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OAKLAND – Kevin Durant just missed the garbage can with his postgame ice bag, and that told the story of Golden State’s long night. Then, Draymond Green expressed his disgust toward the officiating.
James Harden put his team ahead on a 30-footer with 3:12 left in the second overtime and hit a pair of free throws with 2:10 to go following a flagrant foul on Green.
“I thought there was other calls that could have been called flagrant, too,” Green said. “I’m under the impression that if you’re hit in the head, incidental contact, I think that’s a flagrant foul if I’m not mistaken. We’ll see. Maybe I’ll go read the rule book, maybe I’m wrong. If I’m not mistaken, I’m right. They’re the best in the world.”
Durant matched his season high with 39 points to go with 13 rebounds but shot 12 of 28 and went 3 for 11 from 3-point range. Green had 20 points, 15 rebounds and nine assists. Curry scored his team’s first six points in the initial overtime and finished with 28 points and five assists.
”There are going to be nights like that. You’ve got to find a way to win,” Durant said. ”We put ourselves in a good position to win.”
Houston snapped Golden State’s seven-game home winning streak in an entertaining rematch of the first round of the playoffs, won in five games by the Warriors, who also beat the Rockets in a five-game 2015 Western Conference finals on the way to their first championship in 40 years.
The Warriors hadn’t lost in Oracle Arena since a 129-100 season-opening rout by San Antonio on Oct. 25 – and Golden State has only lost two regular-season games at home in each of the past two seasons. (AP)
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