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First Take

Hour 2: Rampaging Rockets

First Take

ESPN Radio

Sports

4.25.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Hour 2: Stephen A. Smith, Chris 'Mad Dog' Russo and Brian Windhorst begin to talk about the Warriors and Rockets Round 1 series beginning on Sunday and if Golden State should be considered a 'clear favorite.' Plus, the crew talks about if the Giants should be expected to take a quarterback in the early rounds of the NFL draft! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.7

the Bulls, host the heat in the Eastern Conference 9-10 game, and the Western Conference 9-10 game. It's the Mavs and the Kings. The losers of those games, they are done.

0:42.8

And the winners play the losers of the 7-8 games. I hope you got all that. Our coverage begins with NBA countdown at 7 Eastern.

0:50.1

Jimmy Bucket. Steph Curry and the Warriors held off the Memphis Grizzlies 121, 116, locking up that seven seed in the Western Conference playoffs.

0:58.7

And a first round game against number two Houston Rockets, the Warriors won three of the five matchups against the Rockets this season, with all five games being decided by a combined eight points.

1:08.5

This will be the fifth meeting between the teams and the playoffs with the Warriors having won each of the previous four series.

1:13.9

The Warriors are favored at minus 200 to beat the rockets in the first round. Stephen A, starting with you here.

1:21.8

Should Golden State be clear favorites over Houston? No, I wouldn't say clear favorites at all.

1:28.4

Houston has the home court advantage.

1:31.1

Houston is the younger team, more spry, got a lot of athletes.

1:35.2

They got size.

1:36.7

They're big time defensively when they want to amp it up.

1:40.0

And they're significantly better at rebound in the basketball,

1:43.2

which is going to grasp additional opportunities for their offense.

1:48.2

And it's going to limit what Golden State does if they're missing shots.

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