The Golden State Warriors earned their spot within the NBA playoffs taking the No. 7 seed, establishing a matchup with the No. 2 seed Houston Rockets.
Houston is a well-known foe for Golden State. That is the fifth time the franchises have confronted one another in a playoff sequence. The Warriors gained all 4 earlier matchups, which passed off between 2015 and 2019. Two of the sequence have been within the Western Convention finals in 2015 and 2018, the latter of which Golden State gained in seven video games.
Collection Schedule
Sport 1, April 20: Golden State at Houston — WARRIORS WIN 95-85
Sport 2, April 23: Golden State at Houston — WARRIORS LOSE 94-109
Sport 3, April 26: Houston at Golden State — WARRIORS WIN 104-93
Sport 4, April 28: Houston at Golden State (10 p.m. ET, TNT)
Sport 5, April 30 (if needed): Golden State at Houston (TBD)
Sport 6, Might 2 (if needed): Houston at Golden State (TBD)
Sport 7, Might 4 (if needed): Golden State at Houston (TBD)
What to observe in Spherical 1:
The Rockets and Warriors performed one another 5 instances this season. The Warriors gained three of them, with their two losses coming in a one-point in-season match defeat at Houston in December and a 10-point setback on April 6 at Chase Middle with Butler on the ground. The Rockets bought bodily with the Warriors, who have been enjoying their fourth high-level sport in six days within the assembly earlier this month. Houston pressured 20 turnovers and held Curry to 1-for-10 taking pictures and three factors. The Warriors should determine a approach to free Curry of Houston’s bodily defenders like Amen Thompson and Dillon Brooks. However that’s the place Butler is available in. He is not going to solely have to assist Curry with the scoring load, but additionally carry the vital non-Curry minutes. After which the 6-6 Inexperienced should discover a approach to include 6-11 Alperen Sengun inside, particularly on the glass, regardless of the peak drawback. — Youngmisuk
What can Playoff Jimmy do for Golden State?
Curry informed ESPN in January that he felt that if the Warriors can keep away from the play-in match, they’ll beat anybody in a seven-game sequence. They will now have to come back out of the play-in because the No. 7 seed however the Warriors have “Playoff Jimmy”, who took the Miami Warmth to 2 NBA Finals appearances in 4 seasons. The Warriors will not want Butler to hold them the identical manner he did with Miami. But when he will help Curry with the offensive load and shut video games whereas offering Inexperienced with a dynamic defensive duo that Kerr has likened to “Pippen and Jordan,” the Warriors might make a run like they did in 2022, after they gained their final title. — Youngmisuk
Finest-case situation:
“Playoff Jimmy” reappears together with two of the opposite best postseason overachievers of the previous 20 years, Curry and Inexperienced. After beating Memphis within the opening play-in sport, the Warriors upset the youthful Rockets and win a rematch towards the Lakers in spherical two, then discover themselves with an enormous expertise edge towards Oklahoma Metropolis within the Thunder’s first convention finals look since shedding to the Warriors in 2016. Reversing that sequence, Golden State closes out the sequence at dwelling in Sport 6 with Curry channeling Klay Thompson by scoring 41 factors to ship the Warriors to a seventh Finals look in his profession. — Pelton
Web factors X issue:
The Golden State bench has truly outperformed its starters this season, contributing plus-1.6 web factors per sport to the starters’ plus-1.2. The Warriors are the one playoff/play-in staff doing so. — Oliver
Easy methods to buy tickets
The Warriors introduced Wednesday that 2025 NBA Playoffs tickets might be obtainable to most of the people beginning at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 16 at warriors.com/tickets/single.
The group additionally issued a warning concerning the potential risks of shopping for fraudulent single-game tickets from a non-verified third get together. Officers say over the past a number of seasons, over 2,000 followers have been denied entry to the sport resulting from counterfeit tickets bought from non-verified third-party distributors.
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