Golden State Warriors: Dread it or run from it, the third quarter still arrives

The Golden State Warriors, in a series filled with historic oddities game seven came hard with its own list of weirdness.

The Golden State Warriors and the Houston Rockets matched up for what would be a game seven for the ages in the Western Conference Finals.

Now that what has arguably been the most overused line from a movie across the internet has been used on this article we can actually talk about game seven.

After a historic game five, and a historic game six, there was no other way this game seven could possibly go down.

What better way to celebrate the seventieth anniversary of the very first game seven in the NBA between the St Louis Bombers and Philadelphia Warriors, than the show Golden State and Houston put on?

Historically, road teams in game sevens are a combined 27-104, and with what Steve Kerr called “the worst first quarter we have ever played,“ the game seemed to be spiraling out of control for the Warriors.

However, in the end, the third-quarter Warriors once again showed up and simply poured on an avalanche of scoring that the Houston Rockets were woefully unequipped to handle.

The Warriors outscored the Rockets 33-15 in the third quarter.

When it comes to making history, these conference finals have been nothing short of a stat nerd’s dream.

Stephen Curry himself, has now scored 67 points in a row without attempting a single free throw. He finished the night with a 27/10/9 statline which has jokingly been referred to as “almost a good game,” after he just missed out on a triple-double.

Curry ended up with seven made three-pointers, tying the Rockets entire team for made threes. The difference is Curry did it on 15 attempts, the Rockets did it on 44.

Stephen Curry is now the only player in NBA history with seven made three-pointers in multiple game sevens — once against the Houston Rockets and once against the Oklahoma Thunder.

More from Golden Gate Sports

Draymond Green continued to be the defensive anchor that held everything together. With his 10/5/5 night, has now passed the great Wilt Chamberlain for playoff games with that statline.

Kevin Durant was also a force to be reckoned with. After hitting a minor slump, he finished up the series with nice milestone of his own. He surpassed Hakeem Olajuwon and Shaquille O’Neal‘s records for total points scored in a Western Conference Finals series.

The Houston Rockets came out looking like they were going to blow the Warriors out of the gym, but they finished their season with what can only be seen as a massive choke job.

With 27 consecutive missed three-pointers, the Houston Rockets now own the NBA playoffs record for both most consecutive misses, and most total missed three pointers with 37.

The 11-point halftime deficit was the greatest deficit ever overcome in a game seven, and Houston’s 7-44 (19 percent) on three-pointers is now the worst shooting game in NBA history when teams have a minimum of 40 attempts.

With Mike D’Antoni now losing to a lower seeded team for the third time in his career, questions will definitely be swirling all offseason about what to do moving forward for the Rockets.

With the largest plus/minus ever recorded in any conference finals series that went seven games, all eyes will be on James Harden and Chris Paul.

Next: Klay Thompson Is Mr. Game Six

One thing is for certain however, the Golden State Warriors are moving on to the Finals for a fourth consecutive year.

Never before in professional sports — all professional sports — have the same two teams clashed in the Finals four years in a row.

History has been made, history is still to be made.

Home/Golden State Warriors