Throughout the first two games of the series, VanVleet has not made a huge impact. In Game 1, he scored 10 points to go along with seven assists. He followed up that performance with seven points, six rebounds, three steals, two assists, and a block in Game 2.

Warriors star Draymond Green had a combustible face-to-face altercation with Rockets guard Fred VanVleet in Houston’s 109-94 win, where it took about a dozen coaches and players to separate the two. Green could be seen inaudibly yelling at VanVleet while the Rockets guard held his ground in a 99-80 game with 5:23 remaining in the fourth quarter.

Houston’s starting backcourt shot a combined 7-of-34, including 2-of-17 on 3-pointers (11.8%), in a deflating Game 1 home loss to Golden State.