On the 20th of May the Houston Rockets began the Western Conference Finals against the Golden State Warriors. This was a best of seven series and the winner would get to play the winner of the Eastern Conference Finals. (The two teams playing in that were the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Atlanta Hawks.) The series opened in Golden State where even though James Harden had 28 points they could not overcome the Warriors as Steph Curry had 34 points. The final score was 106 to 110 in Golden State’s favour. Game 2 was even closer than Game 1 with The Warriors winning 99 to 98. James Harden was very frustrated with himself even though he had 38 points in the game because he blew the game winner with seven seconds left. Game 3 was a nightmare for the Rockets as Stephen Curry had 40 points for the Warriors and James Harden only had 15 points for the Rockets. When the buzzer sounded the final score was 115 to 80 with the Rockets losing yet again. They hoped that their elimination resistance would continue as they had come back from being down 3 games to 1 earlier in the Post Season. They did win Game 4 128 to 115 with James Harden posting 45 points. Unfortunately The Rally facing elimination ended for the Rockets as the got creamed 104 to 90 with James Harden posting only 14 points, he also had 14 turnovers. Golden State did deserve to win the series and will play the Cleveland Cavaliers on June 5 for the NBA Championship. Lots of people thought that there would be a Game 7 between these to titans but the way Golden State performed the Rockets hardly had a real chance to show off their great basketball. Golden State really expressed themselves on the court and in the end the best team won.
This week we will get a chance to interview a member of the Houston Rockets management team and ask him key questions about new possible players and his hopes for next year. Stay tuned for that interview later in the week.
Beast of Sport aka The Boss 