Of course, lots of Warriors games wind up big wins after wearing down their opponents through 40 or so minutes. Cleveland fell short of winning the championship last season, dealing with injuries to Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving in its finals appearance against the Warriors.
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Anthony drained a three-pointer with 67 seconds left to reduce Washington’s lead to 106-101 but the Wizards held on for a 111-108 victory at Madison Square Garden.
Curry’s 35-point night came despite 12-for-24 shooting for the Warriors, who improved to 24-0 at home this season with their 42nd consecutive victory at Oracle Arena.
His fourth-quarter output equaled that of the entire Rockets team.
The teams have already played twice this season, with the Warriors predictably taking both meetings in an absolute canter. The forward only returned from shoulder surgery last month.
CHICAGO – Atlanta rebounded from back-to-back losses with a victory against Chicago at the United Center. The extended comeback was a reminder of everything the Rockets did well last season under Kevin McHale – running the offense through James Harden to great success, getting useful contributions from role players, and feeding off the defensive energy of Patrick Beverley to test the limits of the league’s elite.
The Splash Brothers rail five three-pointers each and drop a combined 50 points as the Warriors cruise, 112-104.
The Utah Jazz’s seven-game winning streak came to an end as they were beaten 100-96 by the New Orleans Pelicans.
Davis’ hook in the lane put New Orleans up 94-92 with 58 seconds left.
Curry led the Wildcats to upset wins over the 2-seeded Georgetown Hoyas and 3-seeded Wisconsin Badgers and went onto the Elite Eight against the eventual national champions, Kansas Jayhawks, at a 10 seed.
Pau Gasol scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Bulls.
The memo, sent from league executives Kiki Vandeweghe and Mike Bantom and obtained by The Associated Press, comes in response to questions after San Antonio’s Danny Green fouled Houston’s Clint Capela as Capela was attempting to inbound the ball in a January 28 game.
Harden was scoreless in the first 12 minutes, but he matched Curry’s four earlier threes with four of his own in the second quarter, pouring in 18 points to rally Houston back into the game. Curry is averaging a career-high 28.9 points per game, while Thompson is averaging 21.4 in the same category. He made those shots from the three-point arc, on post-ups and in the mid-range game.
With Russell Westbrook playing at an extremely high level and Kevin Durant staying healthy thus far, Oklahoma City looks like the team that could break up the top two in the West, if anyone can. As long as he can score enough to balance out the less-than-stellar D (15 points, 5-of-9 shooting) the Warriors should be able to ride out Ezeli’s absence. Oh, Curry also added five rebounds. Reserve Jusuf Nurkic powered for 16 points and 11 rebounds for the Nuggets, who bounced back from a last-second loss to Brooklyn. Thompson also made five 3-pointers when the Warriors went 13-of-37 from 3-point range.
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PORTLAND, Ore. – Damian Lillard scored 31 points and handed out nine assists as Portland defeated Houston.
