The Houston Rockets beat the Golden State Warriors 115-107 in the fourth quarter of the NBA Western Conference playoff series on Friday.
The Rockets will try to be the 14th team, dropping from 3-1 to winning the NBA playoff series, and they will host their seventh game on Sunday.
Fred Vanvleet scored 29 points, Alperen Sengun added 21 points and 14 rebounds to the Rockets, who led the majority of the game and maintained a 18,000-man crowd at the Warriors' Chase Center Arena and explosively explosive in the fourth quarter, pushing their lead to many leaders.
Amen Thompson won 14 points for Houston and senior New Zealand big man Steven Adams, adding 17 points to the bench and connecting four out of four on the floor while providing a strong defensive ability.
Adams had three of five blocks in Houston when the Rockets retained the powerful offense of the Warriors led by Stephen Curry.
Curry scored 29 points, but he only scored 9 of his 23 shots and coughed for five turnovers.
Jimmy Butler added 27 points, but no other Warriors scored in double figures.
“Just make everything hard,” Van Velnet said of the Rockets’ mentality, who led two points in the fourth quarter. “Obviously, we know what they brought.
“You want to make everything hard, compete for everything…I just think our youth and our athletic ability can wear them during the game and we have been able to succeed lately.”
The Warriors were overwhelmed early in Game 5, with the Warriors struck the gap, but there were 10 leading changes in the first quarter of the NIP and Tuck, who never exceeded two, and Houston led 25-21 at the end of the first phase.
Curry 3-pointers tied 46-46 with 1:59 left in the first half, but the Rockets once again led 53-48 with 17 turnovers by the Warriors in the first half.
"That's the key to the whole series," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said.
Houston led fourth with 86-84, but Vanvleet drilled three-pointers, fouls, and free throws in seconds of the opening ceremony, marking what was about to happen.
"I think the key role is to start the four-pointer (in the fourth quarter),” Kerr said. "We didn't guard Vanvleet, they threw it on the floor, he knocked it down and got the free throw, and it felt like a game-changing game."
Draymond Green added: "We can't give up on four-pointers in a two-point game."
Kerr also picked Adams, 31, whose 31 minutes on the floor were his highest in the season.
“Adams was great tonight,” Kerr said. “They controlled the game when he went out.”
The Warriors turned to Fouling Adams, a low-level free throw shooter, but he made nine of 16 foul shots, and the Rockets managed to grab a few of his missed rebounds, scoring anyway.
The series winner will welcome the Minnesota Timberwolves, who expelled the Los Angeles Lakers in five games.