Rockets Win Puts Warriors in Trouble.
MARQUARDT: The defending NBA champions are in trouble. Houston is just one win away from reaching the finals. And Lindsay Czarniak is here with more in this morning's "Bleacher Report."</s>LINDSAY CZARNIAK, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: This thing could all be wrapped up Saturday. And I don't think anybody expected that.</s>MARQUARDT: Unbelievable.</s>CZARNIAK: It is crazy.</s>MARQUARDT: On the brink.</s>CZARNIAK: Yes, on the brink. The Houston Rockets now one win away from pulling off quite the upset over the Golden State Warriors. Rockets rallying behind the city after last week's school shooting at Santa Fe high school. First responders and students from the high school were honored before last night's game five in Houston. And the Rockets gave them a performance to talk about. Chris Paul was really, you could call him the start of the show. He was feeling it. Look at this. The outbalance three-pointer over Steph Curry. Look, and then given Steph a little shimmy taste of his own medicine. Steph said he appreciated that after the game. Paul's coach Mike D'Antoni saying Chris Paul made something out of nothing leading the team. You see the double clutch. Justin Timberlake there, and JJ Watt reacting court side, Eric Gordon joining with team high 24 points. After the game, James Harden acknowledging the tone of the night set from the beginning.</s>JAMES HARDEN, HOUSTON ROCKETS: It was an extremely emotional.</s>CZARNIAK: Something fans are talking about this morning. Chris Paul did injure himself. He hurt his hamstring. He is now questionable for game six Saturday in Oakland. To the NFL now, players and others continue to react to the NFL's decision to change the national anthem policy. We learned yesterday, players will now be fined if they choose to stay on the field and kneel. There are new details this morning about the actual vote that took place at the owners meeting. It has been revealed the vote was actually a show of hands. So, while not every owner took part, there was no one who spoke up against the new policy. Yesterday, President Trump praising the decision to enforce the new rule saying players who kneel, quote, maybe shouldn't be in the country. Players begin to weigh in on those comments, including Colin Kaepernick's college teammate Brandon Marshall.</s>BRANDON MARSHALL, DENVER BRONCOS: I say it's disgusting because of our amendment rights, in our First Amendment rights. You know, we have freedom of speech and freedom of protest. So, because somebody decides to protest something, now we have to be kicked out of the country? That's not how things should work in my opinion.</s>DOUG BALDWN, SEATTLE SEAHAWKS: It's not American. It's not very patriotic. It's not what the country was founded upon. So, it's kind of ironic to me that the president of the United States is contradicting what our country is really built on.</s>CZARNIAK: Doug Baldwin there. This issue is not going anywhere.</s>MARQUARDT: And at least one owner, the owner of the Jets, if I'm not mistaken, has said that he will pay the fines if the players continue to --</s>CZARNIAK: Christopher Johnson, yes, exactly. And that's interesting statement, right, because, obviously, you have this vote that has taken place and he comes out and says that, he is more in the support of his players. You get the sense that owners somehow could be divided as well.</s>MARQUARDT: You think there could be some momentum on that side from other owners.</s>CZARNIAK: Could be. But if anything would happen, I think it's big question, right? The NFL players association is up in arms about this because they weren't even consulted. So, it will be interesting to see what they can do if anything.</s>MARQUARDT: All right. Lindsay, thank you so much.</s>CZARNIAK: You got it, Alex.</s>MARQUARDT: All right. What was the president's lawyer doing at a classified briefing, two of them, on the Russia investigation? Even some White House staffers are perplexed. That's coming up next.