Klay Thompson scored 24 points and Stephen Curry added 22 and the Golden State Warriors finished with a strong fourth quarter to beat the Detroit Pistons 109-95 in the National Basketball Association on Monday night. “Today was a day to see where we are at and see what we have to work on to get better, maybe take a few things out of their book as well”.
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Andre Iguodala scored 13 points, Harrison Barnes had 12 and Leandro Barbosa, 10, for the Warriors (8-0) who stayed unbeaten this season, thanks to a strong showing by their bench. Omri Casspi had a good outing, recording 16 points, five rebounds, and three steals for Sacramento.
Drummond is already second on the team in usage, behind point guard Reggie Jackson (32.9 percent), and * a href=”http://stats.nba.com/tracking/#!/player/possessions/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&PlayerPosition=C&StarterBench=Starters&sort=TOUCHES&dir=1&CF=TEAM_ABBREVIATION*E*det” target=”_blank” *third in touches per game (53.1, behind Jackson and forward Marcus Morris). One night earlier, the Pistons outscored Portland 41-11 in the fourth for a comeback win. This took the game to 37-31, with the Pistons breathing heavily down the Warriors’ backs.
The Philadelphia 76ers have yet to win their first game of the season after they were beaten 111-88 by the Chicago Bulls.
MIAMI – Chris Bosh scored 23 points, Hassan Whiteside added 20 points and 11 rebounds, and the Heat rolled in the second half to beat the Raptors.
Center Marc Gasol led the Griz with 26 points, and Zach Randolph chipped in 19. While Curry was more reluctant to talk about going after the record, the reigning MVP mentioned the possibility of Warriors setting the single-season record with 73 wins.
Andre Drummond of the Pistons is the first since Wilt Chamberlain to have 135 points and 135 rebounds this far into the season. Curry continued his lofty trends, too – making a three-pointer in his 82nd consecutive overall game and 78th straight road game. Curry was nine of 21 from the field, but only three of 10 from three-point range. It’s Drummond’s league-leading 112th double-double since 2013-2014.
Curry made a 3-pointer then added a free throw after Detroit coach Stan Van Gundy was called for a technical foul to extend the lead to 102-82.
“Because of Festus and how well he’s been playing, we feel comfortable that we can keep rolling and get Andrew back into game shape”, Walton said, adding that Bogut’s fatigue level would be monitored.
Bogut has not yet practiced fully since suffering the concussion during the October 27 season opener.
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The Pistons are coming off a huge 120-103 victory over Western Conference contenders the Portland Trail Blazers who are also doing well and are on a three-game winning streak before the defeat.
