The Warriors next play the Utah Jazz at home on Wednesday at 10:30 p.m. ET.
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Stephen Curry scored 41 points and became the first player in National Basketball Association history to make 300 three-pointers in a season, and the Golden State Warriors set another record in a season full of them by holding off the Orlando Magic 119-113 Monday night for their 45th consecutive home victory, an National Basketball Association record.
Golden State surpassed the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls’ 44 straight regular-season home victories and improved to 26-0 at Oracle Arena this season with its franchise-best sixth straight win against Orlando.
The reigning league MVP knocked down seven from beyond the arc, becoming the first National Basketball Association player to make 300 3-pointers in a season, extending his record.
Monta Ellis scored 26 points and three-time All-Star Paul George added 23 to help the Indiana Pacers to a 99-91 victory over the San Antonio Spurs that brought an end to their eight-game winning streak.
“It’s sore, but if I feel like it’s not clicking or unstable, I’ll go out and play”, Bryant said after scoring 12 points on 4-of-14 shooting in about 24 minutes.
The Warriors are now 15-1 in second game of back-to-back sets this season.
“This team is filled with millennials, and millennials can’t focus” , Kerr said in reference to a season-long joke between he and Stephen Curry.
The Los Angeles Lakers are sitting on a 12-51 record, which puts them dead last in the Western Conference. “It’s a very small sample, but these two games, if it’s any indication on how we can play for the rest of the season, I think we’ll all be pretty happy”.
Karl-Anthony Towns had 28 points and 14 rebounds for Minnesota, which lost for the fourth time in five games.
However, Thompson turned a broken play into his fifth 3-pointer from the right corner with 52.5 seconds left, and the Warriors held on for their record-setting win.
“We need to get back to being the best defensive team in the league, which we were a year ago”, Kerr said. “If we get blown out, that’s taking steps back for us”. The Magic sit five games out of the final playoff spot in the East. The back-to-back wins will alarm the portion of the Lakers’ fans hoping for another miserable season to maximize their chances of keeping their first-round pick, which will go to Philadelphia if it isn’t among the top three after the May 17 lottery.
Both teams are coming off playing the Warriors.
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“It was just one of those nights you want to avoid at all costs, but it happened, and we’ll be alright” .
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Green had 10 assists and nine rebounds with one point after being questionable earlier in the day with an illness that sent him to see a doctor during the team’s morning shootaround.
