Golden assault on finals

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STEPHEN Curry and Golden State turned all those Houston bricks into a road back to the NBA Finals.

Needing not only all their firepower but also 27 straight misses by the Rockets during an epic cold streak from threepoint range, the Warriors rallied to keep alive their hopes for a repeat.

Kevin Durant scored 34 points, Curry sparked another third-quarter turnaround, and the Warriors earned a fourth straight trip to the NBA Finals by beating the Rockets 101-92 in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals yesterday.

The defending champions trailed by as many as 15 in the first half after falling behind by 17 in Game 6.

“We know we can make an 11-point lead evaporate with two minutes of good basketball,” Klay Thompson said.

Curry, who finished with 27 points, scored 14 of Golden State’s 33 points in the third quarter as Houston’s shooting didn’t just go cold, it froze. The Rockets missed all 14 threepoint attempts in that quarter as part of a one-for-21 second half from long range.

Curry said someone asked

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“Yes,” he said, “because it’s really hard.”

The Warriors will host LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1 on Friday in the fourth straight match-up between the teams.

James Harden had 32 points as the top-seeded Rockets’ bid to return to the finals for the first time since 1995 fell short without star player Chris Paul, who was nursing a hamstring injury.