Stephen Curry couldn't help but laugh. For the second time in the first half of the Houston Rockets' Game 2 playoff win against the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday, Rockets fourth-year guard Jalen Green forced a jump ball while defending Curry on one of the last possessions of the half.

Without Butler in the lineup, the Warriors struggled offensively in the 109–94 loss—star Steph Curry once said Butler makes the Warriors' possessions easier, so his absence naturally threw a wrench into the Warriors' plans to snatch away two wins during the Rockets' playoff homestand.

That first game, the lights were bright,” Jalen Green says. “But that’s part of it. I went through it and feel like I did a good job answering back.”