Fred VanVleet delivers a huge performance to help the Rockets stave off elimination and send the series back to Houston for a Game 7.
Young team, on the road, facing elimination, going against an opponent with plenty of big-game postseason experience … what could go wrong?
Well, not much, actually, for the Houston Rockets.
They were the steadier, smarter, tougher and quite simply the better team. This was especially — and shockingly — true down the stretch of Game 6 at Chase Center. It was almost as if they switched personas with the veteran Warriors, who went quietly and quickly into the night.
So it was Rockets 115, Warriors 107, and now more importantly, a Game 7 on Sunday (8:30 ET, TNT) between these teams in this…