The Warriors have given the Rockets trouble, and now they're set to play the second game of their home stand up 2-1. After a loss that saw Golden State lose Jimmy Butler due to injury, the team bounced back with 36 points from Stephen Curry.

SAN FRANCISCO - In his two seasons in Houston, Fred VanVleet's positive influence on the Rockets' young core cannot be overstated. The veteran point guard, an NBA champion in 2019 and an All-Star in 2022 with the Toronto Raptors,

But Houston cannot afford to let bench players Gary Payton II and Buddy Hield make major impacts. Payton finished with a postseason career-high 16 points, including 11 in the fourth quarter, and Hield was 5-for-11 on 3-point attempts to help finish with 17 points in 29 minutes.