The Golden State Warriors did their job in Houston. To kick off their first-round series with two games on the road against the Rockets, all the Warriors had to

He’s got four rings and two MVP trophies, but it’s time to give Stephen Curry an award that would say the most about his career: Curry is, by a unanimous vote of this column’s one-person panel, the NBA’s Baddest Man.

The Rockets are built on being a big, physical team that wants to dominate opponents into submission. They ranked fourth in the NBA in defensive rating during the regular season and have held the Warriors to an average of 94.5 points per contest in the first two games of this series.