Manila, Philippines – Golden State Warriors totally demolished the host team Houston Rockets at Toyota Center tonight January 20, 2017 (Eastern Time) with a final score of 125-108.
Golden State Warriors show tonight that they are the team to beat this season, unlike their first meeting the Warriors could not finish till the end when they loss by (132-127) in double overtime.
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Its almost the same output for both teams in the first half of the game Warriors only lead by as much 7pts in the opening period, but Rockets managed to trim just by (32-29) to end the first quarter.
Then Warriors got their biggest lead in the first four 14pts (49-35) halfway in the second period, but the Rockets closed out again with 62-57 behind going into the second half. Unlike their first meeting Rockets lead by 5pts going into the break with (64-59).
Tonight Warriors never look back the host team in the second half as they lead as much by 22pts under 3 minutes in the third period (97-75) and Warriors continue to hold the lead in the final period and they reach the biggest lead of the night with 24pts under 4minutes to play in the final frame.
Ryan Anderson Output is the difference for this game
On their first meeting he finished with 29pts but tonight he never made any basket but he only had 1 field goal attempt for the game
Kevin Durant lead the Warriors and finished with 32pts, Splash Brothers combined with 40pts.
Clint Capela leads the Rockets in scoring he finished with a double-double performance with 22pts and 12 rebounds, while their main weapon James Harden only finished with 17pts and 11 assist.
This was Golden State Warriors 6 consecutive wins after a hurtful loss to Memphis last January 06, 2017, Warriors still in the driver seat with (37-6) record.
Rockets, who tied the Spurs with 33 wins, but the Spurs had only had 9 losses, while this was the 13th loss of the Rockets as of this writing.
Rockets had another chance to bounce back against the Warriors they have 2 more games to play this season.
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