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Warriors, Rockets seal playoff openers
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The Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets won their opening games in the National Basketball Association playoffs with relative ease on Saturday, while the Washington Wizards pulled off an upset on the road in Toronto.
The Chicago Bulls were also winners in Derrick Rose’s first postseason appearance since he tore a knee ligament in the opening game of the 2012 playoffs.
Stephen Curry scored 34 points and the Warriors went up big before holding off the New Orleans Pelicans 106-99 in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series.
Klay Thompson added 21 points, and Draymond Green and Australian center Andrew Bogut dominated down low as the Warriors looked every bit like the NBA’s top seed — at least for three quarters.
They smothered Anthony Davis and the Pelicans with the league’s best defense, leading by 15 after the first quarter, 18 at the half and 25 late in the third.
Curry finished 13 of 25 shooting, though he was just 4 of 13 from 3-point range. The Pelicans pulled within four in the final minute behind Davis, who scored 20 of his 35 points in the final quarter, to make a contest out of it.
In Houston, James Harden had 24 points and Corey Brewer scored 13 of his 15 points in the fourth to lead the Rockets past the Dallas Mavericks 118-108.
Brewer made three 3-pointers in a three-minute span in the fourth to keep the Mavericks at bay. He added another three points when he made a layup and a free throw to give Houston a 109-95 lead with three minutes left.
Dirk Nowitzki had 24 points for the Mavericks, who are in the playoffs for the 14th time in the last 15 seasons.
In the East, Paul Pierce scored five of his 20 points in overtime as the Wizards beat the Toronto Raptors 93-86 in Game 1 of their series.
In Chicago, Derrick Rose had 23 points and seven assists in his first postseason game in three years and Jimmy Butler scored 25 points as the Bulls topped the Milwaukee Bucks 103-91.
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