Klay Thompson scored a game-high 38 points and keyed a decisive surge late in the fourth quarter as the Golden State Warriors rebounded from their second loss on the season with a 114-110 victory over the Houston Rockets on Thursday night at Toyota Center. Golden State finished the game with 35 assists on 43 made baskets, and it assisted on 20-of-22 made shots in the first half.
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The big blows during that stretch were 3-point bombs by Iguodala and Thompson on back-to-back possessions. They are hoping that the bad luck the Warriors are on extend until their meeting so they can get a big win and go back to.
Walton said Shaun Livingston will start in Curry’s place, and that several players will fill in at point guard.
Kerr could be back at the helm this weekend, taking the reins from interim coach Luke Walton who has presided over the Warriors’ sensational start to the season.
Cheered in pre-game introductions – then booed when he touched the ball – the 37-year-old veteran came away with more emotional memories from his last appearance at the Celtics’ TD Garden before he retires at the end of the season.
CLIPPERS 95, PELICANS 89: J.J. Redick scored 26 points for a second straight night and Chris Paul closed out a poor shooting performance with pivotal plays in the final minutes as Los Angeles concluded an unbeaten five-game road trip. Dwight Howard had 21 points 13 rebounds and three blocked shots.
The mact of the matter is Curry is the best player in the league because not only he is the leader scorer in the league (30.5 a game) but if the Warriors did not have Curry they would be around 19-13 instead of 29-2.
Golden State trailed 80-78 with two minutes left in the third quarter before going on a 12-2 period-ending run behind triples from Iguodala and Thompson to go ahead 90-82.
Retiring Kobe Bryant struggled through a miserable shooting night but hit a key three-pointer with 1:40 left in his last appearance in Boston as the Los Angeles Lakers held on for a 112-104 victory over the Celtics. Despite the narrow margin, the Warriors looked in control most of the second half and led by 10 with 15 seconds on the clock. G Leandro Barbosa (left shoulder sprain) and F Harrison Barnes (sprained left ankle) were not with the team…. He went to the locker room soon after he was hit and returned with a Band-Aid over the cut….
Otto Porter led Washington with 20 points. Former Rockets stars Dikembe Mutombo and Tracy McGrady watched the game from courtside seats….
Westbrook connected on 12 of 19 shots from the field, nabbed 5 steals and had only two turnovers.
For the complete article see the 01-01-2016 issue.
They joined the Milwaukee Bucks as the only teams to beat the Warriors this season.
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“When we lost (to the Celtics) in 2008, that was the turn for me”, Bryant said.
