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The Rockets play Curry tougher than any team in the NBA. Not only do they guard him with great on-ball defenders in Amen Thompson and Josh Okogie, but they also blitz many of the pick-and-rolls when he's the ball-handler.
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The Golden State Warriors found yet another way to lose a basketball game on Wednesday night, when they dropped their final Emirates Cup game of the year to the Houston Rockets 104-100. And while the game was more competitive,
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How Reed Sheppard's Rockets teammates made sure he left arena with game ball on 31-point night
While Reed Sheppard was icing a Rockets' win at Golden State and finishing up his first 30-point game, his teammates were making sure he'd get to leave the arena with the game ball.
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The Golden State Warriors fell 104-100 at Chase Center vs. Rockets in their NBA Cup group stage contest on Wednesday.
Stephen Curry suffered a right quad contusion during Wednesday's game against the Houston Rockets, the Warriors announced. He'll get an MRI. Curry had just 14
Reed Sheppard scored a career-high 31 points to go with nine rebounds and five assists, and the Houston Rockets rallied from 12 points down at halftime to beat the Warriors 104-100 on Wednesday night in a rematch from the first round of last season's playoffs when Golden State won Game 7 as the seventh seed.
Reed Sheppard capped a career-best 31-point performance by sinking a key hoop with 2:58 remaining, Alperen Sengun added another in the final minute and the Houston Rockets outlasted the Golden State Warriors 104-100 on Wednesday in an NBA Cup game at San Francisco.
The Rockets had their response in the third quarter, pulling down 10 offensive rebounds and outscoring the Warriors 27-17 to get back in the ballgame. Post’s 19-foot jumper with 0.9 seconds remaining in the third gave the Warriors a 76-74 lead going in the fourth quarter.
In Game 6 of last year's epic first-round series between the Houston Rockets and Golden State Warriors, the Rockets had the chance to force a Game 7 and get one
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