VanVleet and Thompson lead the way as Rockets avoid elimination, routing Warriors 131-116 in Game 5

— Pushed to the brink of elimination, the Houston Rockets delivered a playoff gem Wednesday night to beat the Golden State Warriors and keep their season alive.
May 1, 2025, 06:22 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Draymond Green makes layup (Stephen Curry assists)
  • Buddy Hield misses two point shot
  • Jalen Green makes 1-foot two point shot (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Jalen Green makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Brandin Podziemski makes 27-foot three pointer (Stephen Curry assists)
  • Alperen Sengun makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Draymond Green makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brandin Podziemski assists)
  • Dillon Brooks makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Dillon Brooks makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Brandin Podziemski misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Stephen Curry misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Jalen Green makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Jimmy Butler III misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Fred VanVleet makes technical free throw
  • Alperen Sengun makes 9-foot two point shot
  • Brandin Podziemski misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
  • Fred VanVleet misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Stephen Curry misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Dillon Brooks makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Dillon Brooks makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Amen Thompson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Amen Thompson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Buddy Hield misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Fred VanVleet makes 23-foot three point jumper (Dillon Brooks assists)
  • Quinten Post makes 25-foot three point jumper (Stephen Curry assists)
  • Dillon Brooks makes alley oop layup (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Quinten Post makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (Gary Payton II assists)
  • Dillon Brooks misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Gary Payton II misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Dillon Brooks makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Amen Thompson makes two point shot
  • Amen Thompson makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jalen Green misses 25-foot three point shot
  • Jimmy Butler III misses 22-foot pullup jump shot
  • Fred VanVleet makes 24-foot three pointer
  • Gui Santos makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler III assists)
  • Fred VanVleet makes 27-foot three point jumper (Dillon Brooks assists)
  • Gary Payton II makes 25-foot three point jumper (Stephen Curry assists)
  • Fred VanVleet makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Fred VanVleet makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Quinten Post misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Tari Eason misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Gui Santos makes 26-foot three point jumper (Gary Payton II assists)
  • Gary Payton II makes layup (Jimmy Butler III assists)
  • Fred VanVleet makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Gary Payton II misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Alperen Sengun makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alperen Sengun makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler III misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Gary Payton II misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Amen Thompson assists)
  • Jimmy Butler III misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Alperen Sengun makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Aaron Holiday assists)
  • Draymond Green misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Amen Thompson makes 2-foot dunk (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Amen Thompson assists)
  • Amen Thompson misses layup
  • Aaron Holiday misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Gui Santos misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Amen Thompson misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Kevon Looney misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Tari Eason makes 22-foot three point jumper (Jalen Green assists)
  • Jimmy Butler III misses 11-foot jumper
  • Tari Eason makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Gui Santos makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Gui Santos misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Moses Moody makes 1-foot dunk
  • Moses Moody makes two point shot (Stephen Curry assists)
  • Jalen Green makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jalen Green misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Stephen Curry makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Stephen Curry misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Alperen Sengun misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Moses Moody misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Moses Moody misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Gui Santos misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Kevon Looney misses 19-foot jumper
  • Jimmy Butler III misses tip shot
  • Jimmy Butler III makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler III misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Tari Eason makes driving layup (Fred VanVleet assists)
  • Stephen Curry misses free throw 1 of 3
  • Stephen Curry makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Stephen Curry makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Alperen Sengun makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Jalen Green assists)
  • Stephen Curry makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Tari Eason makes 1-foot two point shot (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Stephen Curry misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Jimmy Butler III makes driving layup
  • Jimmy Butler III makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Dillon Brooks makes 25-foot three pointer (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Gary Payton II makes 23-foot three point jumper (Stephen Curry assists)
  • Fred VanVleet makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Amen Thompson misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Amen Thompson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Buddy Hield misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Jalen Green misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Jalen Green makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Amen Thompson makes 2-foot dunk
  • Amen Thompson makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Stephen Curry misses two point shot
  • Stephen Curry makes 26-foot three point jumper (Brandin Podziemski assists)
  • Alperen Sengun makes driving layup
  • Stephen Curry misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Jimmy Butler III makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler III makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Fred VanVleet makes 5-foot two point shot
