Draymond Green grabbed the rebound, and Curry hit two free throws to seal the win.
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Stephen Curry averages 32.1 points per game with 8.3 more than the last season.
Gordon Hayward led the Jazz with 24 points, while Derrick Favors double-doubled with 23 points and 10 rebounds.
After Curry missed a 3-pointer, the Jazz had a chance to take the lead, but Hood missed a three-pointer from the wing with five seconds left.
Not only have the Warriors set the National Basketball Association record for most wins to start a season, they are also the only team in league history to produce winning streaks of at least 16 games in back-to-back seasons.
Toronto, led by point guard Kyle Lowry’s 27 points, shocked the Wizards 84-82 in Washington on Saturday when Cory Joseph hit a buzzer-beater from the deep left corner.
Teague took control from there. Danilo Gallinari scored 13 points and Kenneth Faried added 11 for the Nuggets.
The Cavs brought Mo Williams back in the offseason, giving them extra scoring outside of their three best players and JR Smith. But the Thunder lost for the first time since he rejoined the lineup.
“We knew it would be a tough game coming in here, ” said Green, who finished with 20 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. The victory coupled with the San Antonio Spurs’ loss to the Chicago Bulls to open up a 4 1/2-game lead for the top spot in the West, a massive gap given that San Antonio would own the top record in the East through Monday’s games.
The champions extended their record-setting start with a 135-116 rout over the Phoenix Suns on Friday, while the Houston Rockets edged the winless Philadephia 76ers 116-114.
Gasol blocked LaMarcus Aldridge on a drive with 1:06 left, and then hit one of two foul shots on the other end for a 90-89 lead.
Steph has yet to play a single game this season where he either misses more than one free-throw or posts a negative plus/minus. His 3-pointer made it a one-point game and gave him 21 on the evening.
Gerald Green scored a season-high 25 points while starting in place of Luol Deng, and the Heat beat NY 97-78 for their second victory over the Knicks this week.
“Pulling out a good road win always feels good, especially the first game on a road trip”, Livingston said.
Kobe Bryant is steadily declining as one of the elite players in the game but his passion and aggression can simply mean that he is still very unsafe on the court. Like the Warriors, they put up a ton of three-pointers. The Nets, now losers of four of their last five games, led by six points at halftime, but Cleveland slowly started chipping away at the lead during the second half. Rodney Hood averages 3.1 assists per game. “Jazz” trended nationally on Twitter after the game, and I think a lot of observers were impressed with the team’s performance tonight.
It was that margin that kept the Jazz from ending the Warriors’ win streak.
When the Warriors go to their small ball five, that group is the most effective five in the whole league shooting near 65 percent from three-point range and totally dominating play at every level. The Minnesota Timberwolves are one game behind the Jazz, the Portland Trailblazers are a game behind the Timberwolves. Alec Burks scored 19 points off the bench.
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It was Covington who initiated a Sixers’ comeback from a 16-point deficit late in the third quarter, capping that period with a three-point play that got Philadelphia rolling.
