Previously, on The Warriors and the Rockets … Your Rockets gave you a game, they did they did. [ Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball ] Houston could have bowed down during what tends to be a typical Game 2 blowout. The team was down 17 points during the second quarter in what looked like an expected, homespun one-sided win from a team already up 1-0. Golden State ran out early to what seemed less like an insurmountable point lead and more like an insurmountable advantage prior to an inspired Houston run in the second quarter which helped turn this mess into a 55-all affair heading into halftime. Golden State eventually prevailed, by a mere point at 99-98 , but it took a James Harden stumble in the final seconds to find a way toward the final buzzer. Harden failed to split an impromptu double team sent his way by Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson in the game's final play, losing the ball and the game in the process . Rox coach Kevin McHale was criticized by some for failing to secure a timeout in the contest's waning seconds, but his hands-off approach was the correct one – who on God's green earth would you trust more to attack a...