2025 NBA Playoffs: Can warriors overcome rockets?

Gold country It was not easy only on yourself, but regardless of postseason.

The warriors ended the regular NBA season by losing two of the last three – two losses came at home and one came into the hands of thin San Antonio Spurs – Forcing them to the Tournament for the Fourth time in five years.

Steph Curry & Co. Then he twisted Memphis On Tuesday night, conquest 121-116 and earn the seventh seeds in the playoffs of Western conferences.

Warrior Award? The date of the first round with other seeds Houstin rockets.

It is not such a bad outcome for the golden state, however, given that he won Houston three times from five times in the regular season, including twice on the parent home mother floor.

Can a golden state pray next to rockets and reserve a date with the winner Lakers–Timbervolves?

The quotas say it’s most likely.

After their victory over Grizzs on Tuesday, the warriors opened AS -200 favorites in their series with rockets, which opened as +165 underdogs.

Excessive / Under the total Games for Variel’s series warriecks is set to 5.5 (via -175, under + 145), and the warriors are +280 to win six games.

Houston is +475 for winning seven games, and warriors are also +475 for winning five games, and then the golden state to +550 to win in seven and +650 to win rockets.

In other words, the gold state is strongly favored.

However, analyst Fox Sports NBA Ric Bucher He thinks that the opposite should be true, mostly due to Curri, who is borne by the injury on his shooting, inter alia.

He explained why he thinks the warrior running will be short-lived in episode on Wednesday “Object.”

“I’m just watching a group around (Steph Curri and Jimmy Butler). You are relying Brandin below to give you big minutes. You have Quinten Post There. You have Gui Santos. That Patternthat was never an ISZOZONE performer.

“… Jimmy and Steph still can do it in big moments, but I saw Steph compromised, with better teams, I can’t finish the deal. And that’s not a great team.”

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