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HOUSTON -- Klay Thompson had a great night ofensively on Saturday.

More impressive, though, was his wor on de!ense as he limited N"# leadings$orer %ames Harden to &ust '' points.

Stephen (urry and Thompson s$ored )* points ea$h and the +olden Statearriors used a huge third uarter to roll to a ''-'/0 win over the Houston1o$ets.

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 Things $an $hange. %ames Harden $an have a great stret$h and re$laim thestatus o! having a 2etter season. 3or now, though, Stephen (urry pa$es theM45 ra$e, 6than Sherwood Strauss writes. Story

 Thompson was ased i! he taes pride in 2uilding a reputation as someonewho $an 2e dominant on 2oth ends o! the 7oor.

89 do. 9 really do,8 he said. 89 &ust want to $ontinue to prove that and get2etter every game.8

(oa$h Steve Kerr raved a2out Thompson:s wor on Harden, who went ; o!'<, in$luding / o! ; on s, to =nish well 2elow his average o! )* points agame.

8Klay did a great &o2,8 Kerr said o! the guard, who had a $areer-high =ve2lo$s. 89 thought Klay did a good &o2 o! avoiding !ouls and then $ontestinglate.8

+olden State re2ounded !rom a loss to Olahoma (ity on 3riday night thatsnapped an eight-game winning strea.

8#nytime you get a 2oun$e 2a$ win and =nish a !our-games-in-=ve-nightsstret$h -', that:s 2ig,8 (urry said.

 The arriors led 2y =ve at hal!time and used a >-point third uarter, with'< points !rom (urry, to tae a ))-point lead into the !ourth.

?wight Howard, who missed the =rst two games against the arriors, ledHouston with ) points and '/ re2ounds.

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 The 1o$ets got =ve straight points !rom Kostas 5apaniolaou to $ut the leadto ''/-@; with seven minutes le!t, 2ut +olden State s$ored nine ui$ pointsa!ter that, led 2y (urry:s =ve, to mae it ''@-@; and $ruise to the win.

9t is +olden State:s N"#-leading );th dou2le-digit vi$tory and its third win

over Houston this season. 9t:s the =rst time the arriors won a season seriesagainst the 1o$ets sin$e )//0-/*.

 They =nish the series on ednesday at +olden State.

# -pointer 2y %osh Smith $ut +olden State:s lead to '/ with three minutesle!t in the third uarter. "ut the arriors $apped the uarter with a ')-/ run,with eight points !rom ?avid Aee, to go up '/)->/ entering the !ourthuarter. Houston had !our turnovers to help the arriors 2uild the lead.

8That third uarter was ridi$ulous,8 $oa$h Kevin M$Hale said. 8e $ouldn:tget a stop, we turned it over and we &ust lost all o! our =re. e had nothing.8

 The arriors s$ored the =rst =ve points and the se$ond hal! to push the leadto 0@-<@. The 1o$ets used a *-' run, with !our points !rom Howard, to getwithin */-00 a $ouple minutes later.

(urry, who had '' assists, got +olden State going again a!ter that, maingan of-2alan$e layup as he was !ouled. He tum2led 2a$ward and landed ontop o! a $ameraman on the sideline 2e!ore !alling to the $ourt.

He made the !ree throw and those three points were the start o! a '/-) runthat eBtended the advantage to >/-0> midway through the third uarter.

 The lead had $hanged '' times and it had 2een tied '' other times 2e!oreHouston used a *-/ run to mae it <@-<< with a2out two minutes le!t in the=rst hal!.

Kerr $alled a )/-se$ond timeout and the arriors regrouped and =nished thehal! with a @-/ spurt to a tae a 0;-<@ lead into hal!time.

8Our guys did a great &o2 the two minutes o! $losing the uarter and gettinga $ouple o! hoops and re-esta2lishing ourselves and 9 thin that $arried overto the third uarter when we really went on a good run,8 he said.

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arriorsC #ndre 9guodala got a te$hni$al !oul in the se$ond uarter. ... 9t:s the=rst time +olden State has swept a road series against the 1o$ets sin$e'@*<-*0.

1o$etsC Howard re$eived a te$hni$al with a2out '/ minutes le!t in the =rstuarter !or arguing an ofensive !oul. ... +olden State:s 0; =rst-hal! points

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were the se$ond-most Houston has allowed 2e!ore hal!time this season. ...+olden State:s > points in the third were the most the 1o$ets have allowedin a uarter this season.

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Kerr rested #ndrew "ogut and 9guodala on 3riday night against the Thunderand was ased 2e!ore the game i! he has a 2etter handle on when to giveplayers time of sin$e he played !or '0 seasons.

8My $oa$hes o!ten rested me when 9 was =ne,8 he deadpanned. 8So 9:m notsure i! really have a handle on it or not.8