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 association 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 multiple things that went wrong Throughout their general 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 hastily Green mentioned We just started talking about practicable adjustments we can make things we see stuff we can get into With Tournament 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 reported We committed three fouls in the first two minutes of the contest We can t come out with that lack of defensive focus and potential and expect to beat a great association in a closeout competition Get to the line Along those same free-throw lines it would certainly help the Warriors to get a meager easy points early in the championship 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 squad has gotten help from Butler who announced he s feeling slightly better each day as he recovers from a pelvis injury sustained in Event Butler averaged a team-high free-throw attempts per contest in the regular season and shot -of- from the stripe in a Encounter success Butler shot just five in minutes in Event but has proven he can draw fouls with the best of them in a much larger sample size We re fine Butler noted 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 Match win 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 Tournament He has shot just of outside of Encounter 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 Battle 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 circulated from hospital and resting comfortably after car accident Meeting 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 event to see either crew get a technical That has not been the incident for the greater part of the series as Tari Eason Dillon Brooks and Alperen Sengun have done their best to muddy up the challenge 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 Tournament