NBA playoffs: Buddy Hield leads Warriors flying past Rockets in Game 7 to close out series on the road

NBA playoffs: Buddy Hield leads Warriors flying past Rockets in Game 7 to close out series on the road

The Golden State Warriors didn’t make it easy on themselves, but they are officially moving on to the next round.

The Warriors, after huge halves from both Buddy Hield and Stephen Curry, put the Houston Rockets away on Sunday night to officially close out their opening round playoff series. The Warriors held on to grab a 103-89 win over the Rockets in Game 7 at the Toyota Center, which gave them the 4-3 series win and sent them into the Western Conference semifinals for a third time in the past four seasons.

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The win also allowed the Warriors to avoid becoming the 14th team in NBA history to blow a 3-1 series lead, something they famously did in the 2016 NBA Finals.

After a tight first quarter, and a poor first half offensively from Curry, the Warriors jumped ahead to a 12-point lead as they entered the locker room. That was all thanks to Hield, who was just about unstoppable.

Hield put up 22 points in the first two quarters while shooting 6-of-7 from behind the arc. All but one of those made 3-pointers came in the second quarter, too, and he hit his series high in points before halftime. Hield helped the Warriors mount a 16-2 run in the second quarter. Curry didn’t hit his first bucket until the final minute when he finally got a deep 3-pointer to fall.

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