After two games and a half games of battling Houston’s lumbering, earth-bound giants in what seemed to be a constricting box, Steph Curry and the Warriors finally broke loose. Without an injured Jimmy Butler, a hot-shooting Buddy Hield gave Curry the oxygen he needed to breathe — and score 36 points — against the Rockets.

One night after LeBron James dialed up 38 points and scored 20 in a single half for the 100th time in his playoff career, Stephen Curry followed up with his own "How is he still doing this?" performance in Game 3 against the Rockets on Saturday.

For the Warriors, there are no changes. The team is still listing star guard Stephen Curry on the injury report, with a right thumb injury, but has put him down as, "available." Curry has had a thumb injury going back to January but aggravated it two weeks ago. He's been playing through the pain, and handling it quite nicely.