When the Golden State Warriors added Jimmy Butler at the trade deadline, it felt like a proper present for Steph Curry to at least give him a chance to play -- as he termed it -- meaningful basketball again.

Sunday’s four-game lineup was headlined by Steph Curry leading the No. 7 seeded Golden State to a 95-85 Game 1 road win over the No. 2 seed Houston Rockets.

Steph Curry, Jimmy Butler, and Draymond Green have taken the Warriors to the next level, and even as the seventh seed in the West, they are championship contenders. In Game 1 of the highly anticipated series,