Thompson’s 27-point third quarter leads Warriors past Suns

Klay Thompson scored 43 points including 27 in a third quarter in which the Warriors led by as many as 40.

Although the Warriors finally saw their season-opening 24-game winning streak end Saturday night in Milwaukee, it was Green’s sensational play that prolonged it the night before in Boston. The Warriors took notice and now have enough bulletin board material to power them into the new year. After being down 36-40 with 6 minutes left in the second quarter, the Warriors went on a 69-25 run over the next 18 minutes.

“We’re continuing to work toward being a championship team and that requires us getting better than we were past year”, interim coach Luke Walton said.

Kawhi Leonard had a game-high 27 points as the Spurs improved to 22-5 this season.

Over two seasons, the 76ers had lost 28 games in a row before their 103-91 triumph over the Los Angeles Lakers, the longest losing streak in North American pro sports, two losses past the record National Basketball Association win droughts by the 2013-14 76ers and Cleveland in 2010-11 – both done over only one season. And now it’s a t-shirt as well, as on Tuesday the NBA Store began selling shirts with the phrase written on it to commemorate the Bucks’ 108-95 win over the Warriors on Saturday.

The Warriors now will get a shot at Milwaukee again when the Bucks visit Oracle Arena on Friday.

The Warriors turn things up at Oracle and that’s especially going to be the case after they’re coming off a loss to the Bucks. The Suns are too sloppy, inconsistent and are brutal on the road. He and the team made a point to share it at the start of this home stand. Curry said of the unselfishness, “That’s how we play”. “You never know in this game”, Wade said. The Warriors are playing well without Barnes and they get to play with different lineups.

Carmelo Anthony had 20 points, 15 rebounds and nine assists for the Knicks and Arron Afflalo scored 29 points as NY beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 107-102. Green managed his fourth triple-double of the season in 31 minutes, putting up 16 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists to go with five steals and a blocked shot. Knicks rookie Kristaps Porzingis scored 11 points with six rebounds and a season-high seven blocked shots.

Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant scored 24 points to lead the Thunder past the Portland Trail Blazers 106-90 for their sixth straight victory, while Jimmy Butler scored 24 points and Derrick Rose added 19 as the Chicago Bulls beat the Memphis Grizzlies 98-85.

Klay Thompson was just finding his shooting stroke when a sprained ankle sustained last week at IN forced him to miss one game and look a bit sluggish IN the next. “It’s a very deserved nickname because he comes out and he gives everything that he has, but he’s also a big voice for us, so he’s a good guy to have around”.