After two games and a half games of battling Houston’s lumbering, earth-bound giants in what seemed to be a constricting box, Steph Curry and the Warriors finally broke loose. Without an injured Jimmy Butler, a hot-shooting Buddy Hield gave Curry the oxygen he needed to breathe — and score 36 points — against the Rockets.

Game 4 of the opening-round Western Conference series between the Warriors and Rockets will tip off on Monday night at the Chase Center, and on both sides, the injury report will be critical. That's because Golden State is still dealing with the pelvic injury to star forward Jimmy Butler, an injury that forced him to sit out for Game 3.