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After believing they had already escaped the worst with Curry recovering from missing the previous two games with a right ankle sprain, the Warriors had a more unnerving scare near the end of the first half of their 121-94 victory over the Houston Rockets. Rockets forward Donatas Motiejunas slid on the court, leaving enough of his sweat behind for Curry to lose his footing while trying to defend Trevor Ariza's desperation heave and take an ugly spill. Curry twisted and banged his right knee on the hardwood, immediately grabbed it in agony and hobbled off the floor.