{"id":492542,"date":"2025-05-03T02:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T06:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=492542"},"modified":"2025-05-03T02:01:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T06:01:02","slug":"rockets-sends-warriors-playoff-to-game-7-after-gritty-115-107-win","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/rockets-sends-warriors-playoff-to-game-7-after-gritty-115-107-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets sends Warriors playoff to Game 7 after gritty 115-107 win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Houston Rockets, facing elimination, delivered a spirited performance on Friday night to beat the Golden State Warriors 115-107 and even their first-round playoff series 3-3, forcing a decisive Game 7 on Sunday in Houston.<\/p>\n<p>Fred VanVleet led the charge with a standout stat line: 29 points, eight assists, and eight rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>His momentum-shifting four-point play to open the fourth quarter came just after a classic Stephen Curry scoring burst and snatched the rhythm back for Houston.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Steven Adams of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HoustonRockets?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@HoustonRockets<\/a> is the only NBA player to:<\/p>\n<p>shoot 100% from the field<br \/>\nattempt 15+ free throws<br \/>\nblock 3+ shots<br \/>\nhave 0 turnovers<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;in any game, regular season or playoffs (since turnovers were first tracked in 1977-78). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a1BjOsRUQr\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/a1BjOsRUQr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OptaSTATS\/status\/1918521334402879714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Alperen Sengun was dominant in the paint, adding 21 points and 14 rebounds, as the Rockets&#8217; offense found its groove once again.<\/p>\n<p>Golden State&#8217;s offense collapsed at a critical moment, going more than six minutes without a field goal, missing 13 consecutive shots during a decisive Rockets run. Curry, who had been a spark throughout, finally broke the drought with a three-pointer at the 3:35 mark, but it was too late.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors had led the series 3-1, but have now lost back-to-back games, including a 131-116 blowout in Game 5. They must now regroup quickly before heading back to Houston\u2019s hostile crowd for a Game 7 that will determine who faces the Minnesota Timberwolves, who have been resting and waiting after an early sweep in their own series.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ixw4yaZg4Og?si=Fz5AVMrf4QO1xfvu\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Houston Rockets, facing elimination, delivered a spirited performance on Friday night to beat the Golden State Warriors 115-107 and even their first-round [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":492543,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16989,17044],"news_category":[16706,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[17876,18346],"acf":{"announce":"Golden State looked on track to wrap up their next round place, but went through six minutes without field goal","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/492542"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492542"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/492542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":492546,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/492542\/revisions\/492546"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492542"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=492542"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=492542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}