Reed Sheppard picked a pretty good time to level up . The Houston Rockets guard went off for a career-high 31 points, powering a 104-100 comeback win over the Golden State Warriors on the road in NBA Cup group play. He filled up the ESPN box score, too, adding nine rebounds and five assists as Houston erased a double-digit deficit and looked completely unfazed by the Chase Center crowd.

It did not start pretty. The Houston Rockets trailed 59-47 at halftime and were down by as many as 14, still shorthanded without Kevin Durant and Steven Adams. But Ime Udoka’s group flipped the game after the break, winning the third quarter 27-17 and opening the fourth with a quick burst to finally grab the lead. From there, it felt like Reed Sheppard had his fingerprints on everything. Pull-

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