The warriors made themselves more complicated than it should be, but they move to the Semi-finals of the Western Conference.
The Golden State n ° 7 completed the series of first round NBA qualifiers.
Golden State built an advance of 3-1, but touched match 5 in Houston and match 6 in San Francisco before stabilizing the ship to win the match 7.
Surprisingly, Buddy Hield paved the way with 33 points, while Jimmy Butler collected 20 points to help the Warriors move forward.
Steph Curry was cold during most of the match, but was hot in the second half and finished with 22 points. Draymond Green also rebounded with 16 huge points.
Golden State will go to Minnesota to face the Timberwolves of seeded n ° 6 in the second round, with the match 1 scheduled for Tuesday evening at the Target Center.
Here is the calendar of the Warriors-Timberwolves series:
Match 1: Tuesday May 6 – Warriors in Timberwolves – 6.30 p.m. PT – TNT
Game 2: Thursday May 8 – Warriors in Timberwolves – 5.30 p.m. PT – TNT
Match 3: Saturday May 10 – Timberwolves at Warriors – 5.30 p.m. PT – ABC
Match 4: Monday May 12 – Timberwolves at Warriors – 7 p.m. PT – ESPN
Match 5*: Wednesday May 14 – Warriors at Timberwolves – Time TBD – TNT
6 * game: Sunday May 18 – Timberwolves at Warriors – Time TBD – TV TBD
Match 7 *: Tuesday May 20 – Warriors in Timberwolves – 5.30 p.m. PT – ESPN
The NBC Sports Bay region will have a pre-match coverage an hour before the tip of each match, as well as the post-match coverage immediately after the final buzzer.
The winner of the Warriors-Timberwolves series will face the winner of the second round series of the Nuggets of Thunder-Denver Oklahoma City.
The Warriors won three of their four regular season meetings with the Timberwolves, including two games at the Target Center in Minneapolis.
THE Controversial first round series with the rockets presented several dust between playersBut the Warriors finally prevailed.
THE Warriors stole the advantage of the court at home By winning match 1 in Houston. But the Rockets rebounded in match 2Helped by Butler, leaving eight minutes in the competition due to a pelvic bruise supported after being underlined by the Amen Thompson guard.
When the series moved to the Bay region, the The warriors released an exciting game 3 without butler. When the six times NBA All-Star returned to match 4, he Top for 40 minutes and sealed the victory With frank clutch throws and a huge rebound in the last seconds.
The Warriors failed to put the nail in the Rockets coffin on Wednesday in Houston and Friday in San Francisco, needing to return to the Lone Star State to take care of the business.
The Warriors are now 5-0 in the NBA eliminatory series against the Rockets.
Curry, Butler and Draymond Green believe that they have enough to win the NBA championship this season, and they took another step towards achieving this goal by defusing the Rockets.
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