Klay Thompson (back) will play Tuesday against the Raptors, Rusty Simmons of the SF Chronicle reports.
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Toronto was led by guards Kyle Lowry and Demar DeRozan, who each tallied 28 points.
Curry said the Warriors aren’t feeling the heat of their streaks, which includes a 16-game regular-season win streak dating back to the last four games of last season. It was also their 25th straight homecourt victory, an ongoing record.
And since the beginning of their championship season, the Warriors have only lost two home games.
But falling behind appeared to be the Warriors’ trigger.
Golden State did the rest of its scoring at the foul line, with Curry making five of six and power forward Draymond Green two in a row to keep Toronto at arm’s length down the stretch.
Thompson hit 8 of 13 shots in the first half and scored 18 points as the Warriors took a 63-47 lead at intermission on the strength of a 12-0 run late in the second quarter.
Denver’s Danilo Gallinari scored a season-high 32 points as the Nuggets defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 115-98, while Thaddeus Young hit two free throws with 1.4 seconds left as the Brooklyn Nets beat the Atlanta Hawks 90-88. He is giving the Warriors an ability to not have to exclusively rely on Bogut for minutes and for defensive assignments.
Center Andrew Bogut will start Tuesday night, his first start since enduring a concussion late in the season opener.
Told Walton said he could possibly start against the Raptors, Bogut asked, “Really?” “I thought in the second half we played well enough to win”. In timeouts, in a very close game, we’re talking about things that we have to clean up. “We just felt it was time to make that change and get Bogut back in the starting lineup”.
_The Warriors welcomed back veteran guard Leandro Barbosa, who had missed two games tending to a family matter in his native Brazil, but were without backup point guard Shaun Livingston, who is nursing a left hip flexor strain. Walton said Livingston’s injury isn’t serious. “You’re trying to get paid early in your career”. The body fails on you once in awhile.
“We’ll be monitoring his minutes in the future a little more cautiously”.
The Raptors hung around their last game against the Kings thanks in part to 15 made three pointers. We go small at times, where me and Festus both get benched.
“We didn’t feel like we played great tonight”. “It’s an honor to wear them again”.
“I’m not too anxious about it”, Bogut said. “Those uniforms are nice”.
The Warriors travel to Los Angeles and will try to extend their win streak against the Clippers Thursday, before returning home Friday against the Bulls. “We play like that in any game, we’re going to give ourselves a chance to win”.
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With good reason, Stephen Curry’s luminous start to the season is understandably getting most of the attention for the Warriors.
