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.

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.

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.