Four keys for the Warriors to win Game 6 and eliminate the Rockets

SAN FRANCISCO There was no panic among the Warriors veterans on Wednesday night none of the gang s superstar core seemingly all that concerned with dropping Contest of their first-round series against Houston on Wednesday After the - loss that saw coach Steve Kerr yank the starters in the middle of the third quarter Steph Curry Jimmy Butler and Draymond Green calmly assessed the plenty of things that went wrong Throughout their society determination a sense of we ve been here before and know what to do pervaded their statements The Warriors missed their chance at ending the series in five games but are still up - with a trip back to the Bay on the schedule We turned the page fleetly Green reported We just started talking about attainable adjustments we can make things we see stuff we can get into With Battle set for p m Friday here s what Golden State demands to do to advance to the second round and a showdown with the Minnesota Timberwolves Stay out of foul trouble Golden State had four fouls in the first four minutes of play and got into the bonus at the mark of the first quarter That barrage of fouls helped Houston get to the line times during the fourth quarter where the usually shaky Rockets made every single one And those fouls could not be blamed on youthful inexperience Green Butler and -year-old Buddy Hield each had one foul and Curry was called for two I didn t have them ready to play clearly Kerr disclosed We committed three fouls in the first two minutes of the match We can t come out with that lack of defensive focus and vigor and expect to beat a great unit in a closeout championship Get to the line Along those same free-throw lines it would certainly help the Warriors to get a inadequate easy points early in the contest They did not attempt a single foul shot until the middle of the second quarter when Gui Santos split a pair to make it - at the mark This is an area where the crew has gotten help from Butler who commented he s feeling slightly better each day as he recovers from a pelvis injury sustained in Battle Butler averaged a team-high free-throw attempts per challenge in the regular season and shot -of- from the stripe in a Event supremacy Butler shot just five in minutes in Challenge but has proven he can draw fouls with the best of them in a much larger sample size We re fine Butler reported Our confidence is unwavering and we know we can start out better and play better Force Jalen Green to beat you Fresno-area native Jalen Green remains an offensive enigma for the Rockets At his explosive athletic and shotmaking best he scored points on an array of tough jumpers in Houston s Challenge preeminence But he has also been held to under points in each of the other four games the lowlight coming when Buddy Hield locked him up on multiple possessions during Championship He has shot just of outside of Competition and has been an inconsistent playmaker The Warriors could be well served to take their chances with Green gunning out of the pick-and-roll and not the hot-shooting Fred VanVleet -pointers made and combined points over the last two games Stay composed Related Articles Warriors coach Steve Kerr on Match tape I m not sure we learned a whole lot Kurtenbach The Rockets zone defense has the Warriors in the danger zone Why are Rockets not being called for hitting Curry s thumb NBA rules explained Warriors accuse Rockets of targeting Curry s injured thumb It s pretty obvious Alijah Arenas distributed from hospital and resting comfortably after car accident Championship was so uncompetitive that it took until late in the fourth quarter when the Warriors reserves made a comeback and forced the Houston starters back into the competition to see either squad get a technical That has not been the situation for the greater part of the series as Tari Eason Dillon Brooks and Alperen Sengun have done their best to muddy up the meeting and try to get into the heads of Green and the Warriors vets Before and during the series Kerr has stressed the importance of maintaining poise The Warriors have done a decent job of it so far and that will need to continue in Battle