After the loss, Kerr explained that he and veteran Draymond Green made the decision at halftime to pull the Warriors' starters if they were unable to cut into the deficit quickly.

With only 13 seconds on the clock and the Houston Rockets trailing by one point, Ime Udoka, Alperen Sengun and the Rockets made the decision to go at Draymond Green. With the game on the line, Sengun drove one-on-one against Green before throwing up a contest shot that clanked off the rim and into the hands of Jimmy Butler on a game-sealing rebound.

The Golden State Warriors held on for a thrilling 109–106 Game 4 victory over the Houston Rockets on Monday night, taking a commanding 3–1 series lead. Both Green and Stephen Curry were hit with technical fouls during the game,