🏀 NBA scores tonight
Houston Rockets at Golden State Warriors (Live on ESPN)
🍿Rockets vs Warriors Game 6 matchup
The Rockets staved off elimination Wednesday with a 131-116 win at home over Houston. The degree of difficulty gets ratcheted up tonight as the young Rockets must go into Golden State and escape with a win if they want to extend their season.
Golden State has won both games at the Chase Center in this series. The Warriors used a huge fourth quarter to win by 11 in Game 3. Game 4 was a battle until the end but the Warriors made the key plays in key moments to get the 109-106 victory.
Warriors lineup tonight
Gary Payton II gets the start in place of Brandin Podziemski, who will come off the bench tonight. It will be Payton’s first start of the series as Golden State coach Steve Kerr goes with a different look to open the game.
IT’S ABOUT THAT TIME pic.twitter.com/3eOVqPAtuq
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) May 3, 2025
Rockets lineup tonight
Houston will go with the same lineup from Game 5.
STARTING CREW 5️⃣
📺:@ESPN@ReliantEnergy | #Liftoff pic.twitter.com/Y99VaPsdOP
— Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) May 3, 2025
Did you miss Game 5? Check out our Rockets-Warriors key takeaways from Houston’s season-saving win. For all things Rockets-Warriors, you can see our series hub with key stats, recaps, highlights and more.
NBA storylines tonight
- Game 6 for Rockets vs Warriors: One of the most exciting first round series of this year’s NBA Playoffs gets another installment tonight with the Warriors looking to close things out on their home floor.
- Gregg Popovich steps down as Spurs coach: San Antonio’s legendary coach, Gregg Popovich, announced Friday that he is stepping down as head coach after a remarkable 29-year run with five NBA Championships. Mitch Johnson has been tapped as the next head coach in San Antonio.
- Grizzlies name new head coach: Tuomas Iisalo had his interim coach tab removed and he is now officially the new head coach for the Memphis Grizzlies.
