The Houston Rockets managed to stave off elimination on Wednesday, building a huge early lead over the Golden State Warriors in Game 5 that proved enough to force Game 6. Despite the big lead, it wasn’t exactly a smooth win by the Rockets.
After going up by 31 points on the visiting Warriors, Rockets head coach Ime Udoka and Warriors head coach Steve Kerr both pulled their starters in the third quarter. Golden State's bench mob ended up making a furious comeback that forced Udoka to put his starters back in. While Kerr didn't do the same, there were fireworks nonetheless as the game entered crunchtime.
