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.

Steph Curry scores 31 points, Jimmy Butler scores six points in final two minutes to help Rockets survive Game 1.

Steph Curry, Jimmy Butler, and Draymond Green have taken the Warriors to the next level, and even as the seventh seed in the West, they are championship contenders. In Game 1 of the highly anticipated series,