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How James Harden and the Rockets keep hunting Steph Curry

One thing I'm watching for on each end as the most anticipated series of the playoffs resumes:

Stephen Curry's defense

We know the Rockets are hunting Stephen Curry. That is not novel, and not something to do just because Curry is recovering from another ill-timed knee injury. The Cavaliers mastered this. It is a way to exhaust Curry -- and the Rockets want to bump and grind both Curry and Klay Thompson -- and poke at the only player in the Death Lineup who is not at least borderline All-Defense level when engaged.