Possible from San Francisco-Stephen Curry found its rhythm of shooting while Houston tried everything to stop, ending with 36 points, nine assists and seven rebounds to lead the Golden State Warriors beyond the 104-93 rockets for a first round playoff series of 2 days.
Playoff Steph delivered while the playoff Jimmy became his greatest cheerleader in the bank in a complete leather coat.
Buddy maintained 17 points from the bank with five points when the Warriors won their sixth consecutive game 3 in the first round.
Gary Payton II scored 11 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter.
Game 3 won on the Rockets on April 26, 2025. NBAE through Getty Images
Game 4 in the best seven series is Monday night at Chase Center. The most important question will be if Butler can heal in time to contribute.
The Warriors lost their progress after suffering a pelvic lesion and a deep muscle bruise button in a hard fall making game 2.
Fred Vanvlete hit consecutive triples and had a three -point play to score the nine initial points of Houston and ended with 17. Alperen Sengun added 15 points and 11 rebounds.
Win on the rockets. NBAE through Getty Images
Curry has 4,053 playoff points in his career and went to Tony Parker (4,045) for the tenth place in the NBA history.
The 37 -year -old star lost her three 3 -point attempts in the opening period when Golden State was 2 for 13 since long range, finally connecting from 5:16 deep before part time. His second quarter of 13 points helped Golden State within 49-46 at the break after following the 13.
Dillon Brooks committed a foul with 3:47 stayed one day after he defended the lack of Ames Thompson about Butler who caused the injury and called Dayand Green as a “dirty” player.
Thompson, Brooks and all rockets were booed during the presentations prior to the game.
Then Brooks committed a foul to Curry 11 seconds in the game. He collected his second foul in the 5:24 mark of the first quarter, delighting the crowd. Fans were equally excited when Sengun led to the basket and missed a lot when trying a single hand to the end of the first. Brooks had four fouls in half time.
The Warriors had lost three consecutive at home during the last week of the regular season, beating Memphis in a game game that does not count on that record.