Butler suffered a hard fall in Game 2 against the Rockets and his status for the rest of the series is to be determined.

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.

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. But it felt like a bit of an oversell to think one player could turn a team dancing on the lottery line into a true-blue contender.