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Curry-less Warriors blown out by Barea, Mavs 114-91

That meant Wesley Matthews was the lucky person who drew the defensive assignment to slow down Thompson.

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Likewise, the Warriors, after watching their gaudy 29-1 record slip to a still-garish 29-2, didn’t spend much time analyzing this 114-91 loss at American Airlines Center.


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Stephen Curry, resting a bruised leg, offers encour-agement, but it… But this injury may end up having significant historical implications if Curry does end up missing a game or two. Teams don’t operate the same when the league’s Most Valuable Player is sitting on the bench in blue jeans and a sports coat.


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“That’s 30 points and a playmaker gone”, said Thompson. If he was frustrated, it didn’t show – maybe he pulled a security tag off his Chewbacca backpack a little too aggressively, but that was it. As coaches, obviously, we put our input in, making sure he’s healthy before we clear him to play. “[Curry] is 30 points and a lot of playmaking, so we’ve just got to collectively try and chip in”, Thompson said afterward. We have spacing and we have role players that complement each other nicely.

J.J. Barea, who was starting for the injured Deron Williams, led the Mavs with 24 points and was one of the five players who finished in double-figure scoring for Dallas.

Clark made eight of 12 shots (three of four 3-pointers) and both his free throws.

Barnes, who last played a game on 27 November when the Warriors were 17-0 to open the season – has been able to resume practicing without any limits last week. Golden State has outscored opponents by 482 points during Curry’s 1,043 minutes this season and been outscored by 101 in the 460 minutes he’s been off the floor.

As for Curry, the NBA’s top scorer is said to understand the importance of putting his health first. “Everybody was waiting for this game – the last game of the year and playing against the world champs”. While it’s impossible to know whether or not Curry’s presence would have changed the outcome – it sure could have – it’s still plausible to see that the Mavericks matched up rather well against the defending champions. We can’t just lose games because he’s out.

The Mavs – not the Warriors – set a fast tempo that the visitors had a hard time keeping up with.

SAN ANTONIO – LaMarcus Aldridge had 21 points and 12 rebounds and San Antonio routed Phoenix for its 19th straight home win to start the season.

“J.J.’s been great, shooting the ball incredibly well but taking good shots”, Harris said.

“We told the guys that we need everyone else to step up, but not with an individual attitude: ‘I’m going to go get these points for us.’ It’s got to be: ‘We are going to do this, we’re going to be aggressive, we’re going to look for our shots, we’re going to attack, and we’re going to create for our teammates, ‘” Walton said. “I thought we were competing”.

The loss of Curry so disrupted the offense that it may have led to the numerous defensives lapses that Dallas milked for 60 first-half points en route to 51.2-percent shooting, including 51.9-percent shooting from beyond the arc.

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Stephen Curry might not play on the Warriors’ trip to Dallas and Houston because of his ailing left lower leg, according to interim head coach Luke Walton.

Golden State Warriors Stephen Curry watches from the bench during the first half the team's NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks Wednesday Dec. 30 2015 in Dallas. Curry missed the game due to an injury