The Warriors entered the locker room up 51-39, mostly thanks to 22 points from a red-hot Hield. With the Rockets successfully stifling Batman (Curry) and Robin (Jimmy Butler III), Alfred knocked down six of his seven 3-point attempts before intermission.

Stephen Curry scored 14 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter, Buddy Hield scored 33 points, and the Warriors advanced to the Western Conference semifinals with a 103-89 win over the Rockets in Game 7.

Buddy Hield is a complicated player. Actually, not so much. You can kind of break it down like this: he is one of the greatest shooters of all time and can’t really help you on defense very much.It seemed like a bunch of average to good teams tried to make the most out of a Buddy-Hield-Occupied roster spot.