Houston used to closely chase the Golden State Warriors throughout March with the goal of “stealing” Play-in tickets, but the Rockets’ chances are almost gone.
Celebrating the Golden State Warriors’ 6th consecutive victory, the duo Draymond Green and Klay Thompson headed towards the stands of Toyota Center,
Houston Rockets’ home field, and shouted loudly.
“Warriors, please come here and compete properly!”
This is not a random statement, on the contrary, it also carries a lot of sarcastic meaning.
Tari Eason, the young big man of the Houston Rockets, once said that to Draymond Green when the two fought on social networks.
Before the Warriors’ match against the Rockets this morning, Eason also wore a T-shirt with this saying on the way into the arena. But when it was time to leave, Tari was seen taking off her shirt, going shirtless and wearing a vest.
The reason was that Tari Eason’s “early crowing” had a complete backfire. While Houston was blown out by the Golden State Warriors 133-110 right at home, Eason sat helplessly on the bench due to injury.
This was a quite nostalgic match for Golden State when the duo of Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson shined together, recalling the image of “Splash Brother” carrying the whole team a few years ago.
Curry and Thompson each scored 29 points, including Klay’s efficient game of 11-15 FGs (7 successful 3-pointers). “Chef” Stephen has 29 points with 6 rebounds and 6 assists.
Young striker Trayce Jackson-Davis left an impression with a career-high 20 points (8-10 FG, 4-4 FT), 5 rebounds and 4 assists.
“I don’t understand why he did that, especially when he couldn’t even go on the field ,” Klay Thompson said about Tari Eason’s act of wearing a shirt with the ‘trash-talk’ message.
“If he plays against us directly, everything will be better. Now he’s just sitting on the sidelines but still trying to do it, which is quite pointless and a bit childish.”
Draymond Green, who directly argued with Tari Eason a few weeks ago on social networks, also shared the same thing: ” If you want to send a message, at least do it when you are on the field.”
Previously, Tari Eason had a reason to speak loudly about the Golden State Warriors. He and his teammates had a series of 11 consecutive victories in March and were close to the Warriors on the rankings.
There was a time when fans thought Houston would be strong enough to trip Golden State, climb to 10th place and take the 2022 NBA champion’s Play-in spot.
However, the Warriors woke up at the right time with 6 consecutive wins, including today’s 133-110 victory over the Houston Rockets.
This result puts the Play-in ticket at 70-80% in the hands of the Golden State Warriors and they have full autonomy.
In theory, the Houston Rockets still have a chance to take over the Warriors’ Play-in slot. But this scenario needs the Rockets to win 5 out of 6 matches, and the Warriors must lose all 6 final Regular Season matches (or Rockets win all, Warriors lose 5 out of 6 final Regular Season matches).
This is not impossible but it will be difficult to happen, especially with the very good form of Stephen Curry and his teammates.
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