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.

Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors will be back on the court on Monday at 10 p.m. ET. They'll play one more game before traveling back to Houston for Game 5 of the first-round series.

Stephen Curry shined in the Golden State Warriors' 104-93 win over the Houston Rockets at home on Saturday, leading the team to a 2-1 series lead without Jimmy Butler III.