That’s when Marreese Speights took a charge from Denver’s Will Barton.
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Faried posted a picture that shows he’s sitting upright and in good spirits. But what a tale of two different games.
That was certainly the case Saturday, when Green recorded a season-high 29 points, 14 assists and 17 rebounds, outscoring the entire Nuggets lineup in the first quarter and leading the Warriors (31-2) to a 111-108 overtime win. It remains to be seen if he’ll be ready for Monday night’s home game against Charlotte. They also got 26 from Klay Thompson, who delivered the game-winning points.
Danilo Gallinari returned to the Denver lineup and scored 24 points after sitting out six games with a sprained left ankle.
San Antonio is just the third Western Conference team in history to open a season 20-0 at home, joining Portland (which won its first 26 games in 1977-78) and Houston (20 in 1985-86).
The Warriors blew a huge lead.
Curry, who leads the National Basketball Association is scoring, totaled only 5 points (on 2-of-6 shooting, 1-of-5 beyond the arc) before exiting with 2:16 left in the second quarter.
The Golden State Warriors look to build on their historic 30-2 start to the season. The Nuggets are 4-1 ATS in the last 5 meetings in Golden State.
“It was ugly”, assured Thompson, who had missed three straight shots, including two in overtime, before his game-winner.
Heading into the game, Curry had missed Golden State’s previous two games with discomfort in his shin but decided during warm-ups that it felt good enough to go before facing Denver. Thompson buried a 3 of his own in the final minute of the period to max out the advantage at 37-11.
This game went from a sure blowout to an incredible thriller and surely the Nuggets players aren’t hanging their heads.
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The Nuggets forward had a scare on Saturday, getting stretchered off the floor with a neck brace to stabilize him during Denver’s loss to the Warriors. Kerr, on the other hand, has not coached his team this season due to complications following a back surgery performed in the offseason. “It’s frustrating (for him)”, interim coach Luke Walton observed, “because it’s out of his control.”… Warriors first-round pick Kevon Looney (hip) has been cleared to begin workouts and is expected to join the Warriors’ NBA Developmental League affiliate in Santa Cruz (Calif.) in the next couple of weeks….
