The No. 7 seed Golden State Warriors notched a road victory over the No. 2 seed Houston Rockets on Sunday night, recording a 95-85 final score at the Toyota Center.

Before this year’s trade deadline, the Warriors acquired six-time NBA All-Star Jimmy Butler in a blockbuster deal with the Miami Heat. And in the franchise’s first game of the 2025 postseason, that trade paid off in a big way.

Butler helped propel the Warriors to victory with 25 points, seven rebounds, six assists and five steals — making him just the fourth player in franchise history to record at least 25-5-5-5 in a playoff game.

The Warriors announced Butler as their Player of the Game.

Though Butler was crowned Player of the Game, Stephen Curry also put on a masterful performance in Game 1. The all-time great sharpshooter finished the matchup with a game-high 31 points on 12-for-19 shooting from the field and 5-for-9 shooting from behind the 3-point arc.

“Like I always say, Batman comes out of nowhere,” Butler said of Curry in his postgame interview “You never see him coming, then he just fall from the sky, from a building, behind a door, and does some incredible things. He’s gonna be the reason that we do win at all.”

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) talks with forward Jimmy Butler III (10) during a break in the action against the Memphis Grizzlies in the second quarter at the Chase Center.

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Butler, Curry and the Warriors will face off against the Rockets in a Game 2 matchup on Wednesday night. After that contest, they’ll head home for Game 3 at the Chase Center.

Wednesday night’s game will tipoff at 9:30 p.m. ET on TNT.