Thanks to 56 points from Jimmy Butler and Stephen Curry and timely contributions from Draymond Green, Brandin Podziemski and Moses Moody, Golden State opened this postseason with a 95-85 win over the second-place Houston Rockets.

Stephen Curry scored a game-high 31 points and the Golden State Warriors overcame a major rebounding deficit to beat the Houston Rockets in Game 1 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series.

The No. 7 seed Golden State Warriors notched a road victory over the No. 2 seed Houston Rockets on Sunday night, recording a 95-85 final score at the Toyota Center. Before this year's trade deadline,