Stephen Curry’s Buzzer-Beater Sends Warriors Past Rockets

Stephen Curry’s Buzzer-Beater Sends Warriors Past Rockets
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry celebrates after the Warriors defeated the Houston Rockets in an NBA basketball game in San Francisco, on Jan. 21, 2022. Jeff Chiu/AP Photo
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Stephen Curry beat the final horn with a step-back 20-footer Friday night as the Golden State Warriors overcame a rare six-point play to edge the Houston Rockets 105–103 in San Francisco.

Down by nine with 4:49 to play, the Warriors rallied into a 103-all tie on a pair of Otto Porter Jr. free throws with 1:22 remaining, then got one final possession when Houston’s Garrison Mathews missed a 3-point attempt with 8.5 seconds left.