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by Rob Woollard LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Klay Thompson exploded for a career-high 60 points in a phenomenal individual display as Golden State steamrolled the Indiana Pacers 142-106 on Monday. Thompson tormented Indiana with a mesmerizing performance which saw him rack up 40 points in the first two quarters alone. A further 20 points in the third quarter gave Thompson the highest individual game tally of his career and the highest of any […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Golden State star Draymond Green was still steamed this weekend over the flagrant foul he received when his flailing leg found the head of Houston’s James Harden in the Warriors’ NBA loss to the Rockets on Thursday. It’s nothing new for Green to be penalized for kicks that strike an opponent. On Thursday — when a double-overtime loss to the Rockets ended the Warriors’ 12-game winning streak — officials […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant each scored 25 points apiece as the Golden State Warriors overturned a fourth quarter deficit to defeat the Atlanta Hawks 105-100 and claim a 12th straight victory on Monday. Atlanta looked to have the Warriors rattled after edging into an 81-80 lead as the final quarter got under way. But two Andre Iguodala baskets, a Durant jumper and a Shaun Livingston layup gave the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Klay Thompson scored 25 points and Stephen Curry added 22 as the Golden State Warriors won their eighth consecutive game, routing Indiana 120-83 Monday to complete a four-game road sweep. Kevin Durant added 14 points while Draymond Green contributed 10 as the Warriors improved to 12-2, helped by a season-high 60 rebounds. “What a great trip,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “I thought we really defended well and we moved […]
TORONTO, Canada (AFP) — Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant had 30-point games to fire the Golden State Warriors to a fifth consecutive victory on Wednesday in a 127-121 win over the Toronto Raptors. Reigning NBA MVP Curry finished with 35 points and seven assists after the Warriors held off a furious late fightback from Toronto to claim the win. The Warriors appeared to be cruising to victory after opening up an 18-point lead in the […]
OAKLAND, United States (AFP) — Stephen Curry set a new single-game record with 13 three-pointers as the Golden State Warriors downed the winless New Orleans Pelicans 111-99 on Monday. Curry, who on Friday had seen the end of his incredible 157-game streak with at least one three-pointer in a defeat to the Los Angeles Lakers, finished with 46 points after a virtuoso display. The reigning NBA MVP’s 13 threes broke the previous record of 12 […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Golden State forward Kevin Durant dropped 39 points on the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday to lead the Warriors to an emphatic 122-96 victory over his former NBA team. Durant shocked many when he opted to join the Warriors as a free agent after Golden State ousted the Thunder in last season’s Western Conference finals. Durant downplayed the idea that there was extra emotion in the contest against the […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr said his new-look team is relishing the pressure entering their 2016-2017 NBA campaign opener on Tuesday against the San Antonio Spurs. The Warriors’ blockbuster off-season move for Kevin Durant has made the already formidable-looking Dubs an even more daunting proposition as they set out to regain their NBA Finals crown. Kerr, however, said Monday his team of all-stars welcomed the burden of expectation […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Golden State Warriors are the overwhelming favorites for the 2016-2017 National Basketball Association (NBA) crown, a survey of the league’s general managers showed Tuesday. The Warriors, beaten in last year’s finals by LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, are backed by a whopping 69% of GMs to regain the title they last won in 2015. The Warriors lost an epic NBA Finals duel against the Cavs in June, […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Kevin Durant scored 21 points on his home debut as the Golden State Warriors demolished the Los Angeles Clippers 120-75 in a pre-season game on Tuesday. Durant, who joined the already powerful Warriors from the Oklahoma City Thunder in July, made a trio of three pointers in a one-sided encounter. Klay Thompson top scored for the Warriors with 30 points while reigning NBA MVP Stephen Curry chipped in with […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Unprecedented demand for Cleveland Cavaliers merchandise after the team’s first NBA title lifted them atop team sales, the league announced Thursday, but Golden State’s Stephen Curry topped jersey sales. The Cavaliers edged Golden State 4-3 in the best-of-seven championship series, bringing Cleveland its first champion in any major sport since 1964 and boosting the club on global online league store sales. Not since January of last year, near the […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Stephen Curry’s father-in-law was nearly arrested ahead of Golden State’s ill-tempered defeat to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday in Game Six of the NBA Finals, in what the player’s wife decried as a case of racial profiling. Curry’s wife Ayesha said her father was detained in Cleveland in the mistaken belief he was a well-known con artist who was thought to be attempting to attend the game using bogus […]
