Curry finished 10-for-15 from 3-point range, coming one shy of his career high. He simply pointed upward and hustled back on defense.
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The Miami Heat soon reminded the Bay’s Team of its own mortality whilst chucking up a 30-21 first quarter beat-down.
But what’s more incredible about this effort is the amount of points he scored from the free throw line. Along with the 1996-97 Chicago Bulls and the 1982-83 Philadelphia 76ers (56 games to reach 50 wins), these teams have gone on to win the National Basketball Association championship, the ultimate goal of any great team. Markieff Morris had 10 rebounds for the Wizards.
In the second quarter both teams turned to their benches with the Warriors reserves jumping out to a six point lead. With Curry’s game-high 42 points, the Warriors were able to shut down the Heat’s run by outscoring them in the second, third and fourth quarters of the game.
On the ensuing play Green was swatted by Whiteside on a three-point attempt but grabbed the rebound and passed it back to Curry, who quickly hoisted a triple and knocked it down, putting the Warriors up by two and crushing the hearts of Heat fans.
Thunder 116, Mavericks 103: Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook scored 24 points apiece and Oklahoma City completed a season sweep of Dallas.
The addition of David Lee didn’t help the Mavericks inside. It’s to the point where we expect everything to go. Magic guard Evan Fournier asked reporters.
“I made a bunch of 3s in the third quarter and then finished with that one”, he added.
Just like Atlanta got whomped early by the Warriors last night and despite a huge third-quarter comeback to pull ahead, the Hawks didn’t have enough to sustain it and lost. As Gordon was hitting his shots or Nikola Vucevic or whoever, Curry was hitting threes or the Warriors were matching.
Porzingis led NY with 22 points and Jose Calderon had 20.
BOSTON – Former Washington Huskies guard Isaiah Thomas scored 27 points, including eight in the fourth quarter, and the Boston Celtics recorded their ninth straight home victory, 112-107 over the Milwaukee Bucks. Thompson scored eight seconds later to begin a barrage that included three three-pointers, two layups and a 14-foot step-back jumper in four-plus minutes of action.
The Raptors will have a chance to better the mark on Friday against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Curry was 20-for-27 from the field, including 10-for-15 from 3-point range.
The MVP went into Thursday’s game with 266 three-pointers this season, on pace to smash the record of 286 he set last season. Not when Curry was stepping back for 3-pointers. Whiteside added 21 points and 13 rebounds while Loul Deng chipped in 16 points.
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Speights had eight of his 14 points in the final quarter. He’s made a three in 202 of his past 203 games. They had won five of seven, but were outclassed in almost every category by the struggling Nuggets. They are 9-4 in those games.
