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coming up on abc 7 news at 4:30. beto o'rourke brings his presidential campaign to the bay area. how he is trying to separate himself from the rest of the pack. and you still have a shot. get it? shot? to get a shirt off the splash brother and how much warriors fans are willing to spend on this rare opportunity. join us for those stories and more on the news after the game. back to you in the studio. >> hopefully they will auction off finals jerseys in the 2019 finals. how do you rate the warriors's performance? we asked before the break. i'm telling you, we are not going to get that. how about you? >> i'm going for the great. that was good.

they had a lot of turnovers as a reason to not be happy. the way they play, i think you have to love that. >> 13 turn overs in the half which is terrible. they cut it down and finish with 20 for the game. that's not great, but marked improvement. >> a lot of that became a victim of the defense that the warriors kind of goes to get it. he knows about kevin durant. guys that work out in the off season. tucker has the girth and the title affect kd and no one will affect his length. tucker does it as well as anybody. it bothered him as they got into a flow and you heard him talk about it. if the rockets are going to swyw, no reason why

they should be guarding. late in the game, they went to the dot talking about my girth. >> only pg. don't worry about that. >> i hadn't thought about it. sensitive about the whole thing. >> we will get to that after steve kerr with mindy. >> i asked this question on the court. there are game ones and game ones against the team like the rockets. when you prepared for the game, what were the main points you wanted to do? >> well, we didn't want to foul. that was an a plus. they wanted to take care of the ball. 13 in the 50 half and 20 for the game. that's what we want to clean up.

a great way to start the series for the win. i'm amazed at how competitive and tough our guys are. they keep coming. >> what was the decision to start? >> the best lineup. when you play against houston, they force you to guard the perimeter. one of the best perimeter defenders in the league. we did it last year the same way. deal with it this way again this year. >> how do you attack a player. going 9-28 and still get his 35 points. he ends up at the free-throw line. >> he's impossible to stop. they want to make everything difficult for him. we did that. no matter what you do, he will get 30 or 35 points. he's so difficult to corral and he draws so many fouls. even on poor shooting nights like tonight, he will rack up a big line. >> they saw green's energy and kevon was quiet and erupted in the third quarter for 15. just a difference maker for

kevin after that adjustment. they keep playing. you play 48 and see what happens in a great player like kevin might have lulls. no rhyme or reason. >> the last one, and also the rockets. what do you make of the way the games are called. not to get you in trouble, but late and confusing whistles as well. >> it's so intense out there. and the competition is such a high level. guys are playing their hardest on every possession. & emotions coming high. that may have been his third

technical. we started the playoffs and we will have to try to competitive desire. >> we started the playoffs. no offense to the clippers, but this had a differently feel all together. i'm not going to put you on the spot. thank you so much. >> let's go back to you. >> thank you, minty. drey mopd will have to watch it. you can't keep chirping. seven gets you a suspension. who gives you the most anxiety. up over 50%. if you are a "game of thrones" fan. episode three is supposed to be nuts. thannos has the infinity stone and the power of the universe. twitter has that power.

interesting exchange between the gm at the rockets whose whole goal is to beat the warriors and the owner of the mavericks. >> this makes officiating harder. everything is put on social media for the arm chair gms. even ones who have comments, it will be very interesting and we will tell you much about the management. oblt owners and the officiating groups are at odds and the gm of the rocks make the comment and have been, working on these things since 2006. if you watch the replays, you will see him throughout this time before game two. there is a lot of times where no w an official mind like the circle underneath the rim.

they put a line down. you can't put the lines down and have to be looked in. you are missing at what's happening and you have to bounce one with the other. >> what's a catch some. >> i don't know. that's a foul. maybe andrew bogut knows. >> thank you so much. you play this team in the playoffs and you were not here in the regular season. what was the feel that reminds you of the playoffs? >> it's going to be a tough series. they are better than when i was here the first time. it was back for us. we still turn the ball over. and we feel like we can be a lot better. >> 16 points off 13 turn overs.

and this team, they do a really good job of punishing you for turn overs and they shoot the three. if we turn it over and struggle to win games. what a life turn over. >> it's interesting and when you see them, he was called for a foul. a little confusing to the fans. the players are sure what's being called the way they call it. >> it's tough. we have to adjust. we tried to adjust and there have been questionable calls. obviously the player is hard at times. if you have your hands in there at all, we have the other end. he has hands all over him. we try to adjust that. just defensively we can't afford

to get two fouls. >> when you see you hold pj tucker scoreless and 39 minutes as well as clint capella, what does that tell you about the way they played this wo one. >> we stuck to our philosophy. >> rather than james and chris, we will be in good shape. >> get some rest. see you in game two. >> let's go back to you, larry. >> the big one was 38-26, warriors. it will be a hard series for him to get. the rockets will switch into pick and roll and he had two points and three rebounds. time for the play back. redefining possible. the coach is freeing up the

warriors offense which was struggling early on. >> kevon was big earlier. the first 10 minutes, we saw the turnovers. they were not going in for the rockets and free-throws were matching the turn overs, 1-1 in terms of the rockets and the warriors. that was a good time to get them into offense and not give into the defense with the helping that the rockets were doing against the warriors. what happened after that was a vintage play. we have seen the warriors run out of bounds and also out of the half court. this is what they call the cyclone player. he is going to enter into kevon loony. he will get it entered to a catch down tolt base line and set the back screen to get shawn to the rim. they get that lay up to the rim and what ended up happening is loony made a read after he screens down on steph and gets was lf open for a able to take advantage of.

