Chicago holds the record of 44 set in 1996-97. He was considered a game-time decision for this one due to a strained left shoulder, so that likely explains why he was just 6-of-20 from the field.
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The Warriors say they are trying not to dwell on the numbers.
Walton also mentioned giving breaks to veterans Andre Iguodala and Shaun Livingston during the back-to-back sequence. If you agree that the Heat are feisty enough to test the Warriors at home tonight, then you can expect huge FP totals from Green again as he looks to limit Chris Bosh on one end and continue dropping dimes as a point forward on the other end of the floor.
“It’s obviously a cool feeling”, Curry added, “but in the grand scheme of things, it doesn’t really mean anything right now”.
Though the Warriors and Stephen Curry weren’t knocking their long range jumpers with regularity (both teams missed nine of their first 12 3-point shot attempts), they were getting a lot of mileage early on from Draymond Green’s pick and roll action to attack the rim.
Miami has won four of its past six games, most recently knocking off the Phoenix Suns 103-95 last night.
The Heat didn’t make it easy.
NEW YORK – LaMarcus Aldridge collected 25 points and 11 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs earned a 106-79 victory over the Brooklyn Nets in an National Basketball Association score Monday night to extend their winning streak to eight games.
However, Curry buried several clutch shots to help put the game away, and 31 points on 27 shots is still a pretty darn good night for most players. And both have an athletically superior rival (LeBron James and Cristiano Ronaldo, respectively) they overcame last season to win a domestic title. He came in and gave the Warriors 8 points off the bench. They are definitely one of the most dominating teams this season and it will be interesting to see if the Heat have an answer against the Warriors. After a torrid start to the year, the Warriors have recently been blown out by Dallas, kept honest by Cleveland, almost lost to the losing Houston Rockets, and taken to overtime at home facing a rebuilding Nuggets squad. Golden State boasts the kind of versatility that makes them Tony Allen tactic proof.
Marreese Speights, who did not play the first three quarters, scored Golden State’s first six points of the fourth.
“In his mind”, Walton said, “he’s always hot”. Harrison Barnes scored 12 points off the bench – his high game since returning from a high ankle sprain five games ago. Curry’s final hoop, a 3-pointer with 26.9 seconds to play, iced the Golden State win. He had no issues facing Washington past year, as he averaged 15.8 PPG, 10 RPG and 2 STL/BLK per game over 4 meetings with the Wizards in 2014-15.
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Thanks to a Deng 3-pointer, however, the Heat managed to cut the deficit to just six with less than three minutes left in the game, but the Warriors hit two baskets in a row after calling a timeout to boost their lead back to 10.
