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\n\tLOS ANGELES: The Golden State Warriors punched their ticket to the second round of the NBA playoffs on Sunday, shaking off two straight defeats to grab a 103-89 Game 7 victory over the Houston Rockets.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Warriors were the last team to advance to the conference semifinals, which got under way earlier Sunday with the Indiana Pacers handing the Eastern Conference top seeds Cleveland a 121-112 defeat on their home floor.<\/p>\n
\n\tOn a Warriors team stacked with post-season experience, Buddy Hield \u2014 playing in his 11th playoff game \u2014 drilled nine three-pointers on 11 attempts on the way to a game-high 33 points.<\/p>\n
\n\tStephen Curry scored 14 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter as the Warriors finally frustrated the second-seeded Rockets, who were coming off two dominant victories and had visions of becoming just the 14th team to rally from 3-1 down to win an NBA playoff series.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cA lot of resilience,\u201d Curry said. \u201cEverybody stepping up. Everybody\u2019s been talking about our team the last two games in terms of our execution, our energy, all that.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cWe blocked it all out and just understood we had 48 minutes to dig deep. Everybody contributed.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cBuddy Hield was unbelievable,\u201d added Curry after the Warriors lined up a second-round clash with the Minnesota Timberwolves, who ousted LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers in five games.<\/p>\n
\n\tCurry\u2019s first basket was a three-pointer with 33.3sec left in the first half.<\/p>\n
\n\tBut Hield was on fire, making six three-pointers on the way to 22 first-half points and Draymond Green added 10 points to help the Warriors to a 51-39 halftime lead.<\/p>\n
\n\tThey pushed the lead to as many as 15 before the Rockets battled back, cutting their deficit to three.<\/p>\n
\n\tAmen Thompson scored 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds and Alperen Sengun scored 21 with 14 rebounds for the Rockets, but Houston made just six three-pointers and trailed 70-62 going into the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n
\n\tThat\u2019s when Curry came alive, opening the final frame with five straight points. Jimmy Butler had six points in a 12-0 Warriors run that took their lead to 20 points with 2:31 remaining.<\/p>\n
\n\tButler finished with 20 points, and Curry said his arrival from Miami in February was key to Golden State\u2019s late playoff push.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cFor us to build chemistry on the fly and build trust on the fly and perform like we did in a game seven, it means the world,\u201d Curry said.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cSo mission accomplished \u2014 step one.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tIn Cleveland, Andrew Nembhard drilled five of Indiana\u2019s 19 three-pointers on the way to a team-high 23 points and Tyrese Haliburton scored 22 points and handed out 13 assists for the Pacers, who had six players score in double figures.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI thought we did a great job of starting the game the right way,\u201d said Haliburton, who had delivered the game-winner in the 119-118 overtime triumph that clinched the Pacers\u2019 first-round victory over the Milwaukee Bucks.<\/p>\n
\n\tPascal Siakam scored 10 of his 17 points in the first quarter as Indiana took a 36-25 lead.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Pacers overcame a 33-point performance from Cavs star Donovan Mitchell and 17 turnovers of their own that led to 22 Cleveland points.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe turnovers helped Cleveland claw back from a 12-point deficit early in the third, taking a one-point lead on Evan Mobley\u2019s hook shot with 3:16 left in the period.<\/p>\n
\n\tMobley added 20 points and 10 rebounds, but the Cavaliers clearly missed All-Star point guard Darius Garland, who missed a third straight game with a sprained toe.<\/p>\n
\n\tThey couldn\u2019t respond as Indiana put together a 15-4 scoring run to pull away again in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cWe weathered the storm,\u201d Haliburton said. \u201cWe did it by getting stops, getting out running and just playing Pacers basketball.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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