The Golden State Warriors appeared to show the importance of injured MVP Stephen Curry in a blowout loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night. Entering Thursday's matchup at the Houston Rockets as underdogs for the first time all season, the defending champs closed out 2015 by proving that they have plenty of ability even without Curry and three other rotation players in the lineup. [ Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] After struggling to dual 4-of-15 shooting nights vs. Dallas, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green excelled against Houston with star-level performances that should indicate neither is wholly reliant on the presence of Curry for their All-Star reputations. Thompson scored a game-high 38 points (16-of-27 FG, 6-of-11 3FG) and Green posted his league-leading fifth triple-double with a career-high 16 assists as the Warriors grabbed a 114-110 win over the ever-frustrating Rockets to improve to 30-2. Despite the narrow margin, the Warriors looked in control most of the second half and led by 10 with 15 seconds on the clock. Thompson's scoring will grab most of the headlines, especially considering that the Warriors lacked Curry's...