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But Houston cannot afford to let bench players Gary Payton II and Buddy Hield make major impacts. Payton finished with a postseason career-high 16 points, including 11 in the fourth quarter, and Hield was 5-for-11 on 3-point attempts to help finish with 17 points in 29 minutes.

Golden State Warriors forward Jimmy Butler suffered a hard fall during the team’s road Game 2 loss against the Rockets on Wednesday, April 23. Four days later, which included a Game 3 Warriors’ win in San Francisco without him,