not really a screen. draws a switch and here's what's really important about this. you can remind them of that. look at the guy on the bench right here. sitting with his legs cross and arms back. this is what i like to see earlier in game two. what that does and this was referenced earlier. someone not really in tune to be in the clutch moments. he should be down in this corner and spaced or running through like klay thompson to give this stod operate o. he gets stuck and steph tries to turn and this is why steph is so good. he starts moving. maybe the first 10 minutes for steve kerr were to test out and see how clay and steph were able to move side to side. by this time, h move.

what does steph do. he takes it to the other side. he draws two and dunk and great pass. this is where his presence will make a difference. they will be worried about steph. they went to the play a lot and the end of the series, we saw it again here now. the two highest leading to a dunk. any time that steph is in the game and has the ball, he's got the ball and look how high the screens are being set. he will draw this out of 45 feet. something good is going to come out of that. he will draw attention almost every time. nothing happened after the screen and now we want to get going here. let steph attack. this happened at the end of the game. this is a great time. here's clay in the corner. you can't help off the clay. he has to stay attached and you have kato this side. there is no help off the rim. a great time to get into the lane. he attacks capella to the tune

of a lay up. these are things the warriors need to get to as opposed to setting their defense with the on and the match up that katie will see with pj tucker earlier in the game. >> it is o it is fascinating because they try to get steph with the biggses whether it's nene or capella and the rockets will do the same with samz harden. he has is you supreme confidence and it take anyone. we break down thewarriors's defense against james harden. we might hear from mike d'antoni. i don't think he is happy with the landing space. warriors win by four in game one.

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you played with some of the best and against some of the best. have you seen somebody have a great four-game stretch like kevon is having? >> a guy named michael something. i can't remember his last name. >> averaging 41.5 in the last four games against the clippers. cousins as we recap game one. loony came off the bench and provided a spark and has been working on the jumper you can see right there. six straight points and this one is at the rim. the warriors were up, 28-19 after a quarter. there was draymond with an assist and kevin durant throwing it down. james harden 16 at the half. here you saw the warriors with all sorts of turn over problems. 13 at the half. eric gordon. can't leave him open and knocked down three. 53-53 at the break.

a quick transition with authority off the chris paul mess. even though he had the hot hand, he feeds andre iguodala for the first start of the year. warriors after three and not stopping that from k the usual. you saw james harden with 44 seconds left. 30 seconds left. under 30 and steph against the big man. he hits and does a little shim. we are not done yet. warriors by and durant loses the ball. they think about doubling. he gets a three off. was that a foul? not called. rebound and out of bounds and paul is obsess and he got called for the technical and ejected from the game as the warriors survive game one. durant and harden both finished with 35 points. steph curry went for 18 points

on only 3-10 shooting on threes. the warriors were able to survive that and game two at oracle. we will have game three of the series on abc 7. that's the prime time game. rockets and warriors. i wonder how that will be officiat officiated. wondering the same thing after the game. >> clearly you felt they were getting fouled when they were closing out. what was the response when you were discussing that? they just dime halftime. i missed four of them. trying to do the best we can do.

what was that it was. do you guys need to -- >> don't worry about how they sat there and take it. i'm getting old for that. that's how it goes. i'm trying not to completely be a jerk. it obviously department work. i don't know. it's beyond me. he got a couple and the landing spot issue is going to be something that lingers. let's talk about how the warriors are trying to attack when he has the ball and different than what we saw from the jazz. the double team was right in his face. steph maybe being related to his

angle and that's an interesting observation. i thought it was aggressive hedging to take time off. he has to be careful of not fouling. they want to keep them crowd and occupied. i watched that last one again. i didn't think it was a foul. james jumps into a space and it will be clear between what the landing space is and where he is jumping. i think they are trying to keep harden busy and let time tick and hope it's more of a force than a rhythm one. >> you want to crowd them and have somebody in front of them. he is seeing somebody and the open floor. he loves option and it is open floor. he is telling the coach he is

making mistakes. let's hear james harden live at the podium. >> you came out and played very well and only lost about four points. what can you take into the game to take into game two. >> we lost and the playoffs was 30. it's a loss. i think 50 thing is we have to defend better. we missed three free-throws and the text with the first one. the last one, too. the points for the way they scored. it's an emotional game. to shoot a three to get a tech. it's tough, but i got to be smarter. i don't do nothing but hurt our team. >> chris, tony har ver,

sacramento observer. i know you have been here all rested up, but even on the warriors's side, they followed a lot of minutes and what the series is going to be for you guys. >> we will come back to those guys if they say anything meaningful. priorities. >> thank you so much. we need to leave james hard tone come to klay thompson. you knew it would be difficult given the way they battled. how much more intense did that feel for this team? >> it's very regular. when the playoffs come, everybody's antennas are up and give the game away. tonight was an example of that. we played hard throughout the whole 48 minutes. it wasn't pretty. too many turn overs and fouls and they came away and made big

adjustments. >> he's the emotional leader. >> and i mean if we get that series. >> trying not to reach that as much as possible. try to tire them up.

game and into game two? >> the same intensity and cut down and we should be winning by a larger margin. play with great passion. we will be good. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. back to you. >> thank you. interesting. he came out and no ice on his ankle. >> he is a five-star guy, too. >> we won. there will be ice on it later. >> lots more to come after the game. your chance to get your questions in to the game and using the hash tag and we will see them. ask them howhe ask them howhe turnovers and the ffensive foul will be

called. wave it off. looney with welcome back to toyota after the game. the focus. what do you have? >> with kevon looney, sometimes he doesn't get a lot of time. he had 16 minutes and six points and rebounds. the most effective is the way he moved his feet and able to defend. he makes it so difficult because he stays on the floor and gets an easy shot going to the basket. his activity cannot be under