Draymond Green: Triple Triple-Double: Draymond does it again

Indeed they did. And on Monday, the defending champs looked like the defending champs again.

Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson scored 30 points apiece. “If you don’t get up for (Tuesday’s) game, there’s no game in the National Basketball Association that you should get up for”.

In the win against the Charlotte Hornets Monday night, Draymond Green had his stamp all over the place.

The Warriors used an explosive third quarter to pull away from the Hornets with the help of Klay Thompson who nailed two clutch baskets to spark an 18-4 surge that put them in command for good.

But the Warriors (32-2) finally decided enough was enough. The Warriors went on 10-0 run in just over two minutes, and then continued to pour it on to ultimately lead 95-77 entering the fourth.

On the court, impressive numbers abounded for Golden State (32-2). He became just the second Warrior to accomplish the feat, and it’s been awhile since the last time – Tom Gola did it way back in 1959-60.

“Nothing surprises me with him”, Walton said of Curry. Thompson, who hit 6 of 11 3-point tries, has scored at least 20 points in seven of his last nine games, and had 18 in one of the others.

Nevertheless, Draymond Green and the Golden State Warriors continue to chug along in this record-breaking season.

Green will seek an unprecedented fourth straight triple-double for the Golden State Warriors when they visit a Los Angeles Lakers team showing improvement without Kobe Bryant.

Jeremy Lamb began forcing up 3-pointers, and Kemba Walker tried to enter hero mode.

Cousins shot 11-of-27 from the field to go along with 19 rebounds.

The Warriors returned a healthy Curry and Harrison Barnes to the lineup for Monday’s matchup with the Charlotte Hornets at Oracle Arena, but that didn’t stop Green from putting up big numbers and reaching a notable milestone in franchise history. Crowder had 14 points in the first quarter, then was largely quiet until hitting a 3-pointer and adding a three-point play after Brooklyn got close in the final minutes. Last year, when the team was executing at its highest level, it was the second unit that was turning leads into blowouts, breaking the wills of opponents who thought they might be able to gain ground after withstanding the surge from Curry and the starters. “It’s been rough being out”. The game can be seen on FOX Sports Southeast or heard on WFNZ or on the official Charlotte Hornets mobile app. “He said he felt good out there and they cleared him”.

Barnes admitted he didn’t expect to be out as long as he was. “But at the 31/2-week mark, it was still sensitive on the inside”. Speights’ prior lack of productivity was a big reason why.

“It’s pretty fantastic”, he said.

Curry, who originally wasn’t going to play, was an important part of the victory with 30 point, 3 boards and 4 assists.

Pistons 115, Magic 89: Andre Drummond had 17 points and 12 rebounds, and Detroit rolled to its most lopsided victory of the season. Both players also fit under the descriptor of “playmaking fours”, or power forwards who like to handle the ball and lead the break. It was the first time since Larry Bird in 1987 that a player has posted numbers that high in all three categories.

Houston snapped a four-game skid by overrunning Utah and winning 93-91 after having been 15 points down midway through the third quarter when James Harden lit up en route to 30 points.