Golden State Warriors bothered the third Houston sown to steal the advantage of the local rock court in the opening game of his playoff series of the West Conference.
Stephen Curry scored 31 points in the game and Jimmy Butler III added 25 since the Golden State Warriors contained the Houston Rockets 95-85 in game 1 of their first round series of the West Conference.
Curry, who shot 1 of 10 and scored three points in a loss at home against Rockets on April 6, was brilliant on Sunday. It finished 12 by 19 in general, drilled five brushes and grabbed six rebounds. Butler added seven rebounds and six assists to his biggest book when the Warriors visitors obtained an advantage of the 1-0 series with game 2 ready for Wednesday in Houston.
Houston reduced a deficit of 23 points to 76-73 in a florater Amen Thompson with 6 minutes and 49 seconds to play. But Curry extended that advantage to 82-75 with a triple with 5 minutes and 11 seconds. Butler and Brandin Podziemski (14 points, eight rebounds, five assists) kept the rockets in the final stages.
The Rockets fired only 39.1 percent and committed 17 ball losses that the Warriors turned into 25 points. Alperen Senguun registered 26 points and nine rebounds, but Jabari Smith JR was the first teammate to join him in double figures with 11 points, doing it through a three -point corner with 7:34 minutes remaining.
Jalen Green and Fred Vanvleet fired a combined 7 of 34 and totaled 17 points for Houston.
The Rockets were energized early behind Sengun, which had eight points and six rebounds in the first quarter. Houston led 19-12 when Tari Eason turned a robbery into a quick overturned with 3:20 minutes, but Curry designed a letter to close that gap.
Curry followed his assistance to Butler with a couple of units that took the Warriors to 21-18 entering the second quarter. Butler then supplied the Warriors its first advantage in 24-23 with a free kick in the 9:16 mark of the second quarter, and Golden State then took advantage of its first two-digit advantage with a 11-0 race crowned by a memory of Curry.
The Rockets voted for the tide and approached four points, only for the Warriors to close half with an explosion of 9-0 that had two triples of Curry and three points of Butler. Meanwhile, the rockets lost their last five shots and committed two ball losses that extend, entering the intermediate that follows 47-34 after shooting 6 of 18 in the second period.
In the first first round games played on Sunday, the Oklahoma City Thunder destroyed the Memphis Grizzlies 131-80 in the victory of the most disheveled game 1 in the history of the NBA playoffs.
At the East Conference, the NBA Boston champions, fed by 30 points of Derrick White, defeated Orlando Magic 103-86, and the Cleveland Cavaliers, who beat the Celtics for the best seed 121-100.