The Denver Nuggets are 2-3 to start the season and they are most likely not going to win this game.
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While the Kings deserve top marks for their scrappy defensive play that limited the Warriors throughout the contest, Golden State’s usually stellar offense was unusually impotent-the Warriors shot 8- 39 from three and missed a large number of open and near-open shots that would normally be easy-money for a team that had been shooting 42% on the season from deep. He’s scoring 15.8 points per game on them and hitting 57.7-percent. He totaled eight points, making three shots in four attempts, including making both attempts from behind the arc, and recording a pair of assists.
“We have a good flow going, but that will be something that is decided on once we know he’s 100 percent going to play”, Walton said. “But we found a way to grind it out”. The may have taken Sacramento lightly without Cousins, or just may have been on a rough night, but either way the Warriors look primed to do unbelievable things this year. “It was one of those random nights”.
It certainly was an unusual night for Curry, who was averaging 35.5 points on 56.9 percent shooting coming into the game.
Kawhi Leonard weighed in with 23 points and LaMarcus Aldridge had 16 as the San Antonio Spurs pulled away for a 114-94 victory over the Charlotte Hornets, while Trey Burke’s 24 points led the Utah Jazz to a 89-79 win over the Memphis Grizzlies.
LOS ANGELES – James Harden scored a season-high 46 in his second straight game over 40 points, and the Houston Rockets rallied to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 109-105 Saturday night.
For a 19-year-old National Basketball Association rookie, every game is a lesson.
Harrison Barnes scored 21 points for Golden State and Festus Ezeli had a career-high 16 points to go with seven rebounds and two blocked shots. Jordan is averaging 13.5 rebounds and 4.5 blocks per game so far and shooting a whopping 82 percent from the floor.
Marco Bellinelli and Rudy Gay each scored 22 points for the Kings, losers of five straight.
“I thought our leader was Rondo”.
With a big lead at halftime, the only question was how long the starters would play for the rest of the game. Darren Collison was sidelined by a hamstring strain.
“It was good for us to feel a little bit of adversity against a good team like that”, Curry said. There’s a reason behind them, and it’s not just the players being mentally weak or something.
“He has an ankle issue”.
The Clippers reserves were largely a mess, with Crawford missing all six of his shots in the first half and the team even struggling to get a timeout when it wanted. “Guys make plays to get us over the hump”.
The Warriors entered the fourth quarter up 99-75, but the Nuggets closed the gap against Golden State’s bench.
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Starting center Andrew Bogut has been sidelined since the season opening game with a concussion but he was at the morning shoot around for the Warriors and may return on Wednesday.
