The Golden State Warriors were able to hang on at home on Tuesday night and beat the Memphis Grizzlies, 121-116, in the NBA Play-In tournament. The win clinches the seventh seed for the Warriors, who advance to face the Houston Rockets in a first-round series that will start on Sunday.
Leading the way for the Warriors was Jimmy Butler, who loves coming up big in playoff games. He had a game-high 38 points, while Steph Curry was right behind him with 37 points. Curry came up clutch down the stretch yet again, scoring 15 points in the fourth quarter and hitting two big three-pointers in the final minutes to ice the game.
Butler, who was playing in his first playoff game with the Warriors, had a perfect new nickname for Curry after the final whistle, calling him Batman.
"It's real. I'm telling you. That's a Batman if I've ever seen a Batman," Butler said during his postgame interview on TNT. "Always coming to save the day. You’re never out of any game. And more than anything he’s just so poised and so calm. He was a huge part of us getting this victory.”
"It's real. I'm telling you. That's a Batman if I've ever seen a Batman."
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) April 16, 2025
Jimmy Butler reacts to Steph Curry's closing run to seal the Warriors Play-In Tournament Game win over the Grizzlies. pic.twitter.com/oQGfS7wrd8
Curry has won four NBA titles during his legendary career. It will be very hard to win a fifth this year, but their chase for the championship is off and running.
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