This was the play that Jimmy Butler took a hard fall and ended up having to leave the game. He fell right on his tailbone, took a while to get up, went to the FT line and left the game and went right to the locker room.
SINCE THEN HE HAS BEEN RULED OUT OF THE NIGHT WITH A PELVIC CONTUSION.
as.comPosted at: 22:35 EDT 23/04/2025 and modified at 22:40 EDT 23/04/2025
Sengun to the line after the foul on Santos, but he will shoot after the timeout by Houston with 2:53 left in the half.
as.comPosted at: 22:49 EDT 23/04/2025
Looney to the line after the foul on Sengun and he hits one of two FTs.
as.comPosted at: 22:48 EDT 23/04/2025
Adams to the line after the foul on Looney and he hits one of two FTs.
as.comPosted at: 22:47 EDT 23/04/2025
Looney with the offensive board and he finds Spencer who banks in the three ball from the top of the key!
as.comPosted at: 22:46 EDT 23/04/2025 and modified at 22:46 EDT 23/04/2025
Curry working his magic and he finds Santos down low for the jam.
as.comPosted at: 22:45 EDT 23/04/2025
Green on the step back from the top of the key and he drills it over Looney!
as.comPosted at: 22:44 EDT 23/04/2025
Green to the line after the foul on Spencer and he hits both FTs.
as.comPosted at: 22:43 EDT 23/04/2025
Looney follows up the miss from Spencer and tips it up and in.
as.comPosted at: 22:42 EDT 23/04/2025
VanVleet to the line after the foul on Kuminga and he hits both FTs.
as.comPosted at: 22:41 EDT 23/04/2025
Spencer into the lane and he hits a little push shot in traffic. He’s got 6 off the bench, and the Warriors will need all the help they can get from anyone they can get it from.
as.comPosted at: 22:41 EDT 23/04/2025
Curry scoops up the loose ball and looks ahead to Spencer for the lay up on the break.
as.comPosted at: 22:39 EDT 23/04/2025
Kuminga left wide open from the wing and he hits the three ball!
as.comPosted at: 22:38 EDT 23/04/2025 and modified at 22:38 EDT 23/04/2025
Eason nails a three ball from the corner! He’s got 12 off the bench!
as.comPosted at: 22:37 EDT 23/04/2025
Sengun spins to the cut through a double team, lays it up and gets the foul! FT is good.
as.comPosted at: 22:36 EDT 23/04/2025
Sengun down low and he gets the hook shot to go over Hield and the Warriors need a timeout with Butler in the locker room and Curry on the bench.
Timeout with 9:18 to go.
as.comPosted at: 22:32 EDT 23/04/2025
Eason follows up his own miss and gets the tip in to fall.
as.comPosted at: 22:30 EDT 23/04/2025
Adams and Post got hit with a double tech after the foul and Brooks was called with his third foul after getting into a dust up with Green.
as.comPosted at: 22:29 EDT 23/04/2025
Tough fader over Green from Brooks as he fell to the ground.
as.comPosted at: 22:28 EDT 23/04/2025
Spence starts the quarter on the floor and he lays it up and in with a wide open lane down the lane.
as.comPosted at: 22:27 EDT 23/04/2025
Houston lead by 10 after a nice start from the home side, but the story so far is Jimmy Butler in the locker room after taking a hard fall and landing right on his tail bone.
as.comPosted at: 22:24 EDT 23/04/2025
Hield goes glass after an offensive rebound and drive from the left side.
as.comPosted at: 22:23 EDT 23/04/2025
Green to the line after the overturned call and he hits both FTs.
as.comPosted at: 22:22 EDT 23/04/2025
The call is overturned and foul is called on Santon so Green will go to the line.
as.comPosted at: 22:21 EDT 23/04/2025
Green lost it on the drive to the bucket, but the Rockets think he got fouled. They will challenge the call with 28.1 to go in the first quarter.
as.comPosted at: 22:19 EDT 23/04/2025
Eason to the rack and he scoops it up and in off the glass.
as.comPosted at: 22:17 EDT 23/04/2025
Butler is heading to the locker room after that hard fall.
as.comPosted at: 22:16 EDT 23/04/2025
Smith pulls up and hits a mid range jumper from the elbow.
as.comPosted at: 22:15 EDT 23/04/2025
A foul was called on Thompson, his third, and Butler goes to the line where he hits one of two FTs.
as.comPosted at: 22:15 EDT 23/04/2025
Butler just went down hard after getting undercut by Thompson. Both stayed down for a moment, Butler for longer after coming down on his tailbone.
as.comPosted at: 22:14 EDT 23/04/2025
Curry drives baseline and pulls up with a little push shot from outside the lane.
