PRO ANALYSIS
Houston is 5th in the Western Conference while Golden State is 10th. The Warriors built a cushion earlier in the season that still keeps them in playoff position, but since January they have been without Curry and Butler due to knee injuries. Steph is currently listed as questionable, so there is a chance he could return after a long absence. However, he has been questionable for several games already and has not played in any of them. I assume San Francisco is saving him for the upcoming playoffs — so either he won’t play, or he will have limited minutes. In addition, Moody is also missing, so Podziemski has been carrying much of the load.
As for Houston, their roster and form both look good. They have won five games in a row and even managed to beat the Knicks by 17 points. Today they will want to extend the streak to six games (which is something we would like to see as well). The home team clearly has worse form compared to Houston. Their recent games show that they lost against stronger teams and struggled to score against weaker ones. On top of that, all of their wins were very close.
Head-to-head games between these teams have also mostly been close, and they don’t really indicate any clear historical or current advantage for either side.

