The Golden State Warriors saw their 14-game road winning streak come to an end against the Houston Rockets in a pulsating matchup on Saturday night.

It also saw the Dubs conclude a long five-game road trip where they went 4-1 and played some terrific basketball.

They will finally be able to enjoy home comforts and play in front of their own fans inside Oracle Arena for the next three games.

Since Steve Kerr took over in 2014, the defending champions have had one of the best records at home and are a tough team to beat in their own gym.

They have arguably the loudest and most raucous crowd in the league and it often gives them a huge advantage over opposing teams as they feed off that energy from the stands.

Golden State has enjoyed home-court advantage in the playoffs over the last three years and Kerr is hoping they can keep that going by securing the same for this year's postseason, citing it as "probably the number one goal".

“We always emphasise home court. We know how tough it is to win at Oracle for an opposing team,” Kerr said, per the Mercury News. “We know the importance of having a game seven at home. We talk about it every year.”

Despite the defeat to the Rockets, the Bay Area franchise is still three-and-a-half games ahead at the top of the Western Conference and have their destiny in their own hands.

With the win, though, Houston does hold the tie-breaker having won two of the three meetings between them this year.

However, it appears members of the Warriors are split on the importance of home-court advantage and what it would mean.

Draymond Green doesn't see the significance of it and argued that “home court will take care of itself down the road.”

Kevin Durant was also unwilling to place a huge emphasis on it and believes they can win anywhere as long as they're playing well.

“The season starts over when you’re in the playoffs, anyway,” Durant said. “You’re going to have to get to these teams to get to where you want to go.

"You got to play at home and on the road. It really don’t matter. We just want to be playing good basketball when it comes down to that point.”

Stephen Curry, however, sided with his head coach and is extremely keen to have the luxury of playing at home for much of the playoffs.

“It’s extremely important,” Curry said of home-court advantage. “This game gives them the tiebreaker. But we hopefully won’t be in that position down the stretch of the season.

"But we will continue to focus on building momentum toward the playoffs and continue to win games and give ourselves home-court advantage throughout. That’s important to us. We’re still in control of that. No panic on that front.”

The Oakland-based outfit will entertain the New York Knicks on Tuesday night before two big matchups against the Minnesota Timberwolves and Boston Celtics on their home floor.