Jimmy Butler returns from injury absence to lead Warriors past Rockets 109-106 for 3-1 series lead

— Jimmy Butler converted three free throws with 58.7 seconds left, grabbed the game-clinching rebound with 4 seconds to go and then made two more free throws on the way to 27 points in his return from a pelvic injury, sending the Golden State Warriors...
Apr 29, 2025, 06:11 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Alperen Sengun makes 9-foot two point shot (Fred VanVleet assists)
  • Draymond Green makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brandin Podziemski assists)
  • Draymond Green makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brandin Podziemski assists)
  • Buddy Hield misses running pullup jump shot
  • Alperen Sengun misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jimmy Butler III misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Jalen Green misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Buddy Hield misses 22-foot jump bank shot
  • Alperen Sengun misses two point shot
  • Brandin Podziemski makes 23-foot three point shot (Draymond Green assists)
  • Brandin Podziemski makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Brandin Podziemski makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Buddy Hield makes two point shot
  • Alperen Sengun misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Dillon Brooks misses 3-foot two point shot
  • Dillon Brooks makes tip shot
  • Brandin Podziemski makes 25-foot three point jumper (Stephen Curry assists)
  • Amen Thompson misses driving floating jump shot
  • Brandin Podziemski misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Dillon Brooks makes driving layup (Fred VanVleet assists)
  • Draymond Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Amen Thompson makes two point shot
  • Amen Thompson makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Brandin Podziemski misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Amen Thompson makes 10-foot two point shot (Jalen Green assists)
  • Quinten Post misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Brandin Podziemski misses tip shot
  • Stephen Curry makes driving layup (Brandin Podziemski assists)
  • Jalen Green misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Jalen Green makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Draymond Green misses 17-foot jumper
  • Quinten Post makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Quinten Post makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Amen Thompson misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Stephen Curry misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Jalen Green makes 27-foot three pointer
  • Stephen Curry misses 23-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Quinten Post makes tip shot
  • Amen Thompson misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Amen Thompson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler III makes 12-foot two point shot (Moses Moody assists)
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Amen Thompson assists)
  • Buddy Hield misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jimmy Butler III makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler III makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Draymond Green misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Alperen Sengun misses 17-foot jumper
  • Brandin Podziemski makes two point shot (Buddy Hield assists)
  • Fred VanVleet makes 29-foot three point jumper (Jabari Smith Jr. assists)
  • Moses Moody misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Amen Thompson makes two point shot (Tari Eason assists)
  • Quinten Post makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler III assists)
  • Dillon Brooks makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jabari Smith Jr. assists)
  • Buddy Hield misses driving layup
  • Alperen Sengun misses driving floating jump shot
  • Fred VanVleet makes 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Jimmy Butler III misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Dillon Brooks misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Steven Adams misses tip shot
  • Dillon Brooks makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Dillon Brooks makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Quinten Post misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Stephen Curry makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Stephen Curry makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Moses Moody misses driving layup
  • Jalen Green misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Stephen Curry misses running pullup jump shot
  • Quinten Post makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brandin Podziemski assists)
  • Dillon Brooks makes 10-foot pullup jump shot (Amen Thompson assists)
  • Jalen Green misses technical free throw
  • Fred VanVleet makes 28-foot three pointer
  • Quinten Post makes 11-foot hook shot (Jimmy Butler III assists)
  • Fred VanVleet misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Moses Moody makes 24-foot three point jumper (Quinten Post assists)
  • Alperen Sengun makes 8-foot two point shot
  • Quinten Post misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jalen Green makes two point shot (Fred VanVleet assists)
  • Moses Moody misses layup
  • Alperen Sengun makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alperen Sengun makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Stephen Curry makes 10-foot two point shot
  • Alperen Sengun misses 5-foot two point shot
  • Stephen Curry makes 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Jalen Green makes 12-foot two point shot
  • Stephen Curry makes technical free throw
  • Tari Eason makes free throw flagrant 1 of 2
  • Tari Eason misses free throw flagrant 2 of 2
  • Jalen Green misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Tari Eason makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Tari Eason makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Brandin Podziemski makes 29-foot three point jumper (Gary Payton II assists)
  • Fred VanVleet makes 27-foot three pointer (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Alperen Sengun makes two point shot
  • Dillon Brooks misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Dillon Brooks misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Alperen Sengun makes 3-foot dunk (Fred VanVleet assists)
  • Brandin Podziemski misses 28-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Buddy Hield makes driving layup
