Five days ago, the Golden State Warriors were cruising. They had just outlasted the Houston Rockets 109-106 in a back-and-forth thriller at the Chase Center, and took a 3-1 lead in the first-round series. The Jimmy Butler addition appeared to be paying major dividends toward the Warriors' postseason success, and though the Warriors still needed another win to advance, that only seemed like a formality at that point.
Less than a week later, the Warriors are in danger of blowing a 3-1 lead, like they famously did during the 2016 NBA Finals. The Rockets have won each of the last two games against the Warriors, and their win during Game 5 of the series was so dominant that Steve Kerr pulled Golden State's starters by the middle of the third quarter.
