But mostly, Buddy Hield played the game of his professional life. Hield poured in six 3-pointers en route to 22 first-half points, accounting for nearly 50% of Golden State's offense through the first two quarters and what could only be described as a sigh-of-relief halftime margin.

The Golden State Warriors didn’t make it easy on themselves, but they are moving on to the next round of the playoffs. The Warriors, after huge halves from Buddy Hield and Stephen Curry, put the Houston Rockets away Sunday night to close out their opening-round Western Conference series.

Buddy Hield came up big in the first Game 7 of his NBA career, scoring 33 points to propel the Golden State Warriors to victory over Houston.