  • Alperen Sengun misses driving layup
  • Jimmy Butler III makes 9-foot two point shot (Buddy Hield assists)
  • Jalen Green misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Stephen Curry makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jalen Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jimmy Butler III makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler III makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Dillon Brooks misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Buddy Hield makes 2-foot layup (Jimmy Butler III assists)
  • Brandin Podziemski misses layup
  • Fred VanVleet misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Brandin Podziemski makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler III assists)
  • Amen Thompson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Amen Thompson misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Stephen Curry makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Tari Eason misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Buddy Hield makes 26-foot three point shot (Stephen Curry assists)
  • Alperen Sengun makes 1-foot driving dunk (Fred VanVleet assists)
  • Quinten Post misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Steven Adams makes 3-foot two point shot (Jabari Smith Jr. assists)
  • Buddy Hield misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Fred VanVleet makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Stephen Curry misses 31-foot three point jumper
  • Buddy Hield makes 25-foot three point jumper (Quinten Post assists)
  • Quinten Post misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Quinten Post makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Fred VanVleet makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Brandin Podziemski misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Alperen Sengun makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Fred VanVleet assists)
  • Brandin Podziemski makes 7-foot two point shot (Jimmy Butler III assists)
  • Alperen Sengun makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alperen Sengun misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Steven Adams misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Steven Adams makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Trayce Jackson-Davis misses dunk
  • Alperen Sengun makes driving layup
  • Brandin Podziemski makes 25-foot three point jumper (Gary Payton II assists)
  • Fred VanVleet makes technical free throw
  • Alperen Sengun misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Alperen Sengun misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler III makes 6-foot two point shot (Gary Payton II assists)
  • Jimmy Butler III makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Alperen Sengun makes two point shot
  • Buddy Hield misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Alperen Sengun makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alperen Sengun makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Gary Payton II misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Fred VanVleet misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler III makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler III makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alperen Sengun misses 5-foot two point shot
  • Amen Thompson misses dunk
  • Alperen Sengun misses tip shot
  • Alperen Sengun misses 5-foot two point shot
  • Brandin Podziemski makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot (Quinten Post assists)
  • Amen Thompson makes 9-foot two point shot
  • Moses Moody misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Alperen Sengun misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Alperen Sengun makes driving layup
  • Jimmy Butler III makes 26-foot three point jumper (Gary Payton II assists)
  • Amen Thompson makes driving layup
  • Quinten Post misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Alperen Sengun makes driving layup
  • Gary Payton II misses layup
  • Amen Thompson makes driving layup
  • Jimmy Butler III misses driving layup
  • Gary Payton II makes tip shot
  • Alperen Sengun makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alperen Sengun makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Stephen Curry misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Amen Thompson makes 11-foot two point shot
  • Brandin Podziemski makes 16-foot two point shot (Jimmy Butler III assists)
  • Brandin Podziemski misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Alperen Sengun misses 15-foot jumper
  • Draymond Green misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Amen Thompson misses driving layup
  • Steven Adams misses tip shot
  • Alperen Sengun makes two point shot
  • Stephen Curry makes 24-foot three pointer (Brandin Podziemski assists)
  • Alperen Sengun misses driving layup
  • Steven Adams makes tip shot
  • Jimmy Butler III makes alley oop layup (Buddy Hield assists)
  • Amen Thompson misses layup
  • Stephen Curry misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Buddy Hield misses two point shot
  • Brandin Podziemski misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Fred VanVleet makes 25-foot three pointer (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Jimmy Butler III makes 2-foot layup (Draymond Green assists)
  • Alperen Sengun misses driving floating jump shot
  • Buddy Hield makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot (Stephen Curry assists)
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Brandin Podziemski misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Buddy Hield misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jimmy Butler III makes driving layup
  • Buddy Hield misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Fred VanVleet makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Jimmy Butler III makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Jimmy Butler III makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Jimmy Butler III makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Alperen Sengun makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Jimmy Butler III misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Stephen Curry misses two point shot
  • Alperen Sengun misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Jimmy Butler III makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler III makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Fred VanVleet misses 28-foot three point shot
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