The Golden State Warriors traveled to Houston on Wednesday with plans to eliminate the Rockets in their first-round playoff series. It didn't take very long for those plans to go dramatically awry.
The Rockets got off to a hot start, building a 16-point lead in the first quarter—and they didn't let up. By halftime the Warriors were down a whopping 27 points. And when they failed to cut into that deficit through the first half of the third quarter, head coach Steve Kerr decided enough was enough.
