Warriors improve to 22-0 as Nets offer little resistance

Stephen Curry scored 16 of his 28 points in the third quarter and the Golden State Warriors ran their NBA-record start to 22-0 by beating the Brooklyn Nets 114-98 on Sunday night.

“They got Klay Thompson [21 points] off early, some other guys were rolling [Green finished with 22 points, nine rebounds and seven assists], and then when [Curry] needed to, he stepped up and put the dagger in us”.

The winning streak has come with hype, with scores of Warriors fans flocking to each of Golden State’s road games, whether it be in Charlotte or Brooklyn.

Kyle Lowry, who has been the Raptors’ Steph Curry all season actually stayed right with the league’s leading scorer all evening, finishing with a career-high tying and season-high 39 points, but it wasn’t enough against this Warriors team that just won’t accept losing, improving to 21-0.

Dwyane Wade put up 19 points in three quarters of work in the 99-84 victory, while Tyler Johnson also had 19 of his own.

James Harden scored 31 points, Dwight Howard added 22 and Houston outlasted Sacramento for its third straight win.

They trailed just 83-79 with a quarter left to play, and scraped out a one-point lead with 4:53 to play on a spectacular sequence that saw a Lowry three-pointer, a DeRozan layup, and a Lowry layup. Mike Conley had 12 points and Mario Chalmers finished with 11. The NBA’s Carolina Panthers have also yet to record a loss this season at 11-0, while the NCAA’s top-ranked Clemson Tigers are 13-0 after defeating North Carolina on Saturday, and heavy favorites going into today’s College Football Playoff announcement. He scored 16 total in the third. They led by as many as 17, at 26-9, and closed the first with a 30-16 lead.

“One of our biggest strengths is we are never out of the game and we are always one big run from putting the game away”, said interim coach Luke Walton.

George was 15-of-27 shooting from the field and had a chance to win it in regulation, but his last-second 3-pointer was off as the Pacers lost their second straight game. Indiana’s Rodney Stuckey, a former Eastern Washington and Kentwood High School player, had 23 points.

Thaddeus Young had 25 points and 14 rebounds for the Nets, who had their four-game home winning streak snapped.

Forward Robert Covington had 18 points and 10 rebounds for Philadelphia, which dropped to 1-20).

Sixers rookie Jahil Okafor sat out the second of a two-game suspension imposed by the team on Wednesday after the release of a second video from a nightclub fight in Boston on November 25.

Dirk Nowitzki had 19 points and Raymond Felton added 11 points and 10 rebounds. Cody Zeller and Kemba Walker had 17 points apiece for the Hornets, who played their first road game since November 17 in NY.

Warriors: C Andrew Bogut was back in the starting lineup after missing Saturday’s victory at Toronto with back spasms…. Brandon Knight scored 17 points and Mirza Teletovic had 14.