HOUSTON (AP) Brandon Podziemski had 26 points, De’Anthony Melton added 23 and the short-handed Golden State Warriors outlasted the Houston Rockets 115-113 in overtime Thursday night.
The Warriors were up three with about 30 seconds left in overtime when Kevin Durant was fouled on a 3-point attempt and made the first two before a miss. Golden State got the rebound and Melton made a tip-in layup with 5.3 seconds left to push the lead to 115-112.
Durant made 1 of 2 free throws after and a foul by the Rockets allowed Golden State to hold on for the win.
Al Horford added 17 points for the Warriors as Stephen Curry sat out for a 12th consecutive game with a knee injury. The Warriors have said that he’s expected to be re-evaluated around Tuesday.
Reed Sheppard led Houston with 30 points, including six 3-pointers, and Durant added 23.
It was tied with less than three minutes left in overtime before Podziemski made a 3-pointer followed by a driving layup to give Golden State a 111-106 lead about a minute later.
Amen Thompson made the first of two free throws before rebounding the miss on the second. Durant hit a 3-pointer to cut the lead to 1. Horford made a basket for Golden State to make it 113-110.
Alperen Sengun gave the Rockets the lead with about a minute left in regulation on a short basket before a 3-pointer by Horford put Golden State on top 101-99.
Another bucket by Sengun tied it with about 30 seconds remaining before Durant was called for a foul on Melton with 6.5 seconds left. But the Rockets challenged the call and it was overturned.
The Warriors won the jump ball and called a timeout, but Gui Santos turned the ball over with 0.3 seconds remaining before Thompson missed a shot under the basket to send it to overtime.
Golden State: At Oklahoma City on Saturday night.
Houston: Hosts Portland on Friday night.
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| TOP SCORERS | |||||
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B. Podziemski SG | 26PTS | 9REB | 1AST | |
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R. Sheppard SG | 30PTS | 3REB | 6AST | |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| B. Podziemski | 26 | 9 | 1 | 4 |
| D. Melton | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| A. Horford | 17 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| G. Santos | 14 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| D. Green | 10 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| L. Cryer | 12 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| P. Spencer | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Q. Post | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| N. Williams | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| M. Leons | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 115 | 47 | 29 | 23 |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| K. Durant | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| A. Thompson | 18 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| A. Sengun | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| T. Eason | 9 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| J. Smith | 3 | 11 | 2 | 3 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| R. Sheppard | 30 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| J. Okogie | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Capela | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Green | – | – | – | – |
| A. Holiday | – | – | – | – |
| J. Davison | – | – | – | – |
| T. Newton | – | – | – | – |
| I. Crawford | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 113 | 49 | 26 | 17 |