Stephen Curry returned to play Game 4 against the Houston Rockets Sunday, but the restoration of order that was supposed to accompany him never showed up.
Fortunately, the Golden State Warriors' fiery competitive edge and swaggering bravado arrived in time to salt away a 121-94 blowout win.
After two games off to rest a sore right ankle, Curry looked like himself in the early going. He was aggressive from long range, firing up seven triples in the first half and registering his first made bucket on an inside-out fast break finish, complete with a hard landing on that troublesome right foot.
The harder landing came at the end of that first half, when Curry slipped on a wet spot at the second-quarter buzzer and went into an awkward splits, banging the inside of his right knee on the hardwood.
After limping to the locker room, Curry returned to the floor near the end of halftime, but didn't start the third quarter. With Shaun Livingston in his place, Curry again retired to the bowels of the Toyota Center, accompanied by uncertainty and the renewed angst of a Warriors fanbase.
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