Houston, TX (Sports Network) - Recent history showed that Houston has owned
the series versus Golden State, after all, the Rockets entered Sunday's
matchup having won all three games in the series this season and 17 of 19
versus Golden State.
The Warriors, though, had other plans and abruptly ended a nine-game skid in
Houston by downing the Rockets, 108-78, behind Stephen Curry's 29-point and
11-assist effort and Klay Thompson's 26 points and 6-of-9 shooting from behind
the arc.
Andrew Bogut had 12 points and 12 rebounds and David Lee had 10 points and 10
boards for the Warriors, who finally picked up a much-needed victory in the
series, even if it wasn't as pretty as planned.
James Harden scored 21 points to go along with 10 rebounds and eight assists
for the Rockets, who trailed by 23 points at the break and shot below 20
percent in the first half. Jeremy Lin added 21 points as well in the setback.
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