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,

Draymond Green easily boiled down the key to Golden State's victory over the Houston Rockets in Game 1 of the first-round playoff series Sunday night. “In order for us to win basketball games it requires Steph Curry to be great,

Golden State Warriors forward Jimmy Butler III said Stephen Curry is “going to be the reason we do win it all” following their 95-85 Game 1 victory over the No. 2 seed Houston Rockets on Sunday. "We all know that, but we got to protect him at all costs," Butler III continued.