Warriors move to 22-0 by pulling away from Nets, 114-98

Curry was 14 for 24 from the field and 9 for 15 from beyond the arc as Golden State pushed its league-record start to 21-0.

They reached the century mark for the 22nd straight time when reserve forward Marreese Speights converted a three-point play with 8:12 remaining for a 101-89 lead and expanded the lead to 106-89 when Curry and Thompson returned with 6:01 remaining.NOTES: F Harrison Barnes missed his fifth consecutive game with a sprained left ankle.

The Raptors are one of five teams that have come within five points of the Warriors, and the Raptors have done it twice.

The Golden State Warriors improved to 22-0 on Sunday with a 114-98 victory over the Brooklyn Nets, with guard Stephen Curry scoring 11 of his 28 points in the final 2:10 of the third quarter.

DeMarcus Cousins, who missed the first meeting with the Rockets because of an injury, was hampered by foul trouble and finished with 14 points and nine rebounds. “He’s a great player”, said Brooklyn coach Lionel Hollins. “He doesn’t have to go out there and do it all the time”. Last night, he had 44. Last night he had 44, two nights ago in Charlotte he had 40. “When he needs to he can and when he doesn’t need to he takes a backseat to those guys”.

Klay Thompson added 26 points for the Warriors, and Draymond Green had 16 points, nine rebounds and six assists.

The Warriors did not look back, seizing control early in the fourth due to their reserves.

“One of our biggest strengths is we are never out of the game and we are always one big run from putting the game away”, said interim coach Luke Walton.

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the win moved Golden State past the St. Louis Maroons of the Union Association, a predecessor to Major League Baseball, for the best start to a season by a professional sports team (see full recap). They visit IN on Tuesday. The 17 point-lead the Warriors once held in the 1st quarter was reduced to single digits. We started to get stops and turn it into offense for us, and it changed the momentum of the game, ” said Curry.

They dragged the Warriors into a methodical halfcourt slugfest and reeled off a 16-0 run that spanned halftime, turning a 15-point deficit into a 58-57 lead. Mike Conley had 12 points and Mario Chalmers finished with 11. The Toronto Raptors were also aiming for a victory and to put an end to the Warriors golden year. F Harrison Barnes (L ankle sprain) and F Kevon Looney (hip surgery) were listed as out and placed on the inactive list.

“We like to close out quarters strong, and we were obviously able to do that, get a nice lead, and not look back from there”.

“Would we be winning all these games if we already had a loss?” Golden State will play the fourth game of a seven-game trip Sunday at Brooklyn against the Nets.

Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov was in attendance, but he declined to comment on the state of his team after the game, saying, “Later, maybe”.