“Hard-fought win to start the road trip”, Curry said.
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Karl-Anthony Towns had 17 points and 11 rebounds and Andrew Wiggins scored 19 points for the Timberwolves (4-4), who have lost all four home games this season.
Davidson, the team Curry played for in three seasons before the Warriors drafted him, improved to 5-0 after a 109-74 win at cross-county rival UNC Charlotte.
As the schedule shows, any of those teams-except the Lakers, that is-can win against the Golden State Warriors and spoil their chance of breaking the record. “That’s the only thing that motivates us”.
Pau Gasol’s 18 points and 13 rebounds helped the Chicago Bulls overcome the San Antonio Spurs 92-89.
Based from the team player’s performance, the Warriors continuously outshines the game with forward Draymond Green’s record of first back-to-back triple-double in 51 years with 13 points, 11 rebounds, and 12 assists.
Cousins received some excellent support from Rajon Rondo, who scored 21 points, and Rudy Gay, who finished with 20. If they can learn to finish them off, they will become a great team themselves. “They shoot 3s like layups”.
James Harden, the league’s second-leading scorer, had 29 points, nine rebounds and seven assists for Houston.
Alec Burks led the team on Saturday with 21 points. Klay Thompson scored 15 for the Warriors.
“We had a lot of guys step up”.
“Yeah, they could [break the 33-game streak] – because they’re good”. But that’s the type of game it turned into. “We’ve got great depth now”. That they’ve done it without their head coach has added a layer of impressiveness to the streak, serving as testament that Golden State’s system and players are the class of the league. “We didn’t do that”. They are pretty even teams so it should make for a good match up.
Hornacek admired the ball movement of the Warriors. The first three of those were all on jumpers by Bradley, two of them being 3-pointers, and Wade lamented afterward that Miami couldn’t get stops at the biggest moments.
In the first half, Curry went 7 of 9 on 3s and scored 27 points.
Only the Nets (go figure), who took Golden State into overtime, and the Clippers, who held a 23-point lead before fizzling, were as close to pulling off the upset as Utah.
The Warriors next game comes on the road Friday against the Phoenix Suns.
Curry hit three 3-pointers after he checked in at the 6:36 mark of the fourth quarter.
Paul Millsap scored 26 points and Jeff Teague made all the big shots down the stretch, sending the Atlanta Hawks to a 106-100 victory that snapped Oklahoma City’s four-game winning streak Monday night.
_44.1 Curry’s career percentage on 3-point attempts.
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– How Curry managed to create just enough space to get late-game shots off over the outstretched arms of Hood and Favors, although most of that might be impossible to prevent because of the MVP’s elusiveness and skill. Warriors G/F Brandon Rush started in place of injured Harrison Barnes (ankle) for the second straight game, and he scored three points.
