Jalen Green was a prep player in Napa, Calif. and Alperen u015eengün was a teenage talent in Turkey the last time the Houston Rockets defeated the Golden State Warriors prior to this season. The anchors of Houston's rebuild fueled the most consequential win of the post-James-Harden era Wednesday night.
u015eengün, Green and the rising young Rockets defeated Steph Curry and Co. 91-90 in front of a packed crowd at Toyota Center, with the in-arena atmosphere more befitting a playoff contest than a game in the sleepy portion of the NBA's calendar.