--The Warriors' 111-109 loss to Houston on Thursday night was their eighth in a row overall against the Rockets and fifth straight in Oakland. --The Rockets also won at Oracle Arena earlier this season, edging the Warriors 108-107 in Golden State's opener. --Don Nelson returned to the Warriors' bench after missing five consecutive games while battling pneumonia.
--Nelson will coach Saturday's home game against Orlando, then decide after the game if he will be joining the team for its five-game trip to Oklahoma City, New Jersey, Chicago, Detroit and Philadelphia.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "I've never been 69 before." -- Warriors coach Don Nelson, recognizing he has to take it easy in the wake of his bout with pneumonia.
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