Summary of the Warriors 104-93 Rockets Party (APR. 26, 2025)

San Francisco (AP)-Stephen Curry finally found its rhythm of shooting while Houston tried everything to stop it, ending with 36 points, nine assists and seven rebounds to take the Golden State Warriors to overcome the Houston Rockets without Jimmy Butler on Saturday night, achieving a 2-1 advantage in their first round of the first round playoffs.

Buddy Hield scored 17 points from the bank with five triples while the Warriors won their sixth game three consecutive in the initial round. Gary Payton II scored 11 of his 16 points in the last quarter.

Game 4 of the series for the best seven is Monday night at the Chase Center. The greatest unknown will be if Butler can recover in time to contribute.

The Warriors missed their SUV EVIDENCE after suffering a pelvic lesion and a deep bruise in the gluteus muscle in a strong fall during game 2.

Fred Vanvleet sported consecutive triples and achieved a three -point play to score the first nine points of Houston, ending with 17. Alperen Sengun added 15 points and 11 rebounds.

Curry has 4,053 points in his playoff career and surpassed Tony Parker (4,045) to place himself in the tenth place in the NBA history.

The 37 -year -old star failed her three triple attempts in the first period while Golden State finished 2 of 13 from long distance, finally connecting from afar to 5:16 before part time. His 13 points in the second quarter helped Golden State approach 49-46 at the break after having been 13 points down.

Dillon Brooks was expelled with 3:47 remaining one day after defending the lack of Ames Thompson about Butler who led to the injury and called Draymond Green a “dirty” player.

Thompson, Brooks and all rockets were booed during the presentations prior to the game.

Then, Brooks committed a foul on Curry 11 seconds after starting the game. He received his second foul at 5:24 of the first quarter, delighting the crowd. The fans were equally excited when Sengun went to the basket and failed loudly when he tried a hand with one hand at the end of the first. Brooks had four fouls in the long time.

The Warriors had lost three followed at home during the last week of the regular season, beating Memphis in a play-in game that does not count on that record.