The Houston Rockets were unable to celebrate their Game 3 win over the Golden State Warriors in their Western Conference semifinals Saturday right away due to their concern over a potential injury to Austin Rivers.
Rivers was leveled on a screen by Draymond Green on the play where Steph Curry blew his dunk in the final 20 seconds.
Draymond laid out Austin Rivers with a pick pic.twitter.com/eYTMX5IMdO
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When the clock ran out on the Rockets’ 126-121 win, Rivers was down on the court and receiving attention from the team’s trainer.
Despite the scare, Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni said Rivers was “OK” and just thrown off by being blindsided.
MDA says Austin Rivers is ok. pic.twitter.com/7UrMTVDnob
— Dolores Ann (@doloresalozano) May 5, 2019
Rivers had 8 points and 4 rebounds in 28 minutes. He’ll have a day off to recover before Monday’s Game 4.
