In a game that wound up being decided by three points, just about every individual possession was crucial. And each bucket Podziemski, Hield or even Quinten Post (who added two triples of his own) hit felt like momentum shifters (or intensifiers).

With Jimmy Butler sidelined Saturday against the Rockets, Stephen Curry willed the Golden State Warriors to a 2-1 series lead.

But, as with every Warriors-Rockets playoff matchup thus far, it was a hard-fought—and closely called—game which unsurprisingly featured yet another a handful of technicals. I