A day after an emotional players-only meeting, Buddy Hield became an unlikely playoff hero for the Warriors, leading the team early in Game 7 against the Rockets before Stephen Curry took over late.

Hield went scoreless in Game 6. He totaled 43 points in the first six games of this series. In Game 7, he turned into Klay Thompson. “I never wavered on starting Buddy,” Steve Kerr said.

Stephen Curry inserted the dagger with 2:55 to play and Buddy Hield twisted it in the hearts of the Houston Rockets on the next possession. After three tries and a hard-fought Game 7, the Warriors ...

StatMuse: Buddy Hield in Game 7: 33 PTS 12-15 FG 9-11 3P Tied the record for the most 3P in a Game 7 in NBA history. pic.x.com/W8z40JjH93 -via Twitter @statmuse / May ...

as Buddy Hield finished as Golden State’s leading scorer with 33 points in the Dubs’ 103-89 Game 7 win against the Houston Rockets. As if that wasn’t enough, Hield tied an NBA record for ...

Buddy Hield tied an NBA Game 7 record with nine made 3-pointers in Warriors' 103-89 victory over the Rockets in Houston on Sunday. Hield bounced back from a scoreless Game 6 with 33 points in Game ...

The seventh-seeded Golden State Warriors overcame a poor first half offensively from Steph Curry, received a great and necessary offensive performance from Buddy Hield and took Game 7 on the road ...

And then there was the birth of this curious phenomenon: Game 7 Buddy. Buddy Hield joined his celebrated teammates in ushering the Golden State Warriors into the Western Conference semifinals.