Curry! It's okay to be sluggish. Jimmy Butler PO's strength. Most points in the team + 12 free throws. 100%. Golden State overpowered Houston by 3 points
Apr 29, 2025
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The Golden State Warriors won again. It caught second-place Houston in the West. Upset is just around the corner. If only one win out of the remaining three games, they will advance to the second round.
Golden State defeated the Houston Rockets 109-106 in Game 4 of the first round (four wins out of seven) of the NBA Western Conference Playoff in the 2024-2025 season at Chase Center in San Francisco, California on the 29th (Korea time).
Golden State, which has 3 wins and 1 loss, will play the best-of-seven playoff semifinals with the winner of the Los Angeles Lakers-Minnesota game and advance to the Western Final if it wins one more win.
Golden State has a strong ace back.
Butler, who suffered a pelvic contusion in Game 2, returned. He scored the most points in his team. He scored 27 points, had five rebounds and six assists. It was a three-point battle.
Houston boasted a strong defense. I put a lot of pressure on him throughout the whole time. It was a game that could not be guaranteed to win without Butler.
Stephen Curry was sluggish with 17 points on the day. He attempted eight three-point shots and made two. However, Brandin Pozemski scored 26 points with Butler.
With Butler coming in, Golden State's offense and defense became three-dimensional.
Curry was sluggish, but Plan B was enough.
If Curry is good at motion offense centered on 3-pointers, Butler has a strong classic inside and outside attack. In particular, the ability to win free throws is unrivalled. This is one of the reasons why it is more powerful in the playoffs.
On this day, he also won 12 free throws, showing a 100% success rate. In a word, it was a powerful force.
Butler got a 3-pointer foul with 58 seconds left in the game and scored two free throws at the end of the game.
Butler is already the head of the airlift. Already before the season, coach Steve Kerr said of Butler and Draymond Green, `In terms of defense, it's like watching Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen in their heyday.'
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
