Curry and his teammates combined to make their final 11 free-throw attempts to hold off Toronto for the second time in 2 weeks.
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His timely spree featured a mix of aggressive moves and effective perimetre play.
“Every guy in the locker-room, we genuinely isolate each game as this is another 48 minutes to try to get better”.
“As the streak goes, I think teams will want to beat us more”, he said.
He finished the quarter by finding centre Festus Ezeli for an alley-oop dunk before converting a three-point play and knocking down a three-pointer with 1.9 seconds left for an 87-80 edge.
Rod Black, Jack Armstrong, and Leo Rautins recap another close game between the Raptors and Warriors as they marvel at the play of Steph Curry and Kyle Lowry, and continue to worry about Toronto’s slow starts. Assistant coach Luke Walton has had the luxury of coaching a confident and determined team that has shown no signs of complacency.
“When he needed to, he stepped up and put the dagger in us”. “We’ve got to get a level of play that we’re going to decide we play at, from the start of the game to the end of the game”, Toronto coach Dwane Casey told reporters.
The Warriors did not look back, seizing control early in the fourth due to their reserves.
Thompson hit two 3-pointers in the final minute of the second quarter to give him 19 points for the half and the Warriors a 59-49 lead at the intermission.
“We expect teams to fight and come back when we are on the road and that is what they did”, said Curry.
While Curry helped the Warriors finish off the win, Thompson got it started.
HEAT 99, CAVALIERS 84 (at Miami) – Dwyane Wade scored 19 points and took the fourth quarter off, Tyler Johnson added 19 more and Miami took advantage of Cleveland’s decision to hold out LeBron James on the way to beating the Cavaliers.
Curry was supported by Warriors team-mates Klay Thompson (26 points) and Draymond Green (16 points, nine rebounds). “Once we run, it’s tough to stop us, and 30 (Curry) was 30 (Curry)”.
Karl-Anthony Towns had 27 points and 12 rebounds for the Timberwolves, who fell to 2-8 at home this season (see full recap).
Golden State is already 9-1/2 games clear atop the Pacific Division ahead of the Los Angeles Clippers, who had a narrow win against Orlando, while the pick of the Eastern Conference games saw Charlotte secure a creditable win at Chicago. Golden State is now 21-0 on the season and 11-0 on the road.
The Nets (5-15) started the Sunday game as a duplicate of Friday’s ugly loss to the New York Knicks.
Curry calmly drilled a pair of threes – he’d had confidently turned and headed back upcourt before the ball fell through the net on each – to put Golden State up by two points with 2:33 left to play. Reserve big man Andrea Bargnani is expected to miss his third straight game with a hamstring.BUZZER BEATERS1.
“Once you win that first championship, people say, ‘Oh, you’ve got the pressure on you to win it again”, Bogut said.
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Yet here they are, the best team in professional sports.
