Warriors Grab Commanding 3-1 Lead Over Rockets in Playoffs

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00:00You know, I am a little surprised here that the Warriors are able to take this commanding lead against the Rockets.

00:04I did think, Steph, that they had a shot to win.

00:06I didn't think it'd be this quick.

00:08They're up 3-1 now in the series and getting, you know, playoff performances from Jimmy Butler, who missed a game.

00:13Now he's back and he's playing well.

00:15I mean, how do the Rockets feel at this point, Steph?

00:18I mean, they have such a great regular season, and to see it sort of falling apart here has got to be disappointing.

00:23Yeah, you know, the Rockets were not favored in this series, and I think we can all see why.

00:31They're kind of missing that primary scoring option.

00:34With the game on the line last night, they went to Alper and Shingun, who's probably their best one-on-one scorer,

00:39and he just was not able to get a great look with Draymond Green guarding him.

00:43Green has been unbelievable defensively in these playoffs.

00:47I think he might be a little bit mad that he didn't win that Defensive Player of the Year award.

00:50But, yeah, I don't really see the Rockets coming back from this.

00:55I mean, Jimmy Butler, this is the worst that he's going to look, and he had 27 points.

00:59You could see him laboring a lot.

01:00I mean, if you didn't watch the game and you just saw the box score, you wouldn't know it.

01:04But he was really struggling to get up and down the court.

01:07You know, his health probably is going to get better with that tailbone injury that he has.

01:11So I would expect the Warriors to finish this one out in the next couple games.