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Welp, that's a heartbreaker if you're the Rockets. 
They NEEDED Game 1 to establish the tone and the momentum in their favor to make Game 2 an absolute must for the Warriors. James Harden looked every bit like this year's League MVP out there. But, they gave the Warriors a lethal first punch, but they just shrugged it off as if to say, "Is that all you got?" and won by double digits, with the pace of the game firmly in their control from the start of the 2nd half. 

Golden State did exactly what they needed to do. Now, Game 2 is put up or shut up time for Houston.