Warriors down Rockets for 42nd straight home win

Slowing the Warriors likely will be a tough task with Phoenix allowing the second-most points per game in the league at 106.7.

National Basketball Association league leader Golden States Warriors have stretched their winning streak and maintained their unblemished record at home this season by beating the Houston Rockets in the final quarter with a 123-110 win at Oakland, California on Tuesday night.

“This was something that I don’t really know if it was a quick decision or was lingering”, said Anthony. “He stuck with it and got it going”.

Anthony drained a three-pointer with 67 seconds left to reduce Washington’s lead to 106-101 but the Wizards held on for a 111-108 victory at Madison Square Garden.

When discussing the Golden State Warriors’ mind-bending accomplishments in this season’s first half, even the plainest language can resemble hyperbole, just by the sheer inconceivability of what you see when lumping their first 52 games into the aggregate. Nikola Vucevic doubled up on 20 points and 13 rebounds. He observed warmups and practice and then caught up with Collins and Warriors head coach Steve Kerr – whom Reveno had actually played against back in the 1980s when Kerr was at Arizona and Reveno at Stanford. The greatest first half of all-time is a wrap. “I was proud of him for having the fourth quarter he did”, Bogut said.

The Suns (14-39) have dropped all four games since Watson took over for the fired Jeff Hornacek and have lost eight in a row overall following Monday’s 122-106 loss to Oklahoma City.

“You better go in motivated, otherwise he’s going to have a night”, he said.

Beal scored seven of his 26 points during the final 12 minutes.

“It’s a competitive game against a really good team, an undefeated team at home”, Harden said, finding a silver lining in defeat. “If me and him would still be there, I think it would’ve been hard for us to win there with us both being small in the backcourt”.

Kyrie Irving scored a season-high 35 points for the Cavaliers, with James scoring 29 points of his own.

Iguodala and Harrison Barnes hit consecutive 3-pointers to start the fourth quarter to get the defending champions going after the game was tied at 93 after the third.

Bizarrely, the Suns seemed to committed to breaking the all-time record for attempted alley-oop passes in one game.

Kerr said he had a headache after the Warriors beat the Rockets and appeared uncomfortable during a brief postgame news conference. They will play in Sunday’s game at Toronto. Golden State went 3-0 versus Houston to sweep the Rockets in consecutive seasons for the first time.

Power forward Trevor Ariza backed Harden and Howard with 19 points and seven rebounds for the Rockets, who were playing their first of five straight on the road bridging the All-Star break. Center Tyson Chandlier posted a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds.

Curry and Harden took turns scorching the nets from long range in an entertaining first half that saw the Warriors lead 38-22 before the Rockets (27-27) rallied within 69-66 at the break. Booker also hit a 20-foot pull-up jumper for two of his team-best seven points.

Curry made his first six shots, including five three-pointers. Portland, 12-3 in its past 15 games, climbed into a tie with Utah for seventh place in the West. The Spurs (3.5 games back) and the Thunder (9.0 games back) have certainly not gone away.