Warriors squeak home in National Basketball Association over 76ers

Before the game, he praised Green for admitting to selfishly chasing a triple-double in the Warriors’ win the previous night at Philadelphia. Against the Raptors the Knicks were down three starters, Jose Calderon, Carmelo Anthony and Kristaps Porzingis, and Anthony and Porzingis were able to return against the Suns. Between the 2nd and 3rd quarter Thompson scored 32 points and helped them gain a 18-point lead heading into the fourth quarter.

“We probably should have lost”, Warriors coach Steve Kerr said after his team coughed up 23 turnovers.

Most Valuable Player front-runner Stephen Curry had a quiet night, scoring 13 points and dishing four assists. He was just 5 for 17 from the field on a court where he’s enjoyed some big performances.

Green, who leads the league with eight triple-doubles, had 10 points, 10 rebounds and six assists at halftime.

The Sixers moved to an early 17-10 lead behind guard Nik Stauskas, who scored seven points, but the Warriors reeled off 15 straight and never trailed again.

“(Green) doesn’t really have a position, that is how unique his game is”, Warriors guard Klay Thompson said.

“We started turning the ball over due to my selfish unselfishness, and it was all downhill from there”, said Green, who committed four of his seven turnovers in the third.

The Sixers closed an eight-point deficit in the last two minutes by Sixers-ing the game up.

The Warriors hit the Knicks with a 14-of-17 onslaught for 37 points – with Curry not even taking a shot. Defensively, the Warriors yield 102.5 points against the opposing teams. “They’re a hard-playing team, and played disciplined at the end, the exact opposite of what we did”.

If you are a Sixers fan, then it’s okay to believe in moral victories after Saturday’s game versus the Warriors.

John Wall led the scoring for the Washington Wizards with 19 points in the 123-122 win over the Houston Rockets.

DUNCAN’S DEFENSE: Tim Duncan has missed three straight games and will sit out Monday against Orlando with a sore right knee, and his absence has been obvious on what had been by far the league’s best defensive team. Fisher said the Knicks hope he can play Tuesday against Boston, but it’s more likely he won’t return until Thursday or Friday…. The Knicks have gone 23-26 Straight Up (SU) and 29-20 Against The Spread (ATS).

Green continues to do a little bit of everything for the Warriors, and we saw more of the same on Saturday. Check out our keys to the game and things to watch for if the Knicks are to pull an upset over the Warriors tonight at Madison Square Garden. Now just go get a rebound and don’t throw no insane passes.’ Now, it’s going to be hard for me to get a rebound, because I didn’t know.

Athletes from other sports in the crowd included John McEnroe (tennis), Jim Furyk (golf), Matt Harvey (baseball) and Rashad Jennings (football).