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Road Rockets withstand Warriors barrage, reclaim home court

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Finally, the basketball world got to witness the kind of classic it's been waiting all season to see in the highly anticipated Western Conference finals.

After the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets alternated double-digit wins in the first three games, the margin of victory soaring each time, Game 4 went down to the wire. And they'll head back to Houston with the series tied after the Rockets scrapped their way to a 95-92 comeback win to stun the sellout Oracle Arena crowd.

The fourth quarter was far from the beautiful basketball expected from two of the best offensive teams in the history of the game.