Curry was a touch better, and for him it was just another night.
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The Magic blew a 12-point lead early in the fourth quarter and halt their five-game winning streak.
The Brooklyn Nets (5-14) are coming from a a 108-91 loss to the New York Knicks.
While the Curry and Green-led squad pulled the Warriors even again with the Nets, it was an all-reserve line-up that finally blew open the game once again.
DeMar DeRozan #10 of the Toronto Raptors shoots the ball as Festus Ezeli #31 #3 of the Golden State Warriors defends during an National Basketball Association game at the Air Canada Centre on December 05, 2015 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They led by as many as 17, at 26-9, and closed the first with a 30-16 lead. The three-point margin matched the smallest of the season for the Warriors, who won 106-103 at Utah on Monday.
Credits to the Nets who actually competed tooth-and-nail during the first half, trailing 57-54 at the halftime break.
On the season, the Brooklyn Nets average 95.4 points, 45.1 rebounds and 20.4 assists per game. The inbound pass from Lee capped a fourth quarter in which he scored 13 of his 18 points.
Kyle Lowry made six 3-pointers and scored a career-high 41 points for the Raptors. “Just trying to see if I can get some room and figure out a way to impact the game”. In the second and third quarters, we were even. (We went) ahead in the third and we didn’t close the quarter very well.
“We were down at the time”, Curry said. “I don’t think I’ve ever been 22-0 in my life”. Hollis-Jefferson has been in the starting lineup for every game since November 6 against the Los Angeles Lakers and coach Lionel Hollins did not say anything his absence beyond Sunday’s game…. “He doesn’t have to go out there and do it all the time”.
Following the Warriors’ 22nd straight win on Sunday night against the Nets, the question remains: when will the Warriors lose? “When he needs to he can and when he doesn’t need to he takes a backseat to those guys”.
“Our guys don’t want this first loss, so we constantly keep bringing it”. “He’s a great player”. We were denied that matchup in the playoffs last season, and who knows, maybe we’ll see a team solve this enigma, of a team people are still rubbing their eyes in disbelief when they see playing and look at their record. Green not only shot well, scoring 16 points on the night but he also made nine rebounds.
“They are 21-0 for a reason”, Raptors coach Dwane Casey said.
“But it won’t be a disappointing effort if we don’t get there because there are so many talented teams in this league”. “We were transitioning easy buckets for them, and they got the lead back”.
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“We expect teams to fight and come back when we are on the road and that is what they did”, said Curry. Lopez missed a point-blank shot at the end of regulation and the Warriors went on to win, 107-99, in overtime. That’s what they came out and did in the first quarter. If they survive it unscathed the rest of their schedule plays out favourably. We accomplished it and now we have to make sure we don’t drop off and give a game away just because we broke this record. At 35, he’s both young enough to relate to the players and mature enough to recognize that his record – whether it’s 0-0 or 21-0 – is a byproduct of a talented roster anchored by the phenomenal Steph Curry.
