“They just caught us on the wrong night”. Atlanta have lost three straight at home for the first time since March 2014.
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Curry finished with 31 points on the night, while Klay Thompson chipped in 23, but the Warriors didn’t get much help from anyone else as they had just two other players in double figures. Portland led 104-79 after three and the lead could have been bigger if the Blazers had been able to convert more of those turnovers into points (see full recap).
Damian Lillard is a worthy foe for Stephen Curry.
Bryant is retiring at season’s end with the Lakers way out of the playoff picture at 11-45.
Following the departure of four starters from last season’s team, including All-Star LaMarcus Aldridge, Portland was in the first year of a rebuild with one of the youngest rosters in the league. In his previous four games, Portland F Moe Harkless came off the bench to average 11.3 points, making 24 of 37 shots from the field (64.8 percent). There’s nothing wrong with players selling optimism starting the season, but not many people were buying it at the time. The Pacers have won six of nine.
Forward Kevin Love scored 29 points to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to an emphatic 115-92 road victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The Knicks were beaten 109-98 by the Brooklyn Nets, with Brook Lopez scoring 33 points as new general manager Sean Marks got off to a winning start. Gordon Hayward scored 21 points, and Rodney Hood had 18. The Heat played without All-Stars Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh for the second consecutive game. “(Both of us) kind of kept them off balance”.
A Warriors lose is celebrated and analyzed from a million different angles, because it’s so rare, but also for two other reasons: It gives a breath of fresh air to the National Basketball Association and those who want to believe they can win a championship this season, and how it impacts their chase after the Chicago Bulls 72-10 regular season record.
Chicago was playing without Jimmy Butler, Nikola Mirotic and Joakim Noah because of injuries.
Favors scored on a rebound basket to cut it to 113-111 with 4.7 seconds left.
The second half was all Lillard and all Portland. G Damian Lillard collected 40 points and 10 assists in the game for the Trail Blazers. The 42 points allowed in the first quarter were the most by a Warriors’ opponent in any quarter this season. The Rockets had lost three straight games by double figures leading into the break.
Markieff Morris scored six points in 22 minutes in his Wizards debut – against twin brother Marcus’ Pistons – after arriving from the Phoenix Suns following a deal at trade deadline Thursday.
Wade has a sore left knee, and Bosh is out indefinitely because of a blood clot in his left leg. Bosh is out indefinitely with a blood clot in his leg. Miami also was missing centre Hassan Whiteside, who was suspended for one game.
ORLANDO, Fla. – Victor Oladipo had 17 points and a career-high 14 rebounds and hit the 3-pointer that put Orlando ahead for good in overtime against Dallas.
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The Trail Blazers were firing on all cylinders and saw Lillard catch fire with 17 early points. “I’m surprised we ended up with as many points as we did”. 353 (12 of 34) from 3-point range.
