Curry scores 42, Warriors clinch West with win over Suns

Curry’s fantasy owners should expect him to rest in at least one game the rest of the way. His 262 3s rank as eighth-most ever for a single season after he had 276 last season.

“With three games left we still can’t have any slip ups”, Stephen Curry said. This year they are coming with more ammunition and trying to be more then warriors of the regular season. The 10th-place Hornets dropped 2 1/2 games behind the Heat and IN with three games remaining.

Players on the Warriors’ bench jumped out of their seats, laughing. The play went to review, with each player receiving a technical and McGee also a Flagrant 1 foul. He later waved to the crowd after play stopped.

Robertson set the record during the 1961-62 season, and Westbrook can break it Wednesday in Memphis.

Muhammad also was the game’s leading rebounder with 11. The San Antonio Spurs seem to be the only team that will be able to offer some resistance on the road to the finals.

The fourth quarter started just as ugly as the middle quarters, with the Warriors clinging to that 13-point lead.

Toward the end of the first, there was a mad scramble for the ball near midcourt and players wrestled on the hardwood until Curry gathered it and passed to Shaun Livingston, who was standing beyond the 3-point line.

Quickly, the Warriors were up 19-11 with Curry scoring 16 of those points.

Danilo Gallinari had had 23 points for the Nuggets. If he returns Saturday, the All-Star will get the chance to compete in three games. When Durant went down, the rest of the league saw this as an opportunity. This one was over late in the third quarter, after a monster Warriors run put the game away.

The Warriors doubled Towns hard for much of the game, and he only wound up with 10 FGAs (and eight makes) in 28 minutes. They’re 4-6 against the spread over their last 10 games, are 38-39 at the betting window on the season, but are 19-17 against the spread at home this year. He is tentatively scheduled to play against New Orleans.

Shabazz Muhammad and Andrew Wiggins scored 24 points apiece to lead Minnesota (31-46). The Splash Brother scorched the Timberwolves to the tune of 41 points.

Before his injury, Durant was averaging 25.3 points, 4.8 assists and 18 rebounds. The Mavericks have lost five straight.

Courtney Lee had 14 points for NY, and Maurice Ndour added 13 points and 12 rebounds. “He can come in and just fit right in and take over a game”.

Isaiah Thomas led the Celtics with 26 points. The Nets matched a franchise record for points in a first half with 81. Russell missed the game after experiencing soreness in his knee during shootaround. Known for his incredible shooting, he is also the 10th player in National Basketball Association history to drain 1,900 3-pointers.