The Warriors led the series, 3-1, after beating the Rockets at the Chase Center on Monday. Teams that lead a series, 3-1, have, historically, fared very well. In 288 series that started 3-1, the team with three wins has won 275 times. That's a 95.5% success rate.

Fred VanVleet scored 26 points, Amen Thompson added 25 and the Houston Rockets avoided elimination with a 131-116 rout of the Golden State Warriors in Game 5 of a first-round playoff series.

VanVleet is the Rockets' highest-paid player but has been mostly invisible as Houston's offense struggles in its playoff against Golden State.