Golden State’s 129 points is also the second highest for the season after that Pelicans game. So far back, the franchise was in Philadelphia. Curry went 15/25 from the field including 8/13 from deep in yet another breathtaking performance. “It’s not only Steph”. But tonight it was Andre and Harrison. But at least there was no questioning their effort, as there was in the first game against Golden State and in several other lopsided losses.
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It was the fourth straight game the Warriors’ flirted with defeat. “To get down a deficit like we did, to roar back and be so close…” “I thought we battled”. We haven’t won a championship. That’s something, like I’ve said before, we just continue to fight.
Zach LaVine led the team with 20 points and eight assists while Karl-Anthony Towns added 19 points and Kevin Martin added 18, but the Wolves just faded as the game wore on. Randolph scored 12 points in the third quarter, and Memphis got within 55-53.
Most regular season games with eight-plus threes: J.R. Smith 13, Stephen Curry 13, Ray Allen 9, Dennis Scott 7, Ben Gordon 6, George McCloud 6, Kobe Bryant 5.
On Thursday, the Wolves started slowly, trailing by much as 16 points in the first quarter when Golden State opened shooting 60 percent from the field.
Scoring is hard enough for the ground-and-pound Grizzlies, but against a high-powered team such as the Warriors, they were trapped in a perpetual game of catch-up. We know that. But, at the same time, we do a few great things here in Memphis and in the Grindhouse.
Kenneth Faried’s put-back with five seconds left lifted the Denver Nuggets to a 103-102 win over the Milwaukee Bucks, while DeMarcus Cousins poured in 33 points and Rajon Rondo amassed 14 points, 15 assists and 11 rebounds as the Sacramento Kings snapped a six-game losing streak with a 101-92 win over the Detroit Pistons.
NOTES: On Tuesday, the Grizzlies agreed to acquire PG Mario Chalmers and F James Ennis from the Miami Heat in exchange for PG Beno Udrih and PF Jarnell Stokes.
PHOENIX – Brandon Knight matched his career high with 37 points and Eric Bledsoe fell an assist shy of his second career triple-double as Phoenix rolled past the severely depleted Clippers.
While Curry deserves his praise for his ability to step up yet again after reaching another level a year ago, the roster as a whole have put to bed any suggestions or criticism that they might lack the motivation to go again. “He has a knack for doing that in this building”, Thompson said.
The shot was reminiscent of a 62-footer to end the third that Curry hit the last time the Warriors were at FedExForum, in Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals. He heaved the ball in a modified hook shot and banked it in from 29 feet, even though no foul was called.
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FINAL WORD: “Turnovers absolutely tortured us”.
