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 ...

Buddy Hield went off against the Rockets in Game 7 of their first-round series. He dropped 33 points with nine three-point shots made. This was a record in three-point shots ever made during a ...

In the first half against the Rockets, Buddy Hield caught fire in Game 7 on Sunday. In the opening two quarters, Hield set the tone with 22 points as the Warriors grabbed a four-point lead.

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 ...

If you had told someone who had watched Games 5 and 6 of the Warriors-Rockets first-round series that in Game 7, on the road, that Golden State would be up by 12 at halftime with Stephen Curry ...

The Golden State Warriors advanced to the Western Conference Semifinals with a 103-89 victory over the scrappy Houston Rockets.