Hield scored 27 points as the Warriors beat the Rockets 127–121 in overtime, blowing a big lead.

HOUSTON (AP) — Buddy Hield scored 27 points and the Golden State Warriors blew a huge lead before beating the Houston Rockets 127-121 in overtime on Saturday night.

This is Golden State’s 14th straight regular-season win over the Rockets and eighth in a row in Houston.

The Warriors led by 31 points in the first half. The Rockets tied the game at 18-2 to open the fourth quarter.

Golden State scored the first six points of overtime to make it 125-119 and notched its third straight win without Steph Curry, who was out with a sprained left ankle.

The Warriors led by five points before Jabari Smith Jr.’s 3-pointer cut the lead to 119-117 with 15.5 seconds left in regulation. Aaron Holiday stole the ball from Draymond Green, who committed a foul seconds later. After that, Tari Eason made two free throws and sent the ball into 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 back strain.

Takeaway

Warriors: Golden State continued to win without Curry, improving to 5-1 this season. The team said he will be re-evaluated on Sunday to see how long he will be out.

Rockets: Houston played much better after the break than in a terrible first half, but couldn’t close out the game with back-to-back wins over San Antonio and Dallas.

Key Point

Jonathan Kuminga scored the first two baskets of overtime to make it 123-119. He finished with 23 points.

Key Statistics

Houston made just 1 of 12 shots in overtime.

Next

The Rockets host the Knicks on Monday night and the Warriors visit Washington on Monday night.

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