Of course Stephen Curry is coming back for this game.<\/p>\n
Not that it matters, of course. The Houston Rockets have lost multiple games against the Golden State Warriors over the past couple of seasons in which Curry didn\u2019t play. Houston lost earlier this year at Toyota Center. In the one game Curry did play, Reed Sheppard had his coming out party and Houston came back and won without Kevin Durant. Maybe that\u2019s the key? Whichever team is missing its best player wins?<\/p>\n
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Tonight starts Houston\u2019s final road trip of the season. They will head to Phoenix to take on the Suns on Tuesday. Earlier this season when Houston went on the road to play the Warriors and Suns, Durant missed both games due to personal reasons. So it\u2019s only fitting that Houston is playing both teams again on the same trip. The Phoenix game will be more emotional since KD\u2019s time with the Suns ended poorly compared to his time in the Bay Area.<\/p>\n
The Warriors are all but guaranteed to be the 10 seed in the West. Mathematically they still have a shot at 9 or even 8, but that would require something pretty extreme. In reality, they are going to need to win two road games in the play-in to play the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round. As I mentioned in the Jazz preview, this isn\u2019t the worst year to end up in the lottery, and if they do you know the league will make sure they\u2019re rewarded (if the lottery is rigged).<\/p>\n
This is going to be a tough game. That building is going to be loud.<\/p>\n
Tip-off<\/p>\n
9pm CT<\/p>\n
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How To Watch<\/p>\n
NBC\/Peacock<\/p>\n
Injury ReportRockets<\/p>\n
Steven Adams: OUT<\/p>\n
Fred VanVleet: OUT<\/p>\n
Jabari Smith Jr.: GTD<\/p>\n
Warriors<\/p>\n
Moses Moody: OUT<\/p>\n
Jimmy Butler: OUT<\/p>\n
Quinten Post: GTD<\/p>\n
Al Horford: GTD<\/p>\n
Seth Curry: GTD<\/p>\n
The Line (as of this post)<\/p>\n
Hou -3.5<\/p>\n