Jason Terry confident, Dwight Howard focused as Rockets face elimination

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OAKLAND, Calif. — In the Bay, the defending champs were having a ceremony on Tuesday afternoon honoring Steve Kerr being named NBA Coach of the Year.

The team down 3-1 to the Golden State Warriors, the Houston Rockets began their media sessions at Oracle Arena with Dwight Howard asking if former teammate Chandler Parsons was a prophet, continuing with the oldest player on the team, Jason Terry, guaranteeing a victory in Game 5.

Welcome to the world of the Rockets, faced with an elimination game on Wednesday night where they must defeat the Warriors, who will be without reigning MVP Stephen Curry for the remainder of the series.

It will be the fourth time this season the Rockets (1-2) face the Warriors minus Curry.

Dwight Howard will look to pick up his scoring in Game 5 after averaging just 14.5 points per contest against the Warriors. Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images

Will they win?

“I’m guaranteeing it,” said the 38-year-old Terry. “If I don’t, then what? It’s a loss, right. I guarantee victory — that’s what it’s going to take. I believe in my group. I know we can get a win here and send this thing back to Houston.”

Terry even went so far as to say he’ll get a new tattoo of the Larry O’Brien trophy if the Rockets win the title. Terry already has a tat of the trophy, getting one before the 2010-11 season, the year the Dallas Mavericks won the title.

“I’m saying right here in front of everybody, I’m getting a tattoo of a Rockets trophy if we pull this thing out,” he said smiling. “You [heard] it here first.”

There were few smiles from Howard. If anything he …

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