HOUSTON — The Warriors needed a basket, down by 5 with 26 seconds to play in overtime of Game 3 of their second-round playoff series with the Rockets.
So Stephen Curry took the ball and started to push. He ran past running a bone-rattling Draymond Green pick of Austin Rivers. He dribbled behind the back at half court to easily evade James Harden’s imitation of defense. Forty feet away from the basket and he was all alone — the entire Rockets defense was behind him.
So with 21 seconds remaining, Curry took off from just outside the restricted area.