He took a seat until the stretcher was rolled out.
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Marresse Speights’ 18-foot jumper was canceled out by Faried’s driving leaner at the 33.3-second mark, leaving the teams knotted at 108.
Nets 100, Celtics 97: Brook Lopez scored a season-high 30 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, leading Brooklyn to a victory over Boston. Klay Thompson drove to the rim for a layup.
The injury apparently occurred when Faried collided with teammate Will Barton while getting in position for a defensive rebound with under 20 seconds left in overtime. “I wanted to get the win real bad”. “I’m not sure what happened.”…
The dire injury situation was good news for one player_little-utilized forward Jason Thompson, who has seen action in just 16 of the first 32 games and has averaged just six minutes when he did play, usually at the end of blowouts. “So I’ve just got to deal with it”.
The team returned to Denver without Faried, in advance of a Sunday game against Portland. It was Golden State’s 34th consecutive home win, in front of the 150th straight sellout at Oracle Arena.
Then after Warriors small forward Andre Iguodala missed on a jumper for the Warriors, Barton’s nifty interior move in the final second forced the extra period.
The Warriors had just seven players available for overtime. The Hornets would be happy not to see Curry after the star guard buried eight 3-pointers en route to 40 points in a 116-99 win at Charlotte on December 2.
Forward Danilo Gallinari, returning from a sprained left ankle, led Denver with 24 points. “I expected that out of all of our guys”, interim coach Luke Walton told reporters.
Steve Kerr is reportedly set to return soon, meaning Walton’s magical head coaching run will soon come to an end per Sports Illustrated.
Nuggets center Jusef Nurkic made his season debut after undergoing left knee surgery in the offseason to fix his patellar tendon. He scored three points and was 0-for-5 shooting from the field. The team’s first-round pick in 2011, Faried previously missed three games this season with a sprained left ankle.
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Coming off their second loss in the past 10 games, the Warriors are still off to the hottest start in franchise history and in recent National Basketball Association history, posting a 31-2 to begin the year.
