Coming off a 45-point performance in Houston's Game 4 win over Golden State, James Harden talks about "being aggressive" early and finding a rhythm, while also crediting the team's defensive performance. The Warriors' uncharacteristically awful defense hurt them. They should feel fortunate it didn't prove catastrophic. Stephen Curry jogged up court as Trevor Ariza streaked by him – yet another Golden State defensive lapse in a game with many already – and watched Ariza catch a pass near the basket behind the defense. Trying to recover, Curry jumped on Ariza and fell – hard. Curry left the game with what Golden State called a head contusion , and he somehow returned in the second half. That was the good news for the Warriors. The bad news: practically everything else. The Rockets scored 45 first-quarter points – the most by any team in a playoff quarter since 2001 and most in a playoff first quarter since 1986 – en route to a 128-115 win in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals on Monday. The Warriors, barring a damaging late diagnosis, should have Curry at full strength when they try to close the series in Game 5 Wednesday in Oakland. Houston, which...