Despite adding Chris Paul last offseason, the Houston Rockets came in as underdogs against the defending NBA Champion Golden State Warriors. Four games into the Western Conference Finals, however, the Rockets and Warriors are tied at two games apiece with a pivotal Game 5 on Thursday night.
According to Marcus Thompson of The Athletic Bay Area, the Warriors locker room was apparently tense prior to Game 5.
The Warriors took Game 1 against the Rockets and took home-court advantage from the Rockets. They won Game 3 to take a 2-1 lead, but dropped Game 4 at home to cough home-court back up to Houston.
To make matters worse, Golden State will be without the 2015 NBA Finals MVP in Andre Iguodala, who is dealing with a knee injury. This will be his second consecutive game missed, and it's unclear when exactly he'll be able to return. Klay Thompson is also dealing with a knee injury suffered early in the first half of Game 4. He will be good to play, but it'll be interesting to see how limited he is.
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