The Warriors led the first round of the NBA Western Conference playoffs on the 21st with Curry's 31 points, and Butler also scored 25 points, and finally blocked the Rockets' counterattack with 95:85 and successfully ushered in a good start.
Curry leads the way with 31 points
The Rockets returned to the playoffs in 2020 and are the No. 2 seed in the West, but they faced the Warriors, who were experienced in the playoffs last year, in the first round, and the two teams met five times in the regular season, with the Warriors winning three.
The Warriors, who were still looking for form at the beginning of the game, played a 29-13 offensive in the second quarter and took a 47-34 lead at the end of the first half, and the Rockets shot 2-of-12 from the outside in the first two quarters, and missed 4 free throws.Shen JingHe scored a team-high 16 points, with Curry and Butler of the Warriors scoring 13 points.
The Warriors once extended the lead to 23 points after the basket, making Houston fans shout "Curry MVP", but the Rockets pulled the end of the game in this quarter, chasing only 9 points before the start of the fourth quarter, and continued to bite the score in the decisive quarter, and the sluggish Fred Vleet (Fred Vleet) broke the net from the bottom 2 minutes and 38 seconds to help the Rockets chase only 4 points left.
Only then the Warriors Moody also scored a 3-pointer to help the team widen the gap again, and then Butler jumped out and scored 4 points in a row, and the Warriors took a double-digit lead in the last 1 minute, and the "Master Chief" then took advantage of the Rockets' mistake to steal the ball and staged a slam dunk show to help the Warriors finish perfectly and win by 10 points.
Curry scored a game-high 31 points on 5-of-9 shooting from the field, along with six rebounds and three assists, Butler had 25 points, seven rebounds, six assists and five steals, and Podemski contributed 14 points and eight rebounds.
Shen JingHanded over a team-high 26 points and 9 rebounds, Brooks and Smith both scored 11 points, Vanvellett scored 10 points on 4-of-19 shooting, and the Rockets shot 39.1% from the field and only 20.7% from the outside.