They contested shots. They put pressure on Curry. He shot 15-for-25 on the night, including 8-for-13 from 3-point range.
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“He was decent tonight. He was OK”, Warriors interim coach Luke Walton said with a smile. “He’s just so unsafe. He’s always in attack mode”.
Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors were looking to grab their tenth straight win, which would set a franchise record.
Prior to Wednesday’s matchup against the Memphis Grizzlies, Curry was averaging 32.4 points, 5.9 assists, 5.4 rebounds and 2.4 steals for reigning champions the Warriors, who are 8-0 so far. The big story in the National Basketball Association this season is Curry and his start to the season. “(We) just want to keep it going. “First game jitters, we could play in a million preseason games, but that first game everything seems sped up and you’re moving at 100 miles per hour”. For a Timberwolves squad that carries a flawless 4-0 record on the road, they are yet to record a win at home this season; they are 0-4 at the Target Center.
The Warriors came out firing in the first, as Curry racked up 21 points in the quarter to help them to a 40-27 lead. That gave the Warriors a 74-63 lead.
Harrison Barnes added 19 points for Golden State, which won its ninth straight to open the season.
T.J. Warren matched his career best with 18 points for Phoenix, 14 in the second half.
With Minnesota getting back into the game, Curry entered and scored 10 more in the third, including back-to-back threes as Golden State pushed its lead to its largest of the night at 21 points.
“I was still kind of in rhythm”, Curry said with a smirk. NY can get its redemption against a Cavs team that’s still battling the injury bug. “When the team fights, anything is possible”. All five Warriors starters finished with double-digit scoring totals.
Derrick Favors led Utah with 25 points, 12 rebounds and seven blocks. We kind of got back in, we got a few stops. He closed the game just as he opened it, with-you guessed it-a long bomb that tickled the twine.
Cavaliers (7-1) at Knicks (4-5), 7:30 p.m. – Knicks rookie Kristaps Porzingis hit what appeared to be a game-winning shot Tuesday against the Hornets, but the play was reviewed and wiped off the board.
Minnesota went with Miller, Kevin Martin, Shabazz Muhammad, Nemanja Bjelica and Gorgui Dieng to start off the fourth quarter, and boy did it work.
Despite the loss, Karl-Anthony Towns earned his fifth double-double this season with 19 points and 13 rebounds. During the first six minutes of the game, he scored 12. The team was made to sweat the game as the Timberwolves made it close during the third and fourth quarters, before Curry stepped in and took control of the game.
“One night the ball bounces your way and you get a favorable call, and the next night it goes the other way”.
Reserve guard Tyler Johnson added 17 points, including five points in the final 1:48, while Goran Dragic finished with 14 points in the win for Miami, which played without leading guard Dwyane Wade, who missed the game because of a family emergency.
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Meanwhile, the Timberwolves have suffered back-to-back losses and will aim to bounce back Friday when they visit the Indiana Pacers.
