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Houston Rockets beat Golden State Warriors 115-108 to end eight-game win streak after Stephen Curry exits early
Kevin Durant scored 20, Alperen Sengun and Amen Thompson had 19 each, and the Rockets ended Golden State's eight-game winning streak after Stephen Curry left in the first quarter.
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Kevin Durant scored 20 points, Alperen Sengun and Amen Thompson added 19 each, and the Houston Rockets beat the Golden State Warriors 115-108 at Toyota Center on Wednesday, November 11, ending Golden State’s eight-game winning streak. Houston improved to 9-3 and 6-1 at home. Golden State fell to 8-4.
The Warriors played almost the entire game without Stephen Curry, who left with 6:25 left in the first quarter with abdominal soreness and did not return. Curry had 3 points on 1-of-3 shooting in six minutes. Rookie Yaxel Lendeborg led Golden State with 25 points and 10 rebounds, and Brandin Podziemski scored 22.
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Rockets never trail
Golden State never led. Houston broke a 5-5 tie with a 12-2 run, Durant scored 11 points in the first quarter, and the Rockets led 35-20 after one. Durant also moved past Shaquille O’Neal into seventh place on the NBA’s career list for field goals made.
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The Warriors came back in the second quarter with a 12-3 run that cut the deficit to 47-46 and tied the game at 49, but Houston went to halftime ahead 56-51. In the third quarter, Marcus Smart was called for a flagrant 2 foul on Charles Bassey with 21 seconds left and was ejected. Houston led 85-79 after three.
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Sheppard’s three threes
Threes by Georges Niang and De’Anthony Melton pulled Golden State within 88-85 with 10:10 to play. Houston answered right away: Thompson finished an alley-oop from Sengun, and Reed Sheppard hit back-to-back threes to make it 96-85. After a four-point play by Podziemski, Sheppard hit another three and Fred VanVleet added one for a 102-91 lead with 6:31 left. VanVleet’s 31-footer from Durant with 3:32 left made it 111-93, Houston’s largest lead. Golden State scored 15 of the last 19 points after that.
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Around the box
Sengun had 19 points, 13 rebounds and 9 assists. Thompson made 8 of 11 shots and had 7 rebounds and 4 assists, VanVleet scored 18 with four threes, 6 assists and 3 steals, Jabari Smith Jr. had 14 points and 8 rebounds, and Sheppard scored 13 off the bench, 9 of them in the fourth quarter. Houston outscored Golden State 50-34 in the paint and 19-7 on the fast break. Clint Capela (ankle) and Steven Adams (calf) were out.
Lendeborg shot 9-of-19. Podziemski made 4 of 11 threes, LJ Cryer scored 13 off the bench, and Melton had 11. The Warriors shot 36-of-88 from the field and 17-of-51 from three, though they grabbed 16 offensive rebounds. Kristaps Porziņģis (illness), Moses Moody (knee), Gary Payton II (knee) and Brandon Williams (hamstring) did not play. Attendance was 18,055.
What’s next
Both teams play on Friday, November 13. The Rockets host the Utah Jazz at 8:30 p.m. ET (3:30 a.m. Saturday Cairo time), and the Warriors visit the San Antonio Spurs at 9:30 p.m. ET (4:30 a.m. Saturday Cairo time).
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