HOUSTON — Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr said he couldn’t even remember the last time his team won a road game before Monday night.
When told it was Jan. 30, Kerr briefly paused.
“Thanks, that doesn’t make me feel any better,” he said.
Golden State snapped an 11-game road losing streak with a 121-108 win over the Houston Rockets on Monday. That was the Warriors’ longest road losing streak under Kerr, and the second longest by a defending NBA champion, trailing only the 1998-99 Chicago Bulls, who lost 12 in a row away from home.
Warriors guard Stephen Curry said it felt good to pick up the win, but there were no celebrations after the game.
“It’s one of those feelings that you do what you’re supposed to do,” Curry said. “Just to walk off the court with a couple more smiles on our faces and something to show for it. We know we have to play better.”
It was just Golden State’s eighth road victory of the season. Only the Rockets, San Antonio Spurs and Detroit Pistons have fewer.
The Rockets are in last place in the Western Conference, but in the past week had picked up wins over the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers and New Orleans Pelicans.
Curry and Klay Thompson did most of the heavy lifting on the offensive end for Golden State. Curry finished with 30 points while Thompson had 29. Both players knocked down five 3-pointers. It was the 44th time Curry and Thompson have made at least five 3s each in the same game, the most by any duo all-time. The Warriors improved to 39-5 in those games.
Despite the win, there’s still more work to be done, according to Warriors forward Draymond Green.
“It’s good to get a win,” Green said. “I don’t really necessarily see it as getting over the hump. We won one game. Need to go win the next one.”
Still, Golden State ran its winning streak against the Rockets to 10 games, with Houston becoming the first team the Warriors have defeated twice on the road this season.
The 108 points allowed by the Warriors against Houston was the fewest they had allowed in any road game this season. Entering the night, Golden State was giving up a league-worst 124.5 points in road games.
According to ESPN Stats & Information research, the Warriors’ 36-game streak of allowing at least 110 points on the road was the fourth longest in NBA history.
The Warriors took a five-point lead into halftime, but it was a mistake-ridden half that featured 14 turnovers. Kerr said it felt like 20 turnovers because…
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