The Houston Rockets finally got a signature win against a Western Conference opponent, coming back to defeat the Golden State Warriors in the Bay to even their

Second-year guard Reed Sheppard scored a career-high 31 points as short-handed Houston (12-4) stormed back from a 14-point deficit at Golden State.

The Houston Rockets got stuck in a tough group in the NBA Cup, which means Wednesday night is their final game of this year's in-season tournament.

Ime Udoka praises Rockets guard Reed Sheppard for his NBA Cup career-high and a breakout built on defense, toughness, and two-way growth.

Reed Sheppard scored a career-high 31 points to go with nine rebounds and five assists, and the Houston Rockets rallied from 12 points down at halftime to beat the Warriors 104-100 in a rematch from the first round of last season's playoffs when Golden State won Game 7 as the seventh seed.

The Golden State Warriors expect to be without Stephen Curry for "a week or a little more" after suffering a quad contusion during Wednesday night's NBA Cup defeat to the Houston Rockets, according to ESPN's Shams Charania and Anthony Slater.

The Houston Rockets are set to play their second straight game without star Kevin Durant as they hit the road Wednesday night for a matchup with Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry limped away from the bench late in Golden State’s 104-100 loss to the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night after bruising his right quadriceps. He will undergo an MRI exam on the injury to determine his status. The Warriors will have to regroup with the idea that Curry might be out for a stretch.

Curry stayed in the game before heading to the locker room to get checked out during a timeout called in the final seconds.

The Houston Rockets are looking to start their third win streak of the 2025-26 NBA regular season with a road win vs. a Western Conference rival.

While Reed Sheppard was icing a Rockets' win at Golden State and finishing up his first 30-point game, his teammates were making sure he'd get to leave the arena with the game ball.

Nobody else has dove in on offensive rebounding to the extent the Rockets have, with their massive 38.5 percent offensive rebound rate after an offseason spent adding ever more size to go with their already formidable frontcourt. But in a copycat NBA, this could be the latest Houston-initiated math hack that ends up widely imitated.