Remember when Buddy Hield’s biggest playoff related thing was how he had played 600 games without making a postseason? I think those days are in the past.

Jimmy Butler and Buddy Hield delivered in their own ways the both-ends-of-the-floor production necessary for Golden State to fend off Minnesota for a Game 1 victory after star Stephen Curry went down with a strained left hamstring early in the second quarter.

The Golden State Warriors opened their Western Conference semifinal series against the Minnesota Timberwolves with a 99-88 victory in Game 1 at Target Center. Coming off a grueling