No matter what the coaches say, no matter what players might hint at, or even what the teams tell media covering their practices and shootarounds, no injury report counts quite like the official NBA injury report that comes out each day through the league office.

After two games and a half games of battling Houston’s lumbering, earth-bound giants in what seemed to be a constricting box, Steph Curry and the Warriors finally broke loose. Without an injured Jimmy Butler, a hot-shooting Buddy Hield gave Curry the oxygen he needed to breathe — and score 36 points — against the Rockets.

Fans take to social media to react to Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry's performance in Game 3 vs the Houston Rockets