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Warriors vs. Rockets Game 1: A Must-Watch NBA Clash
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4/18/2025
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But the late-night game on Sunday, after you're done with all the Easter festivities,
00:06
you put everybody to bed, and then you can sit down and watch game one of the Warriors and the Rockets.
00:12
9.30 East tip on Sunday night.
00:15
Of course, a couple weeks ago, these two got into a bit of a scuffle.
00:19
We did that stat about how the Rockets, since Imey Odoka has taken over,
00:23
lead the league in attacks, ejections, everything else.
00:27
He has turned them around fairly quickly in his two years in Houston,
00:32
getting them to a 52-win year this year and the No. 2 seed in the West.
00:36
Let's hear from Odoka about what he changed with the Rockets.
00:40
I think they saw pretty early and easily what was successful, what brings to success,
00:45
and the things that work.
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And so for us, it was from day one to always play up to a certain level, effort-wise.
00:52
And I said that from day one, and they bought into that.
00:54
So it didn't have to push them as far as that.
00:58
Guys were hungry to improve and win and get off the losing snide.
01:02
And so they all bought into that.
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It was just the little details, I think, in preparation and professionalism on a day-to-day basis,
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game-to-game basis.
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And they always talk about bringing the vets in to kind of be that on the court,
01:14
be that in practice every day.
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But it rubbed off on our young guys as well.
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So just needed a little pushing here and there.
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And they all bought into that.
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And like I said, you get tired of losing to a certain level.
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You want to get out and win.
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And you see things at work.
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You continue to do it and be more consistent with it.
01:28
Listen, I like them on Sunday night in the Toyota Center in H-Town.
01:35
I think they're going to beat the Warriors.
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Not only that, I think they'll beat them in the series.
01:38
This team is no joke.
01:41
They are legit.
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Now, I know everyone wants to crown Steph Curry again, his fifth title.
01:49
And they've already done it.
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Like, I'm hearing people saying the Warriors are going to win a title because they got Jimmy Butler.
01:53
Okay.
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I'll see you Sunday night.
01:56
Let's see what happens Sunday night.
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And we'll see.
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And let me tell you something else.
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This series is going to be crazy.
02:02
There is going to be fights.
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There's going to be ejections.
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There's going to be technicals.
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There's going to be wild press conferences after the games with complaining about the
02:14
refs.
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They're going to blame the refs for everything.
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And you're going to see Oduka lose his temper.
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You're going to see Brooks lose his temper.
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You're going to see Dre lose his temper.
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Kerr lose his temper.
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Because Kerr can play the game as good as anybody.
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This series right here is the best series in the NBA playoffs.
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Hands down.
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Not even close.
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Not even close.
02:38
I agree with you.
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I think it's going to be outstanding.
02:40
I think this and I think Lakers Wolves is going to be good, too.
02:44
I think those are the two series that are going to have a lot of distance to them in the first round.
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Rockets Young Stars.
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Jalen Green.
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21 points a game.
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Four and a half boards.
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Sangoon.
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19 points a game.
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10 boards.
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Four and a half assists.
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Thompson, 14 points.
02:58
Eight and a half.
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55% field goal percentage.
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How about that for those guys all together?
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How do you like those numbers?
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How do you like those guys?
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Look, Green, Sengoon, and Thompson are a massive problem for the Warriors.
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They act like they're not.
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And then this guy, Brooks, is a punk.
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He is going to be in the middle of all the violence.
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And they even have Adams.
03:23
I mean, they got Fred Van Vliet.
03:26
They got all kinds of problems for Golden State.
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I can't wait to watch them implode.
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