as.comPosted at: 22:13 EDT 23/04/2025
Green crosses over on Post and he soars to the rack for a two handed slam.
as.comPosted at: 22:12 EDT 23/04/2025
Butler drives to the cup and lays it up after the timeout.
as.comPosted at: 22:11 EDT 23/04/2025
Timeout Warriors with 4:06 to go in the 1st quarter.
as.comPosted at: 22:07 EDT 23/04/2025
Eason on the oop after Sengun hung up the alley from inside the paint.
as.comPosted at: 22:06 EDT 23/04/2025
Green to the linen after the foul on Brooks and he hits one of two FTs.
as.comPosted at: 22:05 EDT 23/04/2025
Eason on to the floor and on to the scoreboard with a three ball from the corner!
as.comPosted at: 22:02 EDT 23/04/2025
Moody jacks up another three ball from the corner and he drains his second three ball!
as.comPosted at: 22:01 EDT 23/04/2025
Brooks fouled on the lay up in transition, and he hits one of two FTs.
as.comPosted at: 22:01 EDT 23/04/2025
We are heading to the first timeout from Houston with 6:41 to go.
as.comPosted at: 21:56 EDT 23/04/2025
Green down low for Sengun who turns and slams on Draymond down low.
as.comPosted at: 21:54 EDT 23/04/2025
Moody tries it from downtown and he hits the three from the wing!
as.comPosted at: 21:53 EDT 23/04/2025
Green into the paint and he finds Thompson on the baseline for the lay up.
as.comPosted at: 21:53 EDT 23/04/2025
Brooks on the turnaround from the baseline and he hits the mid range jumper.
as.comPosted at: 21:52 EDT 23/04/2025
Curry’s first look at the bucket it from downtown and he strokes it from the wing!
as.comPosted at: 21:51 EDT 23/04/2025
Thompson to the line after the foul on Moody and he hits both FTs.
as.comPosted at: 21:50 EDT 23/04/2025
Green with a triple try from the top of they key and the two players that struggled the most last game are on the board already.
as.comPosted at: 21:50 EDT 23/04/2025
Moody to the line after the foul on VanVleet and he hits one of two FTs.
as.comPosted at: 21:49 EDT 23/04/2025
Thompson slashes down the baseline and Green found him for the lay up to start the game. Big start for Thompson who struggled last game.
as.comPosted at: 21:48 EDT 23/04/2025
WE ARE UNDERWAY FROM HOUSTON!!!
as.comPosted at: 21:47 EDT 23/04/2025
It’s the same starting five for Ime Udoka in Game 2. He’s going with VanVleet, Thompson, Green, Brooks and Sengun. They are going to need to bring the same energy and intensity to start the night. This is must win territory, and they can’t afford a slow start.
as.comPosted at: 21:45 EDT 23/04/2025
Steve Kerr went with this line up in Game 1 and he is repeating it for Game 2. It took this unit a little while to click after running in to a quicker, stronger, younger team but they worked it out by the 2nd quarter. Tonight they know what’s coming. They’ll be ready for it.
as.comPosted at: 21:37 EDT 23/04/2025
It seems like ages ago, but that just speaks to the legacy and longevity of Steph Curry. Ten years ago today, Curry, Warriors, Pelicans, Game 3, down by a triple and Curry delivered in the clutch on a second chance three ball that sent the game to OT. He is mister clutch and might have to be tonight against a Rockets team that is going to be looking to tie up the series at 1-1. They would go on to win the title that year and start a string of three championships in four years.
as.comPosted at: 21:20 EDT 23/04/2025
The Golden State Warriors aren’t just hitting stride at the right time on the court, they are also doing so on the injury report as well. Steve Kerr has no players on the injury list coming into tonight’s game. There are so many things that go into a title run, and staying healthy is at the top of the list. Curry’s thumb seems to have healed, and the rest of the team is going to try and stay as healthy as possible for this series and beyond.
as.comPosted at: 21:10 EDT 23/04/2025
The Rockets come into tonight’s must win game pretty healthy. Their will be without Jae’Sean Tate and Jock Landale. Neither are key figures of the Rockets offense or defense, but they do provide a little depth for Ime Udoka’s team. The stars of the show are all healthy and ready to even up the series against a Warriors team that has been rolling over the last few months.
as.comPosted at: 21:00 EDT 23/04/2025
Being young is a good thing. Lord knows I wish I could still stake claim. But in the playoffs it’s not necessarily a great thing. Experience outweighs youth 10 times out of 10. Last game the Rockets youth showed. Amen Thompson and Jeff Green went 7/24 from the field, and Tari Eason was 3/10 the field off the bench. The Rockets hit just 6/29 threes and missed 9 of their 20 FTs. The youngsters will step up eventually, but the vets like Dillon Brooks, Fred VanVleet and Jeff Green are going to be the ones who have to lead this young, talented squad against a team with championship experience.
