Just one game into the most mouthwatering rematch in recent NBA history and the hostilities are already in full flow.
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James Harden is a master at getting to the free throw by means fair, foul or somewhere between the two, and a number of contentious calls prompted conjecture from both sides. How Game 2 is called, and how much latitude is given to the Warriors defenders on Tuesday, will go a long way towards determining what this series is going to look like.
Joe Borgia, the NBA's Senior Vice President of Replay & Referee Operations, joined #GameTime to talk through several calls from Game 1 between the Rockets and Warriors. #NBAPlayoffspic.twitter.com/8HzcOPVDvQ Never mind the fact that it is in the Western Conference semifinals, and that whichever team wins it will still need to best two more opponents to hoist a championship, this is a heavyweight fight that deserves a title belt of its own.
Harden scored 35 points and Eric Gordon 27 for the Rockets, who must now regroup ahead of Game 2 on Tuesday before a lengthy break in advance of the series switching to Texas. Perhaps it goes to seven games again, maybe it doesn’t. Either way, it is going to be quite a scrap.
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