Warriors beat Jazz 103-85 to remain unbeaten at home

Cleveland’s LeBron James scored 24 points, including three key late baskets, to guide the Cavaliers to a 91-84 win against NY.

“Our communication and our effort level was more of what we’re accustomed from our players”, Walton said.

“I went through 10 days with a concussion, and if I had a balcony, I probably would have jumped off it. It gets tough, man. It messes with your mind, you feel like crap, you don’t want to talk to anybody and you kind of want to isolate yourself”. He scored 10 points, grabbed 13 rebounds, handed out four assists and shut down the paint defensively.

It’s a game that several Cleveland players said they’ve been looking forward to for some time.

The last time these teams face one another was on November 30 in which Curry lead a fierce Warriors’ comeback in the fourth quarter to victory 106-103 in Salt Lake City.

On defense, the Warriors were so good at preventing the Jazz from getting easy looks.

The Warriors have won all 13 home games this season to add to the final 18 at Oracle Arena last season.

Favors led Utah with 17 points and nine rebounds.

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The Warriors’ bench play was still uneven, as the second unit gave up a 9-2 run early in the second quarter.

It didn’t seem to matter much. They also matched their season high of nine blocked shots – four by backup center Festus Ezeli.

“I felt pretty good, but I’m not 100 per cent health wise”, Kerr told reporters. Even on a rare night when Curry’s shot was off – he scored 16 points on 2-for-8 shooting from 3-point range – the Warriors kept on rolling. They withstood a 14-4 run by Utah and answered with a big spurt of their own to pull away before halftime. Making it through Tuesday’s practice before handing the reins back to Walton for the morning shootaround Wednesday was an encouraging sign. “I don’t really know how he feels inside, but he’s got his presence and his voice”. “He’s antsy to get back but there is just no way of knowing when”. The Jazz just aren’t in the same stratosphere as the Warriors, not with two starters (Rudy Gobert and Dante Exum) out.

NOTES: The Warriors announced Wednesday that Steve Kerr, still recovering from offseason back surgery, would make their next trip – a three-day, two-game trek to Dallas and Houston next week – but not return as the full-time coach. Bogut was back in the lineup after being limited to 5 minutes against Milwaukee last Friday because of a back strain.

Utah plays next at home, hosting the Los Angeles Clippers after Christmas.