Game ID: 22300096
Golden State Warriors @ Houston Rockets
Sunday, October 29, 2023 at 7:00 PM ET
Toyota Center, Houston, TX
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
HOU 24 23 28 20 95GSW 26 31 24 25 106
GSW @ HOU ScoutingGSW @ HOU Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
HOU availability going into 10/25 · season opener
full strength
HOU availability going into 10/27 · 1 day's rest
full strength
HOU availability going into 10/29 · 1 day's rest
full strength
HOU availability going into 11/01 · 2 days' restOUT Whitmore missed 2 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Holiday missed 2 since 10/27, returns tonight: 11 min (66% of 16)
OUT Landale missed 2 since 10/27, returns tonight: 19 min (140% of 14)
HOU availability going into 11/04 · 2 days' restOUT Eason missed 2 since 10/29, out tonight
OUT Whitmore missed 3 since 10/27, returns tonight: 1 min (7% of 19)
BACK Holiday back 11/01 after 2, 11 min since (66% of 16)
BACK Landale back 11/01 after 2, 19 min since (140% of 14)
HOU availability going into 11/06 · 1 day's restOUT Eason missed 3 since 10/29, out tonight
BACK Whitmore back 11/04 after 3, 1 min since (7% of 19)
BACK Holiday back 11/01 after 2, 15 min since (91% of 16)
BACK Landale back 11/01 after 2, 16 min since (114% of 14)
HOU availability going into 11/08 · 1 day's restOUT Thompson missed 2 since 11/04, out tonight
OUT Eason missed 4 since 10/29, returns tonight: 14 min (65% of 22)
BACK Whitmore back 11/04 after 3, 7 min since (36% of 19)
BACK Holiday back 11/01 after 2, 17 min since (104% of 16)
BACK Landale back 11/01 after 2, 16 min since (115% of 14)
GSW availability going into 10/24 · season opener
full strength
GSW availability going into 10/27 · 2 days' rest
full strength
GSW availability going into 10/29 · 1 day's restOUT Podziemski missed 2 since 10/24, out tonight
GSW availability going into 10/30 · back-to-backOUT Podziemski missed 3 since 10/24, returns tonight: 23 min (86% of 27)
OUT Joseph missed 2 since 10/27, returns tonight: 5 min (41% of 11)
NEW Paul 26 to 32 min over the last 3
NEW Looney 16 to 28 min over the last 3
GSW availability going into 11/01 · 1 day's restBACK Podziemski back 10/30 after 3, 23 min since (86% of 27)
BACK Joseph back 10/30 after 2, 5 min since (41% of 11)
NEW Looney 16 to 27 min over the last 4
GSW availability going into 11/03 · 1 day's restBACK Podziemski back 10/30 after 3, 23 min since (86% of 27)
BACK Joseph back 10/30 after 2, 5 min since (41% of 11)
NEW Looney 16 to 26 min over the last 5
GSW availability going into 11/05 · 1 day's restOUT Podziemski missed 2 since 11/01, returns tonight: 8 min (31% of 27)
OUT Jackson-Davis missed 2 since 11/01, returns tonight: 12 min (69% of 17)
OUT Joseph missed 2 since 11/01, returns tonight: 2 min (22% of 11)
OUT Quinones missed 2 since 11/01, out tonight
NEW Looney 16 to 23 min over the last 5
10/25 @ ORL 86-116 — HOU notes
HOU lost 86-116. HOU shot 41% (32 of 79) to ORL's 48%, 12 of 34 from three, and got to the line 16 times to ORL's 26. The glass went 31-57 against them. VanVleet led with 14 (5 of 13, 4 of 6 from three); Sengun added 14, Brooks 14. Q2 was theirs, 23-25, but the other 3 periods went 91-63 against them. Thompson's -34 in 21 minutes was the worst on the floor.
10/27 @ SAS 122-126 — HOU notes
HOU lost 122-126 in 1 overtime. HOU shot 52% (52 of 100) to SAS's 49%, 8 of 32 from three, and got to the line 20 times to SAS's 28. Sengun led with 25 (11 of 18, 1 of 3 from three, 2 of 6 at the line); VanVleet added 24, Ja. Green 22. Q3 was theirs, 31-24, but the other 4 periods went 102-91 against them. They led by as many as 10. VanVleet's -9 in 45 minutes was the worst on the floor.
