SAN FRANCISCO – Facing the league’s most physical and handsy defense without his fearless co-star, the Warriors asked 37-year-old Steph Curry to put the offense on his shoulders in the third game of Golden State’s Western Conference playoff series with the Houston Rockets.

Stephen Curry had 36 points, and the Warriors delivered perhaps their gutsiest performance of the season in a 104-93 win to take a 2-1 series lead over the Rockets.

Warriors star Jimmy Butler is out for Game 3 of Golden State’s first-round playoff series against Houston with his status still unclear after injuring his pelvis and suffering a deep gluteal muscle contusion in a hard fall during Game 2.

J.J. Redick didn't sub out one player in the second half, but he and his team didn't have an answer for Edwards.

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The New York Knicks are back in front in their best-of-seven NBA playoff series against the Detroit Pistons. The Knicks won Game 3 on Thursday, 118-116, as Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns combined for 61 points during a chippy game in Detroit.

The Knicks are back in control of series. The Knicks narrowly escaped with a 118-116 Game 3 win in Detroit to take a 2-1 lead in the first round of the NBA playoffs. Karl-Anthony Towns was a key contributor in Game 3 with 31 points and eight rebounds.

Simon Nemec went from a healthy scratch in Game 1 to scoring the winning goal in double overtime of Game 3 to give the Devils new life in their series against the Hurricanes.

Simon Nemec scored 2:36 into the second overtime and the New Jersey Devils beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 on Friday night in Game 3 of the first-round playoff series

Simon Nemec scores the game winner in double overtime for the Devils in a 3-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 3 on Friday night.