Buddy Hield gave the Warriors a 102-101 lead on a sidestep 3-pointer with 3:18 left in the fourth quarter, the hosts first advantage in six minutes. Butler pushed it to a three-point advantage with a tough layup over two defenders a minute later.

Draymond Green went directly to the camera and put his face mere inches from the lens. He wanted to tell the world that he was still its best defender. As if there was any question of that after he played picture-perfect defense on Houston center Alperen Şengün’s last-second isolation shot to seal a Warriors win and a 3-1 first-round series lead.

Draymond Green got into a bit of trouble early on Monday night at the Chase Center in San Francisco. Despite his near-ejection, however, the Golden State Warriors are now just a single game away from knocking off the Houston Rockets and making it out of their opening-round playoff series.