10/29 vs GSW 95-106 — HOU notes
HOU lost 95-106. HOU took 9 more shots (90 to 81), fed by 10 offensive rebounds, but shot 38% to GSW's 43%, 9 of 33 from three. HOU turned it over 7 times to GSW's 14. Ja. Green led with 21 (8 of 20, 1 of 5 from three); Sengun added 19, Smith Jr. 14. Q3 was theirs, 28-24, the deficit cut from 10 to 6, but the other 3 periods went 82-67 against them. Tate's -24 in 22 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/06 vs SAC — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Houston comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 108 a night and allowing 111, shooting 46 percent and 37 from three, 20 free throws a game; Sengun at 18 and Brooks at 18 a game. It has lost the glass by 6 a night. Without Eason (3 straight). One day's rest. Sacramento comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 114, shooting 43 percent and 33 from three, 23 free throws a game; Fox at 31 and Sabonis at 17 a game. Without Fox (2 straight). One day's rest.
So: Houston wins, and the game turns on the arc, Houston at 37 percent from three to Sacramento's 33. Call it Houston 112, Sacramento 111, Sacramento keeping it close.
11/08 vs LAL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Houston comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 107, shooting 49 percent and 39 from three, 22 free throws a game; Ja. Green at 20 and Sengun at 19 a game. That is 3 straight wins. Without Thompson (2 straight), Eason (4 straight). One day's rest. The Lakers come in 2-3 over their last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 118, shooting 49 percent and 31 from three, 25 free throws a game; James at 27 and Davis at 24 a game. Without Hachimura (4 straight), Vincent (3 straight). One day's rest.
So: Houston wins, and the game turns on the arc, Houston at 39 percent from three to the Lakers' 31 and the defense, Houston allowing 107 a night to the Lakers' 118. Call it Houston 115, the Lakers 110.
10/24 vs PHX 104-108 — GSW notes
GSW lost 104-108. GSW shot 36% (36 of 101) to PHX's 44%, 10 of 43 from three, and went to the line 28 times to PHX's 17 — 22 points from the stripe to their 13. GSW turned it over 11 times to PHX's 19. The glass went 49-60 against them. Curry led with 27 (8 of 20, 4 of 14 from three, 7 of 7 at the line); Thompson added 15, Paul 14. Q3 was theirs, 40-19, turning a 15-point deficit into a 6-point lead, but the other 3 periods went 89-64 against them. Wiggins's -22 in 27 minutes was the worst on the floor.
10/27 @ SAC 122-114 — GSW notes
GSW won 122-114. GSW shot 55% (48 of 87) to SAC's 44%, 14 of 32 from three, and got to the line 14 times to SAC's 29. GSW turned it over 19 times to SAC's 14, and SAC turned those into 10 steals. Curry led with 41 (14 of 19, 7 of 10 from three, 6 of 6 at the line); Thompson added 18, Kuminga 12. The hinge was Q3, 39-27: a lead of 3 became 15, and the lead reached 18. Moody was the night's best plus/minus at +11.
10/29 @ HOU 106-95 — GSW notes
GSW won 106-95. GSW shot 43% (35 of 81) to HOU's 38%, 18 of 45 from three. GSW turned it over 14 times to HOU's 7. Curry led with 24 (6 of 16, 6 of 14 from three, 6 of 6 at the line); K. Thompson added 19, Payton II 15. The hinge was Q2, 31-23: a lead of 2 became 10, and the lead reached 16. Paul was the night's best plus/minus at +22.
11/03 @ OKC — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
OKC comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 112, shooting 47 percent and 36 from three, 22 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 25 and Jal. Williams at 16 a game. It has lost the glass by 5 a night. One day's rest. Golden State comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 104, shooting 47 percent and 35 from three, 20 free throws a game; Curry at 31 and Thompson at 16 a game. That is 4 straight wins. One day's rest.
So: Golden State wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where Golden State has been plus-1 a night and OKC minus-5 and the defense, Golden State allowing 104 a night to OKC's 112. Call it Golden State 111, OKC 109, OKC keeping it close.
11/05 @ CLE — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Cleveland comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 104 a night and allowing 110, shooting 44 percent and 31 from three, 21 free throws a game; Mitchell at 34 and LeVert at 20 a game. Without Merrill (2 straight). One day's rest. Golden State comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 120 a night and allowing 110, shooting 51 percent and 40 from three, 20 free throws a game; Curry at 32 and Thompson at 17 a game. That is 5 straight wins. It has won the glass by 5 a night. Without Podziemski (2 straight), Jackson-Davis (2 straight). One day's rest.
