Curry, Butler leads warriors to win the rocket in game 1 of the playoffs | Basketball News

The Golden State Warriors confused Houston’s third seed and stole home court advantage from Rocket in the opening game of the Western Conference Playoffs Series.

Stephen Curry scored a game-high 31 points, while Jimmy Butler III added 25. The Golden State Warriors held back the Houston Rockets 95-85 in Game 1 of the Western Conference First Round Series.

Curry, which scored three points in a home loss for the Rockets on April 6th, was great on Sunday. He finished 19-12, digging into five three-pointers and grabbing six rebounds. Butler added seven rebounds and six assists to his ledger as the visiting Warriors took a 1-0 series lead in Wednesday’s two sets of games in Houston.

Houston reduced the 23-point deficit to 76-73 on Amen Thompson’s floater with 49 seconds left. However, Curry returned that advantage to 82-75, extending its 3-pointers with 5 minutes and 11 seconds remaining 3-pointers. Butler and Brandin Poziemski (14 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists) kept the rockets at bay during the closing stage.

The Rockets shot just 39.1% and committed 17 turnovers that the warriors converted to 25 points. Alperen Sengun had 26 points and nine rebounds, but Jabari Smith Jr was the first teammate to join him in double digits with 11 points.

Jalen Green and Fred Vanvleet shot a 34-7 total, scoring a total of 17 points for Houston.

The Rockets were given early energy behind Sengun, who had eight points and six rebounds in the first quarter. Houston led 19-12, with Tali Eason turning the stolen into a fast dunk with 3:20 minutes remaining, but Curry manipulated a short run to close the gap.

Curry followed an assist to Butler on a drive that pulled the Warriors within 21-18 in the second quarter. Butler then fed the Warriors their first lead 24-23 on a free throw at the 9:16 mark in the second quarter, before Golden State seized their first double-digit advantage by closing out an 11-0 run with a curry reverse layup at 6:08 in the first half.

The Rockets temporarily held the tide down and pulled within four points, but the Warriors managed to close the half with a 9-0 burst with 3-pointers of two curry and a 3-pointer from Butler. Meanwhile, the Rockets missed their final five shots and committed two turnovers during that stretch, filming six-eighth in the second season before entering a break chasing 47-34.

In their first round game on Sunday, the Oklahoma City Thunder destroyed the Memphis Grizzlies 131-80 with the most biased game one victory in NBA playoff history.

At the Eastern Conference, NBA champion Boston scored 30 points from Derrick White, beating the Orlando Magic 103-86, defeating the Eastern Conference top seeded Celtics, defeating the Miami Heat 121-100.