Buddy Hield scored 27 points (18 on 6 3-pointers), and the Golden State Warriors beat the Houston Rockets 127-121 in overtime.
Tari Eason made 2 free throws with 8.3 seconds left in the fourth quarter to tie it at 119 for the Rockets, but the Warriors outscored them 8-2 in overtime.
During clutch time, the Warriors outscored the Rockets 23-14. Jonathan Kuminga scored 8 of the Warriors’ 23 on 3 for 3 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Eason had 3 of his 4 steals, one of them leading to his driving layup that put the Rockets ahead 102-101, and the Rockets scored 6 points off them.
Kuminga scored 23 points off the bench.
For the Rockets, Eason had a career-high 27 points, 9 rebounds, 4 steals and 3 blocks off the bench, and Fred VanVleet went 1 for 8 from 3. Jabari Smith Jr. scored 21 points (13 in the fourth quarter) with 5 3-pointers. Smith scored 13 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter.
The Warriors shot 51.3% from the field and 46.9% from 3 to the Rockets’ 41.1% and 33.3%. The Rockets outscored the Warriors 16-2 in 4 minutes with Holiday, Smith, Eason, Thompson and Sheppard on the floor together. Draymond Green and Brandin Podziemski fouled out for the Warriors, and Dillon Brooks and VanVleet for the Rockets.