So: Golden State wins, on the road, and the game turns on the arc, Golden State at 40 percent from three to Cleveland's 31 and the glass, where Golden State has been plus-5 a night and Cleveland minus-1. Call it Golden State 113, Cleveland 109, Cleveland keeping it close.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
HOUAS A. Sengun
AT A. Thompson
DB D. Brooks
FV F. VanVleet
JG J. Green
JS J. Smith Jr.
JT J. Tate
JG Ja. Green
JG Je. Green
RB R. Bullock Jr.
GSWAW A. Wiggins
CP C. Paul
DG D. Green
DŠ D. Šarić
GP G. Payton II
JK J. Kuminga
KL K. Looney
KT K. Thompson
MM M. Moody
SC S. Curry
SA Saric
HOU/GSW the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Curry scores 24 with four 3's late to lead Warriors to 106-95 win over Rockets
HOUSTON -- — Stephen Curry had 24 points, with four 3-pointers down the stretch, and Klay Thompson added 19 points to lead the Golden State Warriors to a 106-95 win over the Houston Rockets on Sunday night.
The Warriors led by as many as 16 before the Rockets began chipping away at the lead.
They went on top by 2 with a basket by Jalen Green midway through the fourth quarter. That's when Curry took over, making four 3-pointers in less than two minutes to power a 15-2 run that gave Golden State a 100-89 lead with about three minutes left.
Draymond Green made his season-debut after missing the first two games with a sprained left ankle.
“I felt awful in the first half, felt like the game was moving way too fast for me,” he said. “Didn’t really have my legs under me in the first half ... in the second half I felt a lot better. I felt like the game started to slow down.”
His return to the starting lineup relegated Chris Paul to a reserve role, marking the first time the 12-time All-Star had come off the bench in his NBA career .
Since the NBA began tracking games started in 1982, no player had appeared in more games and started them all than Paul had entering Sunday. Including playoffs, Paul started the first 1,365 games of his NBA career.
The last time Paul didn’t start a game that counted was in the 2008 Olympics when Jason Kidd and Kobe Bryant made up the backcourt. Before that it was on Dec. 13, 2004, when he was slightly late for the team bus and benched for the first 4 minutes of Wake Forest’s game against Temple. Paul started the last 25 games of his college career, and then every game of his 19 NBA seasons until Sunday.
“It’s whatever I've got to do to help our team win,” he said. “So if that means this, if it means not finishing some games or whatnot, you know, if you get a chance to play long enough in your career, there’s things that’s going to change, there’s things that’s going to be different and I’m here.”
Paul, who checked in with 6:58 left in the first quarter, had eight points and seven assists in 27 minutes after combining for 24 points and 21 assists in Golden State’s first two games this season.
Golden State coach Steve Kerr raved about Paul's selflessness.
“It’s massive the way Chris has embraced everything,” he said. “He just nodded his head and said: 'Let’s go get ’em.' Not ever a big deal. When a vet, great player, All-Star shows that kind of sacrifice it just sets the tone for the whole team.”
With Paul’s streak now over, Milwaukee’s Damian Lillard — who was playing in the 833rd game of his career on Sunday night — now has more starts than any other active player without an appearance as a reserve. Dallas’ Kyrie Irving is next on that list, with all his 748 NBA appearances being starts.
Draymond Green, who coach Kerr said was on a minutes restriction, had four points, five rebounds and five assists in 21 minutes.
The Warriors have won both of their road games this season after dropping their first eight on the road to start last season.
“We tried last year,” Thompson said. “It just didn't work out in our favor.”
Jalen Green had 21 points and Alperen Sengun added 19 for the Rockets, who fell to 0-3 this season.
Houston coach Ime Udoka was impressed with the play of Jae’Sean Tate, who had six points, eight rebounds, two steals and two blocks.
“His physicality, his versatility, I think he was really a big part of what transpired in that third and fourth when he brought us back,” Udoka said. “His toughness, making plays, his aggressiveness and focus and attention to details. All those things that we've got to have everybody have for the entire (game).”
UP NEXT
Warriors: Visit New Orleans on Monday night.
Rockets: Host Charlotte on Wednesday night as they continue a seven-game homestand.