Thompson, Green help Warriors blow out Knicks

“He expects perfection and we’re never there”. “It’s that we don’t care about stats”. With startling honesty, he admitted after the 108-105 victory that he had been so obsessed with his own stats, so intent on trying to get a triple-double, that he had nearly cost his team a win.

Golden State improves to a league best 44-4 while NY falls to four-games under.

Green secured his ninth triple-double of the season and shot a ideal 9-9 from the field.

“(Green) doesn’t really have a position, that is how unique his game is”, Warriors guard Klay Thompson said.

Thompson continued a recent surge of incandescence, going 14-of-18 for 34 points.

Devin Booker was the Mavericks’ best player with 19 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Golden State won the last game in the matchup, bumping its SU record over the last 10 meetings to 7-3.

“If the gods delivered what should have happened, we probably should have lost, because that’s what happens when you mess around with the game and the ball”, Steve Kerr said. “We want to move the ball”. It’s in sharing the ball, making the simple play, and letting things happen.

Forward Carmelo Anthony topped the Knicks (23-27) with 24 points and 10 rebounds for his 13th double-double this season. On defense, he did a decent job of frustrating 7-3 rookie Kristaps Porzingis.

This was a game even the Warriors felt they should have lost. Anthony said. “As a competitor I can’t say, ‘Yeah, they’re going to win 72.’ I’m not going to say no comment”. “It is kind of a subconscious team”.

The Warriors led 73-54 at halftime and appeared to be cruising.

Powell’s points turned a 75-74 deficit into an 80-75 lead. Jose Calderon leads in steals with 1.0 per game. They shot a sizzling 82 percent (14-of-17) from the floor in the quarter for their best shooting mark in a quarter this season.

Thompson had eight of those points, including a pair of 3-pointers.

Green didn’t have to press for 10 assists against the Knicks, and once the Warriors got through a low-scoring first quarter in which they had eight turnovers to just seven baskets, their vaunted offense began to click.

Steph Curry put on a show with his 15-minute shooting routine before Saturday’s game.

Chris Bosh scored a game-high 18 points, and the Miami Heat won their fourth consecutive game by defeating the Atlanta Hawks 105-87 at AmericanAirlines Arena. Golden State C Andrew Bogut had 12 rebounds, his 11th game with at least 10 boards this season…. A strong third-quarter saw the Warriors extend the margin by a further 11-points, giving them a buffer heading into the fourth.

And despite Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors getting off to a rocky start, it was not to be for the New York Knicks.

F James Michael McAdoo (sprained toe) sat out Sunday against the New York Knicks.

Reigning MVP Stephen Curry had a quiet 13 points, missing each of his first five jumpers, but had three of Golden State’s 16 three-pointers on the night.