Warriors draw on experience as Rockets series returns to San Francisco

Something felt eerily similar about the Warriors Championship loss in Houston They weren t playing Whoop That Trick Draymond Green smirked but they may as well have been The Warriors fell behind by as plenty of as points in the - loss but there s a reason why they re not panicking as the series shifts back to San Francisco They ve been here before Yeah similar vibe coach Steve Kerr noted of Wednesday s loss drawing on a comparison to another up-to-date foreseen closeout Championship his squad lost badly on the road It was just on the group s greater part modern of six trips to the NBA Finals under Kerr in that they had a chance to put away the Memphis Grizzlies and were blown out even worse than it got in Houston - That tournament ended with the Grizzlies celebrating to their band anthem Whoop That Trick The teams took the court two nights later in San Francisco and the rest is history At this point in our careers we ve seen it all Had all the experiences so we ve got something to draw on Green declared Houston played a good challenge We turn the page quick In a similar vein to the Grizzlies who also featured Dillon Brooks and Steven Adams Kerr noted that the Rockets were a young gang on their home floor trying to stay alive But the Warriors have experience in their corner The trio of Green Stephen Curry and Jimmy Butler III has played a combined postseason games Under Kerr Golden State has gone - in situations where either company could go home Our guys have been here a multitude of times Kerr declared While it s all well and great to talk about you have to go do something about it on the court Curry added Our group is trying to do this for the first time together and I love that challenge because we have an opportunity to write our own story in how we bounce back We ve had a pretty resilient group over the past two months and it has to show on Friday Moses Moody was still a high school prospect when the Warriors dynasty began but even he has championship experience to draw on from their run when he was a rookie A round after Golden State advanced over Memphis the Warriors were up - on the Mavericks in the Western Conference Finals heading into Meeting in Dallas They fell behind by as plenty of as points in that one only for the reserves to make it engaging at the end Sound familiar They brought their starters back tired em out they had to fight for the win and we walked them off the next championship Moody declared So let s finish this story the same way The same thing happened in Houston and Moody was the central catalyst Leading the second unit after Kerr sent his starters to the bench for good with left in the third quarter Moody scored a team-high points and helped cut the deficit to as close as points The goal was to make them put their starters in and not get a break so we accomplished that Moody stated We didn t get the win but we got something out of it Curry continues to nurse a sore right thumb and Butler was clearly still impacted by the fall that kept him out of Contest But the large deficit allowed them to rest while the fight put up by the Warriors bench forced every Rockets starter to log double-digit minutes in the second half Related Articles Kurtenbach The battered bruised and old Warriors are playing with fire after a no-show Match Desperate Rockets ward off Warriors bench-led comeback in Encounter series headed back to Bay Area Warriors aiming to maintain composure as physical Rockets series shifts to Houston How to watch Warriors-Rockets Match Why Buddy Hield is an X-factor as Warriors try to close out Rockets They set a tone that we re going to need for Championship Kerr mentioned Even though we lost the tournament I thought it was crucial that we fought the way we did in the fourth quarter There were selected positives in what was otherwise a decisive loss While Curry is correct that the current group has yet to accomplish anything Kerr was correct to note that Butler has no shortage of his own playoff pedigree to draw on When the Miami Heat needed to win Event of the Eastern Conference Finals after blowing a - series lead against the Boston Celtics Butler scored points in an easy - win We re fine Butler stated Our confidence isn t going to waver Start out better and play a better overall meeting because we know how good of a company we are as a unit we know how good our players are as individuals As starters we just have to start us off better which we know that we ll do We ll be fine