The No. 2 seed Houston Rockets and No. 7 seed Golden State Warriors play on April 30 in Game 5 of their first-round 2025 NBA playoffs series. The game is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. Pacific time (7:30 p.m. Eastern time) and can be seen on TNT (stream ...

The Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets are going head-to-head in the first round of the 2025 NBA playoffs. It's an intriguing matchup featuring proven playoff veterans for Golden State and a talented young core for Houston.

The Rockets will regret not winning the one game that Jimmy Butler was out this series with his pelvic contusion, because he returned on Monday and had himself a night. Butler scored 14 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter — including hitting free throws that proved to be the game winners — plus secured the game-sealing rebound.