The Warriors led the series, 3-1, after beating the Rockets at the Chase Center on Monday. Teams that lead a series, 3-1, have, historically, fared very well. In 288 series that started 3-1, the team with three wins has won 275 times. That's a 95.5% success rate.

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr had the opportunity to clear his entire bench during Wednesday's 131-116 blowout loss to the Houston Rockets. In fact, Kerr decided to pull his starters as early as the midway point of the third quarter, which gave the reserves more playing time during the lopsided contest.

The Houston Rockets hosted the Golden State Warriors in a due or die Game 5 Wednesday night. Before the game Ime Udoka stated that he would go with the same sta