© Troy Taormina | 2018 Nov 15
OAKLAND, CA – The back-to-back NBA Champion Golden State Warriors will open the 2019 Western Conference Semifinals series against the Houston Rockets on Sunday, April 28 at 12:30 p.m. at Oracle Arena, the league announced. The top-seeded Warriors advanced to the conference semifinals by defeating the #8 seed Los Angeles Clippers, 4-2, in the first round. The #4 seed Rockets defeated the #5 seed Utah Jazz, 4-1.
ABC will have exclusive national television coverage of Sunday’s Game 1 (7:30 p.m. PDT tip-off) along with Game 3 on Saturday, May 4 (5:30 p.m. PDT tip-off. Game 2 on Tuesday, April 30 (7:30 p.m. PDT tip-off), Game 4 on Monday, May 6 (6:30 p.m. PDT tip-off) and Game 5 will all air on TNT. Game 6 will air on ESPN with Game 7 TBD.
Golden State has won nine consecutive playoff series, the longest streak in the NBA since the Miami Heat won 11 straight from 2012-14. The Warriors have won three NBA championships in the last four seasons (2015, 2017, 2018) and have earned four consecutive NBA Finals appearances since their return to the playoffs in 2013. Golden State owns a 76-32 (.704) postseason record in that span.
Below is the schedule for the first round series between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets:
