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Thompson scores 38 points, Warriors beat Rockets 114-110
Thompson went 6-of-11 from 3-point range, power forward Draymond Green notched his fifth triple-double of the season and Andre Iguodala led a group of four reserves who made big contributions.
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It required a second four-point play from Harden, this one with 37.4 seconds left, for the Rockets to pull even at 59-59 before a Livingston transition dunk lifted the Warriors to a halftime lead.
Houston led by three points with about 3 minutes left in the third quarter when Golden State scored 10 straight points to take a 88-80 lead with less than a minute left in the quarter.
Harden paced the Rockets (16-18) with 30 points, five rebounds, five assists and three steals while center Dwight Howard posted 21 points, 13 rebounds and five assists.
Aaron Brooks came off the bench to score a season-high 29 points and rookie forward Bobby Portis added 16 for Chicago, which played its fourth overtime game of the season.
Barnes has been out for the past 14 games, while shooting guard Klay Thompson missed a contest earlier this season that saw the Warriors lose for the first time.
The Warriors are still on track as far as attaining winning 70 games is concerned, but the health of Curry and the rest of the key Warrior players is obviously the priority.
“We’re down four guys and about 60 points but other guys stepped up”, Green said. While he may be the best player now in the league, when he is not on the floor, for whatever reason, the Warriors should still be feared. Not having Festus Ezeli didn’t help either, as the Warriors shot just 40.7% from the field, while the Mavs hit over 50% of their 3-point attempts. Rockets looking good and competing against the Warriors through the third.
Still, Golden State’s offense was percolating out of the gate, with the Dubs scoring 33 points in the first quarter.
Steph Curry sat for this game so Klay Thompson was doing the shooting in the first quarter.
It was a big bounce back win for the Warriors, who were clobbered by the Dallas Mavericks, 114-91, on December 30 at the American Airlines Arena.
Thompson doesn’t know when Kerr will return but is sure that whenever that is, it certainly won’t be the last time Walton will be in charge of a team.
“It’s been an incredible experience and it’s been a lot of fun”, he said. He had six assists in the second, and his 3 with 7:42 left gave the Warriors a 47-43 lead. Supersub Will Barton continued his hot shooting with 31 points on 12-of-22 shooting, but Denver got little from its starting frontcourt as Kenneth Faried, Kostas Papanikolaou and Joffrey Lauvergne were a combined 8 for 25 and finished with 20 points.
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The guard had 36 points and 12 assists for the Thunder, while Kevin Durant contributed 23 points.