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Los Angeles (AFP) - Klay Thompson scored 38 points and the Golden State Warriors showed they can win without star Stephen Curry with a 114-110 victory over the Rockets in Houston.
Curry missed his second straight game with a lower left leg bruise.
But unlike on Wednesday, when the Dallas Mavericks handed the reigning NBA champion Warriors just their second defeat of the season, Thompson was able to get going offensively despite the absence of his fellow "Splash Brother.