Buddy Hield scored 24 points as the Golden State Warriors held on for a 99-88 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinals series on Tuesday night in Minneapolis,

For much of the season, and indeed throughout much of the first round of the playoffs, Warriors guard Buddy Hield was valued as both a good shooter and a good locker room presence. The affable Bahamian was jokingly "introduced" to Stephen Curry by Steve Kerr late in the regular season, as a reminder from Kerr to pass the ball once in a while.