Golden State Warriors Do What No NBA Team Has Done Since 2017 At Playoffs vs Timberwolves

In a postseason defined by unpredictability and the unfortunate absence of superstars, Game 3 between the Golden State Warriors and Minnesota Timberwolves was already an outlier. No Stephen Curry. A surging Timberwolves squad. A Warriors team supposedly outmatched and outgunned.

And yet, as halftime struck at the Chase Center, the scoreboard told a different story. Golden State led 42-40. It was the kind of halftime lead that prompts fans to double-check their screens—not because the Warriors were ahead, but because of how they were ahead. They hadn’t made a single 3-pointer.

Not one.

In an NBA where three-point shooting is gospel—especially for the Warriors, the franchise that revolutionized the shot—the stat felt sacrilegious. Golden State finished the first half 0-for-5 from beyond the arc. And still, they were in control.

Warriors are first team to lead a playoff game at halftime despite making 0 3s since the Cavs in Game 3 vs Raptors in 2017

— Josh Dubow (@JoshDubowAP) May 11, 2025

Only once in the past eight years has a team led at halftime of a playoff game without a made 3-pointer: the 2017 Cleveland Cavaliers, in Game 3 against the Toronto Raptors. That’s how rare this is. That’s how absurd this is.

(This is a developing story…)

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