76ers nearly stun Warriors, Raptors continue streak

The Knicks were able to blowout the Suns a night after falling to the Toronto Raptors as they had a lot of their players back. He’s scored well in every big game and even though facing the Knicks isn’t huge, playing at Madison Square Garden is and he will come to play tonight. But the champion Warriors are more than a one-man show. He’s shooting. 597 this month and averaging 17.5 points per game for the Sixers, who have taken big steps toward regaining some respect around the league recently.

As the Warriors (43-4) look to challenge themselves, they’ll remember how for some frightening moments, the 76ers (7-41) made the game a little too close for comfort.

After the starters checked back into the game, Philadelphia made it an eight-point game with 2:02 left after a Robert Covington dunk in transition after Isaiah Canaan stole the ball from Thompson. And it was a tough night as he wore a nasty scratch high on his forehead above the right eye, the result of a Carmelo Anthony hand in the third quarter.

“I have never been a numbers guy”, said Green, who still had some nice numbers – 20 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists – while shooting a ideal 9-of-9 from the floor.

Green secured his ninth triple-double of the season and shot a flawless 9-9 from the field. Fisher said the Knicks hope he can play Tuesday against Boston, but it’s more likely he won’t return until Thursday or Friday…. The Knicks during that same stretch missed four of their five shots and committed two turnovers.

Green said he chased a triple-double that had a part in stunting the team’s flow, allowing the 76ers to erase a 24-point deficit.

Pelicans 114, Kings 105 – Ryan Anderson led host New Orleans with 36 points to offset the 26-point efforts of Sacramento’s Demarcus Cousins and Ben McLemore. The Warriors had 37 assists and have had at least 30 in each of their last six contests. When you start to do what I did yesterday, it doesn’t work out. “We’ve been successful with not knowing where our second scorer was going to come from, and some games third or fourth scorer”. Thompson dropped 45 points on Dallas Mavericks behind 14-of-20 shooting and connected on 7-of-12 three-pointers and all of the 10 free throws.

The Knicks hung around in the first half. Since that 1-30 start to the season, the Sixers have gone a more respectable 6-10.

“We hit a rough patch in the third quarter”, Anthony said. They didn’t shoot the ball well. Of course, the Sixers still lost to the Warriors thanks to Harrison Barnes’ game-winning three-pointer with 0.2 seconds left on the clock. Golden State improved to 21-4 on the road… The Knicks ran off 14 straight points, helped by eight Warriors turnovers in the period, and led 20-18. The Warriors just kept rolling.

Irving and backup point guard Matthew Dellavedova combined for the first 18 points of the fourth quarter as Cleveland powered to the win.