James Harden: 'Houston Rockets need to control the ball'

Houston Rockets guard James Harden has insisted that his team can win game two of the Western Conference final against the Golden State Warriors.

The Warriors narrowly won 110-106 in game one, and Harden admitted that his team need to retain control of the ball better.

He told reporters: "We have to have the same mindset we had in game one – limit their runs, limit our turnovers. I think we did a good job of controlling the ball but they had two runs at the end of the second and end of the fourth – we take that out of the game and we will be all right."

The Rockets are in the Western Conference final for the first time since 1997.