HOUSTON — After cruising through a 58-win regular season and the first two rounds of the playoffs, the Warriors have finally arrived at the moment they’ve eyed for at least seven months: Game 1 of the Western Conference finals Monday night against the Rockets.
"If you can go in and get a road win in Game 1, it changes the whole dynamic of the series," Golden State head coach Steve Kerr said after practice Sunday night. "We felt it against Oklahoma City a couple years ago. They came in and got Game 1 against us. It definitely changes the tone.