Curry leads comeback as Warriors to go 13-0

The Golden State Warriors complete the biggest comeback of the National Basketball Association season to beat the Los Angeles Clippers and improve to 13-0, three wins away from the best-ever start.

Mirotic (18 points, 10 rebounds) and center Pau Gasol (14 points, 10 rebounds) both recorded double-doubles, and Hinrich, replacing injured star Derrick Rose (ankle), added 17 points for Chicago, which was held to 39.8 percent shooting.

The Warriors’ 14th straight win under Walton would have broken the record for the best start for a rookie head coach, but the wins instead officially go to Steve Kerr’s record while he remains on a leave of absence.

The Clippers’ lead was cut to 14 points at halftime, and whittled to only six points entering the fourth quarter.

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“You feel like nobody can beat you”, the veteran forward said. With 5:05 left in the game, the Clippers managed to slow down the surging Warriors and opened up a 10-point lead. The Clippers were forcing turnovers and disrupting Golden State’s liquid passing. Yeah, that’s the same Paul who missed the team’s last two games because of a strained right groin and was considered doubtful to play Thursday until almost tipoff. “They didn’t have to play us or the Spurs”. The Warriors are looking to remain undefeated in the season and preserve their 25-home game winning streak in the regular season that started after their January loss to the Bulls.

The Warriors trailed for most of the game and only got the lead in the dying moments of the match when Stephen Curry exploded and left the Clippers in the dust.

“We have a chance to do something special in history, mark our place”, guard Shaun Livingston said. “So Harrison and Draymond would get exhausted and eventually it would catch up with us”. But the Warriors showed why they have yet to lose.

The Warriors as a whole went 8-of-9 from 3-point range.

– In the past three seasons, the Warriors have won all four games in which they gave up 40 or more points in the first quarter.

“We haven’t brought it up at all yet, but we’re close enough now”, interim coach Luke Walton said. The good news for the Nuggets is that they’re averaging just 13.8 turnovers, one below league average. The Clippers led by as many as 23 points in the first half, but were powerless to respond to the Warriors’ second-half offensive.

Antetokounmpo was 12 of 15 from the field and made all eight of his free throws.

J.J. Redick sat out again with back spasms.