Just trying to survive a game in which the Warriors played without MVP Stephen Curry and standout forward Andre Iguodala, Green’s desperation 3-point shot with 40.2 seconds left as the shot clock was expiring gave his team a four-point lead in overtime, and they held on for 109-105 victory over the Atlanta Hawks at Oracle Arena. However, reports claim that Stephen Curry is questionable heading into the Warriors meeting with the Hawks – citing a sore ankle as a result of the awkward fell he took the game prior.
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Curry twisted the ankle after an awkward landing in his 46-point outburst against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday, but remained in the game.
Golden State Warriors’ Draymond Green (23) hangs onto the basket after dunking the ball in the first period of their basketball game against the Atlanta Hawks at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, March 1, 2016. Curry was on hand to receive acknowledgement from the home crowd for having won his fourth Western Conference Player of the Week honor of the season last week (Feb. 22-28) when he averaged 43.8 points per game on 60.8 percent shooting from the field, including 33 of 54 (61.1 percent) from 3-point range….
Thompson’s three-pointer with 2:54 remaining in overtime had put the Warriors up by one and Bogut tipped in a Green miss to make it 104-101. And what he’s doing this season is more than just a fluke, or a one-season flash, or a reflection of league-wide defensive weakness, as Phil Jackson and legions of has-beens might argue: few doubt we are witnessing the first steps of a potentially historic march to greatness. “He got lucky with the shot going in, but he earned it”. Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said Tuesday that he’d planned to err on the side of caution if there was any question as to whether suiting Curry and Iguodala up could cause longer-term issues; evidently, he decided that discretion was the better part of valor in Golden State’s return home after a long and successful (if at times turbulent) road trip.
Lakers 107, Nets 101: D’Angelo Russell scored 39 points and hit two of his eight three-pointers in the final minute, leading Los Angeles to a victory over Brooklyn.
The Thunder (42-19) will certainly be seeking some revenge, though the second night of a back-to-back at Golden State might be a little ambitious. “I thought from like, game 20 to 30, we were really trending in a positive direction defensively”. “It’s a source of pride controlling our own floor”.
Klay Thompson: The Warriors guard scored 26 points, including six 3-pointers, minus his Splash Brother. “We’ve done an incredible job of that since previous year”.
Through Feb. 29, Golden State is 53-5 and on pace to break Chicago’s 72-win record. He later admitted the celebration was for Bazemore, who played on the Warriors for his first season-and-a-half in the league. The former college player of the year finally got in for the final 3:13 and finished with four points (see full recap).
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After a two-month bloodletting in December and January that included the Oklahoma City Thunder going 25-6 while outscoring opponents by 9.7 points per 100 possessions, Coach Billy Donovan’s outfit has hit a rough patch.
