Warriors eliminate Rockets in Game 7, advance in playoffs

Eventually, the more playoff-proven, poised team prevailed. The Rockets’ best players are Jalen Green (age 23), Sengun (22), and Thompson (22). They joined a long list of plucky, athletic teams to pose formidable threats before becoming stepping stones. 

Curry has been tormenting different variations of Rockets teams for about a decade. He’s now 5-0 in playoff series against the Rockets. In the fourth, he sprung loose with isolations, inverted pick-and-rolls, by turning the corner on high traps. 

As the Warriors sealed Game 7, Curry’s body language translated to something akin to disgust of the Rockets. It was a physical, chippy series, and Curry had to work to even get the ball every minute he played. 

So Curry sent Houston home. And the Warriors to Minneapolis. 

“I think this group is capable of exactly what we set out to do, which is win a championship,” Green said. “We know the things we need to improve on and continue to get better at. But I’ve got the utmost confidence in this group. Didn’t want to go seven games, but in the end it won’t hurt us with that experience our young guys got the opportunity to get. But I think we’re right where we need to be, right where we want to be, with an opportunity to continue to extend this thing. We believe.”