Capela confident Rockets can subdue Warriors: 'We are better than them'

Clint Capela is doubling down on the Golden State Warriors.

After dropping 18 points, five rebounds, and chipping in with four steals in the Houston Rockets' 116-108 win over Golden State Saturday, Capela continued to be a thorn in the Warriors' side postgame, warning them that the Rockets will have no fear going at the defending champions moving forward.

"We're confident because we know if we're doing what we're supposed to do, we're going to beat them. We've got to keep playing. We know that they're going to come back if we have the lead, and we've just got to keep that mindset," Capela told ESPN's Tim MacMahon. "Sometimes I feel like, in the past, we were all dragging down after mistakes. But today, we were ready.

"I think that if we're doing what we're supposed to do on defense - all the switches, the weak side - and keep playing our offense by keeping that mentality all game long, we have the weapons to beat them.

"We are better than them."

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Saturday's affair was the last of three regular season meetings between the two Western Conference heavyweights, so if they do meet again it will take place in the playoffs. To Capela's point, however, the short-sample results do seem to support his claim. Houston has now won two of the three games this season against the Warriors, including a nail-biting 122-121 win on opening night. They can even take some solace from their solitary loss on Jan. 4, when they fell 124-114 to Golden State without superstar guard James Harden in the lineup.