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Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors looks on against the Houston Rockets.

Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry shrugged off the shouting incident he was involved with Houston Rockets coach Ime Udoka at halftime of their costly 106-96 loss on Sunday.

Curry poked fun at the tense moment between him and the Rockets coach and used the opportunity to promote his wife’s restaurant.

“[Udoka] made a reservation to International Smoke and canceled it,” Curry told reporters in jest that had his longtime teammate Draymond Green laughing hard beside him on the podium. ‘I was upset with him. We went back and forth on that.”

But Udoka and the Rockets had the last laugh as they held Curry to his worst game: 3 points on 1-of-10 shooting.

“He said something,” Udoka told reporters after the Rockets’ win. “I said something. A little friendly banter.”

It was a statement win for the No. 2 seed Rockets whose defensive game plan to bottle up Curry and dare his supporting cast to try to beat them succeeded.

Curry went into Sunday’s game on a hot streak, scoring 125 points over the Warriors’ last three games in three different cities in four nights. But the Rockets came prepared.

It was a long night for Curry and the Warriors. The loss was so costly as the slipped in the standings to No. 6 but tied with the Los Angeles Clippers (No. 5), Memphis Grizzlies (No. 7) and the Minnesota Timberwolves (No. 8) with 46-32 record.

Jimmy Butler Stands up for Steph Curry

Curry’s co-star Jimmy Butler failed to rescue the Warriors from the Rockets suffocating and physical defense as he only scored 13 points on seven shots. But he spoke up for Curry over what he felt was an unfair treatment from the game officials.

Curry did not attempt any free throw against the Rockets’ very physical defense.

“They did a good whatever you want to call it,” Butler sarcastically told reporters.

Butler made it clear he was not only referring to the Rockets game.

“I’ve never seen an individual get fouled more than he gets fouled,” Butler continued.  “To me, I think that’s astounding. It’s crazy to say, but he’s used to it. It’s been happening to him his whole career and he’s found a way through it, around it, under it—whatever you want to call it. It’s tough.”

Now that he is on Curry’s side and seen it up close, Butler is mad and he feels for his teammate.

“It’s been happening for 16 straight years and I get to see it, and it really angers me that he’s on my team and he gets hacked like that,” Butler told reporters.

The Warriors entered Sunday’s game No. 1 in free throws made (20.8) and No. 3 in free throw attempts since Butler joined them after the trade deadline. They only made 11 trips to the free throw line and made six against the Rockets.

Steve Kerr Takes Loss in Stride

Golden State coach Steve Kerr commended the Rockets for their defense on Curry.

“They were great,” Kerr said of the Rockets’ defense. “I mean ball pressure. They forced 20 turnovers. they’ve been one of the hottest teams in the league and probably the best defensive team in the league this last month and they took it to us.”

Kerr wants the Warriors to quickly move on and focus on their last four games to try to clinch a playoff berth and avoid the play-in tournament.

“You’re not going to win every game,” he said. “We ran into a hot team that played a great game. You just quickly move on.”