OJ Mayo, Draymond Green scuffle after Warriors win
Green’s line: 21 points, nine rebounds and eight assists, plus-15.
The Warriors will get another crack at Milwaukee when they host the Bucks Friday.
Up 112-108, Curry found an open Andre Iguodala for a corner three, putting the Warriors up seven for their biggest lead of the night, and the Warriors hung on for the nine-point win.
Tonight, they are rested, and its Milwaukee who is on a road trip – they lost by more than 20 points already to the lowly Lakers. Both players exchanged words and had to be separated after the Warriors victory.
“I just told the guys that now we can have a regular season”, forward Draymond Green said in recounting his talk to teammates in the locker room after the loss Saturday night to the Milwaukee Bucks. “The win was Golden State’s 12th straight at home this season, matching the best home start in franchise history, established initially by the defending league champs in 1975-76.It certainly didn’t come easy”. I think the confidence level is there, and when he gets energized or chirpy, we, as a team and a staff, we have his back.
Steph Curry and the Warriors have seen a lot of tough competition this year though, from teams that they were not expecting either.
At the moment, the two teams are on opposite sides of their respective divisions, as the Warriors are on a roll and on top of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference with a 25-1 record.
The Pistons scored the first seven points of the fourth OT and hung on after things got real tense in the final seconds.
LaMarcus Aldridge had 26 points and 13 rebounds as the San Antonio Spurs remained undefeated at home with a 115-107 win over the Los Angeles Clippers.
Yet it was the Bucks, who came into the game 10-17, doing the scoring early and often.
We’ve reset the Play of the Day with fresh bankrolls and turned it into a yearly competition.
“For us, we’ve kind of shaped it as a big game”.
Six players for the Thunder scored in doubles figures.
“They took the time out to waste money on the T-shirt, which is cool”, Bucks coach Jason Kidd said. “Everybody thought we had them, but their experience showed on the court”.
Carter-Williams nailed a 3-pointer coming out of the timeout and backup guard O.J. Mayo, fouled on a 3-point attempt, dropped in three free throws to trigger the quarter-ending run that re-established the Milwaukee lead to eight. Golden State took the lead at 103-102 on a dunk by center Festus Ezeli, who finished with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Three Stephen Curry free throws later, the Warriors had tied the score at 100.