A last-ditch effort for the Warriors to upend the Houston Rockets on Sunday night fell just short when Steph Curry missed a heavily contested 3-point attempt before the final buzzer.Golden State fell to 36-42 on the season after the 117-116 defeat. Following the miss, however, attention shifted to Draymond Green and Brandin Podziemski, as it was apparent on the NBC broadcast that there was a miscommunication. SENGUN WITH THE GO-AHEAD BUCKET ROCKETS GET A DEFENSIVE STOP AND WIN ON THE ROAD! pic.twitter.com/J3I5phuEuG — NBA (@NBA) April 6, 2026 On Monday, Podziemski spoke with reporters following the Warriors’ practice and gave his perspective of the play.“I saw Dray run up there to set a screen, and they switched,” Podziemski said. “But then they kind of hit him and in my mind, I’m like, ‘Okay, I don’t want to run up there with [Alperen] engün just because I have engün on me to bring another guy into his air space.’ So I just kind of left it be where it was.”It seemed from the video above that Green waved for Podziemski to follow him for a double screen to set up a mismatch with...
Why Brandin Podziemski didn’t set screen on Warriors’ final play in Rockets loss
Published April 6, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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