The Warriors will play Minnesota in a Western Conference semifinal series. Game 1 is Tuesday (9:30 p.m. ET, TNT). Hield scored 22 of his playoff career-high 33 points in the first half and was 12-for-15 from the field and 9-for-11 on 3s. Curry finished with 22 points after scoring just three in the first half.
The Warriors made it more complicated than it needed to be, but they are rocketing to the Western Conference semifinals. No. 7-seeded Golden State completed the first-round NBA playoff series upset of the Houston Rockets on Sunday at Toyota Center, beating the No. 2 seed 103-89 in Game 7.
Prior to tip-off on Sunday, Barkley not only predicted the Rockets would take care of the Warriors in Game 7, but guaranteed a Houston victory. "I think the Rockets are going to win tonight," Barkley said. "Steph [Curry] is gonna be aggressive, but it's not gonna be enough. I'm guaranteeing the Rockets win tonight."