“Once their crowd got into it and they had their confidence going it was a good solid National Basketball Association game”.
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Stephen Curry scored 10 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter, including a clutch 3-point shot and a pair of free throws to close the game 106-103. “We have had some lopsided victories, too”, said Curry. Alec Burks scored six straight and Favors gave the Jazz a 99-97 lead on a three-point play.
Kemba Walker led the way for Charlotte with 22 points, three assists and three steals while Nicolas Batum added 15 points, five rebounds and five assists with two steals and a block.
With the score tied at 101 with 51 seconds left, Curry hit a three-pointer from the left wing to give the Warriors the lead.
The reigning champions led for most of the night, but the first in a near two-week long run of road games nearly saw them defeated for the first time since last season’s NBA Finals in June.
“We knew this was going to be one of the tougher challenges for us”, Warriors interim Coach Luke Walton said. They were all hard for the Warriors to handle, and the usefulness of Andrew Bogut is slowly waiwaning in his usefulness on both ends of the floor, but Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green (20 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists) and Shaun Livingston with a huge 3-pointer from the corner down the stretch, kept getting open and making shots. “We responded well”, Green said.
Then came the fourth quarter.
“They played their game from the start”, Wade said.
The San Antonio Spurs’ five-game winning streak was ended by the Chicago Bulls, who prevailed 92-89.
Paul Millsap twirled the joysticks to execute this handsome spin move past Russell Westbrook during the Atlanta Hawks 106-100 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Hayward led the Jazz with 24 points.
In Auburn Hills, Michigan, Reggie Jackson had 31 points to spark the Pistons. Bradley has scored at least 25 points in three of his last six outings. Joakim Noah contributed eight points, seven assists and 11 rebounds despite battling foul trouble in the final minutes of the opener of a four-game homestand.
KINGS 112, MAVERICKS 98: DeMarcus Cousins returned to the lineup from a back injury and scored 16 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter, leading Sacramento past struggling Dallas. The rookie point guard scored 10 points on 3 for 11 shooting and had more turnovers (five) than assists (four) as his team fell 92-74 to the Bucks. Forward Amir Johnson had 13 points and 10 rebounds.
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Blake Griffin scored 23 points, DeAndre Jordan had 18 with 24 rebounds, and the Clippers (10-8) overcame the third quarter loss of All-Star guard Chris Paul to a rib muscle strain to beat the visiting Trail Blazers for their third straight win.
