“That’s what the game called for, and he answered it.”
That’s how Stephen Curry put it after the Golden State Warriors closed out the Houston Rockets with a 103-89 Game 7 victory on Sunday night, surviving the first round of the NBA Playoffs behind a historic performance from their sharpshooting sixth man, Buddy Hield. Hield dropped 22 points in the first half alone and finished with a game-high 33 points on nine made threes—tied for the most in Game 7 history.
"It's a childhood dream. We all talk about Game 7s.