neither team getting to 100 two straight games, don’t know what the odds (would be) on that,” he said. “Defense is high right now.”
Warriors vs. Rockets Game 6 info
Location: Oracle Arena, Oakland, Calif.
Game time: 9 p.m. ET
TV: TNT
Announcers: Marv Albert, Chris Webber, Reggie Miller, David Aldridge, Kristen Ledlow
Online streaming: Watch TNT