  • Dillon Brooks makes 16-foot two point shot
  • Stephen Curry misses 58-foot three point shot
  • Jalen Green misses running pullup jump shot
  • Alperen Sengun makes 1-foot dunk
  • Brandin Podziemski makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot (Draymond Green assists)
  • Jalen Green makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Brandin Podziemski misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Dillon Brooks misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Buddy Hield makes two point shot (Stephen Curry assists)
  • Fred VanVleet misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
  • Buddy Hield makes two point shot (Brandin Podziemski assists)
  • Fred VanVleet makes 12-foot two point shot (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Brandin Podziemski makes 8-foot two point shot (Buddy Hield assists)
  • Jalen Green misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Brandin Podziemski misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Amen Thompson makes two point shot
  • Draymond Green makes 3-foot layup (Brandin Podziemski assists)
  • Fred VanVleet misses driving floating jump shot
  • Steven Adams misses two point shot
  • Amen Thompson makes tip shot
  • Jimmy Butler III misses layup
  • Jimmy Butler III makes tip shot
  • Dillon Brooks makes 13-foot two point shot
  • Stephen Curry makes 9-foot two point shot
  • Fred VanVleet makes 2-foot layup (Steven Adams assists)
  • Dillon Brooks makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Dillon Brooks makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kevin Knox II misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Dillon Brooks misses 29-foot three point shot
  • Quinten Post misses driving floating jump shot
  • Dillon Brooks misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Kevin Knox II makes 1-foot layup (Gui Santos assists)
  • Fred VanVleet misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Pat Spencer makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Amen Thompson makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Amen Thompson makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Moses Moody makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Moses Moody makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Steven Adams misses tip shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Moses Moody makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (Kevin Knox II assists)
  • Pat Spencer makes two point shot (Gui Santos assists)
  • Aaron Holiday makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Amen Thompson assists)
  • Moses Moody misses driving floating jump shot
  • Amen Thompson makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Pat Spencer makes 12-foot step back jumpshot
  • Aaron Holiday makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Kevon Looney makes 6-foot two point shot (Pat Spencer assists)
  • Moses Moody makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Aaron Holiday misses 45-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Moses Moody misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Pat Spencer misses two point shot
  • Kevin Knox II misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kevin Knox II makes 1-foot layup (Pat Spencer assists)
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Trayce Jackson-Davis misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Trayce Jackson-Davis misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Pat Spencer makes 12-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Moses Moody makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kevin Knox II assists)
  • Jock Landale makes 6-foot layup (Tari Eason assists)
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses 24-foot three point shot
  • Kevin Knox II makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kevin Knox II makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Moses Moody misses driving dunk
  • Aaron Holiday misses two point shot
  • Kevin Knox II makes 23-foot three point jumper (Moses Moody assists)
  • Alperen Sengun misses 3-foot two point shot
  • Dillon Brooks makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Pat Spencer makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Pat Spencer makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jalen Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Moses Moody misses 25-foot three point shot
  • Kevin Knox II makes tip shot
  • Amen Thompson misses 20-foot jumper
  • Alperen Sengun misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Alperen Sengun makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Moses Moody makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Fred VanVleet makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Fred VanVleet makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kevin Knox II misses driving floating jump shot
  • Braxton Key misses two point shot
  • Trayce Jackson-Davis makes 3-foot dunk
  • Dillon Brooks misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Pat Spencer misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kevin Knox II misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Braxton Key misses two point shot
  • Fred VanVleet makes technical free throw
  • Dillon Brooks makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Dillon Brooks makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kevin Knox II misses driving layup
  • Braxton Key misses tip shot
  • Braxton Key misses two point shot
  • Amen Thompson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Amen Thompson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Moses Moody makes 1-foot two point shot
  • Dillon Brooks makes driving layup
  • Kevin Knox II misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Braxton Key misses two point shot
  • Trayce Jackson-Davis makes tip shot
  • Dillon Brooks misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Braxton Key misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Amen Thompson makes 2-foot dunk (Fred VanVleet assists)
  • Moses Moody misses 12-foot step back jumpshot
  • Trayce Jackson-Davis misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Trayce Jackson-Davis misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Moses Moody makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Moses Moody makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Aaron Holiday misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Aaron Holiday makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Aaron Holiday makes 26-foot three point jumper (Reed Sheppard assists)
  • Moses Moody makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Nate Williams misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kevin Knox II makes 2-foot driving dunk (Moses Moody assists)
  • Kevin Knox II makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jeff Green makes 23-foot three point jumper (Aaron Holiday assists)
  • Moses Moody misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Aaron Holiday makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Aaron Holiday misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Moses Moody makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot
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