as.comPosted at: 20:50 EDT 23/04/2025
I don’t want to get ahead of myself. The Warriors won one game in the playoffs, so lets not get carried away. But Draymond Green had no problem getting carried away during the All-Star Break when he was on the TNT Inside the NBA set, and when asked what we can expect from the post trade Warriors, he was very direct. He looked into the TV and said. “I’m sorry. I said I think we are going to win a championship, but I lied. We are going to win the championship.” People thought he was nuts, or just being Draymond. Now it looks like he might have known what he was talking about.
as.comPosted at: 20:40 EDT 23/04/2025
The legend of Jimmy Butler has already been etched in stone, but there is plenty of room for him to add a few chapters, even at the age of 35. He’s been to NBA Finals before, but this may be his best shot at winning the NBA title. The Warriors were 25-26 before Jimmy debuted against the Bulls back in early February. Since then they are 25-8 including the Play-In and Game 1. Butler has been a big part of the turn around both on the offensive and defensive side. This is his time of year. They don’t call him Playoff Jimmy for nothing, and now having Steph by his side Jimmy has a real shot at a title run.
as.comPosted at: 20:30 EDT 23/04/2025
The Rockets have players that have been to the playoffs, and even won titles before but it was playoff debutant Alperin Sengun who looked like the postseason vet against the Warriors last game. He scored 26 points, hitting 11 of 18 field goals, and carried the team for most of the way. He was the second leading scorer in the regular season, dropping 19 points, 10 rebounds and almost five assists. His size and versatility from the mid range created some problems for the undersized Warriors, and they could look to exploit that even more today. Sengun will be getting plenty of looks tonight, but he will be hoping that the rest of the team shows up from the start and can help even the series before heading West.
as.comPosted at: 20:20 EDT 23/04/2025
We have seen this script before. Steph Curry in the playoffs is a different animal. That wasn’t quite the case early in this year, but it wasn’t the playoffs, and he didn’t have Jimmy Butler… yet. Curry has been extraordinary over the last few games which just so happen to have been the most important games of the season up until this point. He has scored 30+ in three straight games, and four out of his last five. He did get held to just 3 points against the Rockets at the beginning of the month, but he was battling a thumb injury that caused him to shoot just 1/10 from the field that game. His thumb is still bandaged, but the affects seem to have worn off and Steph is in playoff mode which is terrible news for the Rockets.
as.comPosted at: 20:10 EDT 23/04/2025
We knew this was going to be a tricky match up for the Houston Rockets. After getting the two seed in the Western Conference, their reward was a first round match up with the Golden State Warriors. Houston tried to do what got them here in the first place, which was play sound, stingy defense while using their athleticism and physicality to get out and run in transition. The Warriors were ready for Ime Udoka’s team, who came out looking to push Steph Curry and Golden State around in the first few minutes. After absorbing the early blows, the Warriors started to get some open looks and then started to lock down the Rockets on the other end. Alperin Sengun was the best player for Houston, carrying them for most of the first half. He ended the night with 26 points, but the Warriors would go on a 24-7 run in the 2nd quarter to take the lead and keep the lead. Curry led the Warriors with 31 points, Butler had another 25 but the Rockets made a late run and cut the lead to just 3. It was Curry and Butler that came up with some big shots late in the game and closed out Game 1 to give GS a 1-0 lead on the road.
as.comPosted at: 19:17 EDT 23/04/2025
Hello everyone and welcome to Houston where the Rockets might just have a problem. After an incredible season that saw their young stars come together to form one of the top teams in the league, but their regular season record won’t amount for much if they lose both of their home games and have to head to San Fransico trailing Steph Curry, Jimmy Butler and the revived Warriors. Steve Kerr’s guys were ready for a physical battle against this young, and athletic team in Houston. They came out and absorbed the first blow, and controlled the game from start to finish thanks to another brilliant performance from Steph Curry.
as.comPosted at: 19:17 EDT 23/04/2025
It’s only Game 2, but one team is in a must win situation after losing the series opener at home. A young team with little playoff experience paid the price against team full of NBA Champions and now the 2 seed are in serious trouble. It’s the Houston Rockets with their backs against the wall, needing a win tonight against the Golden State Warriors and AS English will be with you all night providing live coverage, stats, highlights and analysis of tonight’s Game 2 from the Toyota Center.
as.comPosted at: 19:16 EDT 23/04/2025
