Without Curry, the Warriors failed to get any offensive rhythm against the Mavericks, who played good defence on Golden State’s starters, who produced just 41 points for the entire game.
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Western Conference teams meet as the Golden State Warriors travel to the Toyota Center to face the Houston Rockets in the regular season of the National Basketball Association. Harden has 18 and Thompson has 17 at the half respectively.
Golden State (29-2) had not been in that position all season, facing its largest halftime deficit, and were unable to rally and prevent a second defeat of the campaign. “I just care about being the best team, and all of the individual accolades will come with that”.
Walton hinted that he may rest Curry again Thursday, a move the erratic Rockets surely won’t object.
Danilo Gallinari, averaging a team-high 17.2 points, is questionable after missing the last six games with a sprained ankle.
This despite the fact that their roster would be as short-handed on Thursday night as it was one night earlier.
And the Warriors clearly felt his absence, as even Dallas guard Devin Harris noted.
“The attention that he brings in shotmaking and the way the offense flows with him out there, obviously was a little bit different tonight”.
Draymond Green played despite an ankle injury and went 4-of-15 from the floor for 11 points after scoring at least 21 in five of the previous seven contests.
T.J. Warren had 29 points and nine rebounds for the Suns, who had six players score in double figures but still lost. Rockets looking good and competing against the Warriors through the third.
Trailing 80-78 with two minutes left in the third quarter, the Warriors closed out the quarter on a 12-2 run to take a 90-82 lead into the fourth.
Golden State eviscerated the Rockets with an endless stream of weakside cuts to the basket in the first quarter, repeatedly exposing the Rockets’ defense.
Bryant played 33 minutes and recorded his first double-double of the season.
The Pistons got off to another of the slow starts that have angered coach Stan Van Gundy for the last several games, trailing 22-15 at the end of the first quarter.
Will Barton, traded by Portland to Denver last season, led the Nuggets with 31 points.
“You know, when Steph is out there, he makes the game so much easier for everybody else, that you don’t have to execute all the time, and we could just push the ball – go, go, go”, the forward told NBA TV. Dwight Howard leads in rebounds with 11.6 and in blocks with 1.7 per game.
“I think people forget we’ve got like four guys out”, said Andre Iguodala, who had 12 points. It was nearly 15. But the Pacers scored 19 of the next 25 points to close to 117-114 on George’s two foul shots with 1:16 remaining.
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JJ Redick’s 26 points helped the Los Angeles Clippers past the Charlotte Hornets 122-117 and the Orlando Magic rallied to a 100-93 win over the Brooklyn Nets. Walton said there was still no timetable for Kerr’s return. Paul finished 3-for-18 for nine points, but he had 12 assists.
