Golden State Warriors @ Houston Rockets
Saturday, November 2, 2024 at 8:00 PM ET
Toyota Center, Houston, TX | Game ID: 22400144
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT1 Final
HOU 20 23 37 39 2 121GSW 38 33 25 23 8 127
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Hield scores 27 points, Warriors outlast Rockets 127-121 in OT after squandering big lead
HOUSTON -- — Buddy Hield scored 27 points and the Golden State Warriors squandered a huge lead before outlasting the Houston Rockets 127-121 in overtime Saturday night.
It’s Golden State’s 14th straight-regular season win over the Rockets and the eighth in a row in Houston.
The Warriors led by 31 points in the first half. The Rockets tied it with an 18-2 run to open the fourth quarter.
Golden State scored the first six points in overtime to make it 125-119 and went on to a third straight win without Steph Curry, who is out with a sprained left ankle.
The Warriors led by five before a 3-pointer by Jabari Smith Jr. cut the lead to 119-117 with 15.5 seconds to go in regulation. Aaron Holiday stole the ball from Draymond Green and he fouled out a few seconds later. Tari Eason made two free throws after that to send it to overtime.
Eason led the Rockets with a career-high 27 points. Smith added 21.
Andrew Wiggins added 15 points for Golden State in his return after missing two games with a strained back.
Takeaways Warriors: Golden State continued to win without Curry, improving to 5-1 this season. The team said he will be re-evaluated Sunday to see how much longer he’ll be out.
Rockets: Houston played much better after halftime than it did in an awful first half but couldn’t close it out to build on consecutive wins at San Antonio and Dallas.
Key moment Jonathan Kuminga scored the first two baskets of overtime to make it 123-119. He finished with 23 points.
Key stat Houston made just 1 of 12 shots in overtime.
Up next The Rockets host the Knicks on Monday night, while the Warriors visit Washington Monday night.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
GSWAW A. Wiggins
BH B. Hield
BP B. Podziemski
DG D. Green
GP G. Payton II
JG J. Green
JK J. Kuminga
KA K. Anderson
KL K. Looney
LW L. Waters III
MM M. Moody
TJ T. Jackson-Davis
HOUAH A. Holiday
AS A. Sengun
AT A. Thompson
CW C. Whitmore
DB D. Brooks
FV F. VanVleet
JL J. Landale
JS J. Smith Jr.
JG Ja. Green
JG Je. Green
RS R. Sheppard
TE T. Eason
GSW/HOU 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
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