The Mavericks took the lead early in the third quarter and pulled away in the fourth.
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The Raptors were this close to snapping the Warriors’ longest winning streak to start a season in league history at 20 games on Saturday evening at the Air Canada Centre. Cody Zeller and Kemba Walker had 17 points apiece for the Hornets, who played their first road game since November 17 in NY.
At Queensway Christian College, Curry played on the school’s 7th and 8th grade basketball team which arguably laid the foundation for his stellar high school career in North Carolina.
“It’s pretty purposeful, just trying to see if I can get some room and figure out a way to impact the game”, Curry said of being more aggressive in the third.
“I enjoy coming back here and playing, it’s a familiar setting”. “It’s a familiar setting”.
Kyle Lowry scored a career-high 41 points in a spectacular effort to lead a Raptors team that was in the game until the dying seconds. However, it was still not enough to take down the champions, who improved to 11-0 on the road this season. “Plus, he has a great team”, Nets coach Lionel Hollins said.
Curry was 14 for 24 from the field and 9 for 15 from beyond the arc, while Klay Thompson scored 26 points for the Warriors.
“If I shoot it in the moment I think it’s a good shot and I have confidence and I expect to make it”, Curry said.
“Every guy in the locker-room, we genuinely isolate each game as this is another 48 minutes to try to get better”.
They trailed just 83-79 with a quarter left to play, and scraped out a one-point lead with just under five minutes to go on a spectacular sequence that saw a Lowry three-pointer, a DeRozan layup, and a Lowry layup. Guard DeMar DeRozan added 16 points for the Raptors, who have lost two in a row.
HEAT 99, CAVALIERS 84 (at Miami) – Dwyane Wade scored 19 points and took the fourth quarter off, Tyler Johnson added 19 more and Miami took advantage of Cleveland’s decision to hold out LeBron James on the way to beating the Cavaliers.
Quiet early after consecutive 40-point games, Curry erupted with 11 points in that game-changing spurt, adding an alley-oop to Festus Ezeli and a dagger 3 to end the quarter for an 87-80 lead.
With the team’s 21 straight victory, the Golden State Warriors are stamping their own marks on the record books this season, with Stephen Curry leading the way.
Lowry drove hard to the basket for a bucket and a foul with 44 seconds left but missed what would have been game-tying free throw. Green not only shot well, scoring 16 points on the night but he also made nine rebounds.
Golden State shot 51 percent and made 14 of 33 3-pointers while getting a standing ovation from most of the fans at Barclays Center after the final buzzer.
Curry made two free throws with 18.2 seconds left for a 108-105 Warriors lead.
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Curry and Thompson returned but neither player was needed on the second night of a back-to-back.
