Game 1 didn’t go as planned for the Houston Rockets. Golden State’s offense was firing on all cylinders and Houston didn’t seem to have an answer for how to stop them.
Kevin Durant proved that the mid-range game in the NBA is alive and well. KD was unstoppable in the mid-post, nailing jumper after jumper as P.J. Tucker, Trevor Ariza and James Harden failed to bother the 7-foot scoring machine.
Houston’s defense was also far from great. The Warriors had too much breathing space on 3-pointers and too many easy driving lanes.