Toronto Raptors team president Masai Ujiri is being investigated amid allegations he pushed a sheriff's deputy and hit him in the face following the Raptors' championship-clinching Game 6 of the NBA Finals in Oakland, California, Thursday night.
Sheriff's officials said Ujiri was barred from going on the court at Oracle Arena because he didn't have proper credentials.
"Mr. Ujiri was unknown to the deputy at that time. He [the deputy] asked him for a credential," said Sgt. Ray Kelly, a spokesman for the Alameda County Sheriff's Office, told ESPN. "He shoved the deputy out of the way and walked toward the court. The deputy pushed back. The president came forward more with a more significant push and ended up striking the deputy in the face."
In a video posted by NBC Bay Area showing the end of the incident, Raptors guard Kyle Lowry is shown pulling Ujiri onto the court. The video does not show Ujiri, or anyone else, striking the officer.
Kelly told ESPN that the league had asked law enforcement to be firm in enforcing the requirement for credentials to access the court. If Ujiri had a credential, he didn't display it, Kelly said.
The sheriff's office has been in touch with the NBA but had not yet spoken to either Ujiri or other Raptors representatives, he added.
The incident is being investigated as a misdemeanor battery on an officer. When completed, the report will go to the district attorney's office for review.
ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported Friday morning that the Washington Wizards intend to seek permission from the Raptors to speak to the 48-year-old Ujiri about running that team. Wojnarowski said an offer from the Wizards could be in the range of $10 million a year.
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Draymond Green lobbed to Kevon Looney for a go-ahead hoop with 52.9 seconds remaining, then converted a Stephen Curry assist into a layup of his own 40 seconds later, allowing the Golden State Warriors to outlast the Portland Trail Blazers for a 114-111 win Thursday night and 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.
The best-of-seven moves to Portland for Games 3 and 4 on Saturday and Monday, respectively. Warriors standout Kevin Durant, who missed the first two games with a strained right calf, already has been ruled out of both Portland games and Wednesday's Game 5 back in Oakland, if it's necessary.
After trailing by as many as 17 points in the third quarter and by eight with just 4:28 to play, the top-seeded Warriors scored 14 of the game's final 17 points to sweep their opening two home games against the West's third-seeded club.
Green's lob to Looney came after Seth Curry had put Portland up 111-110 with a 3-pointer with 1:02 to go.
After CJ McCollum misfired with a chance to counter Looney's hoop, the Warriors converted at the other end on Stephen Curry's pass to Green for a three-point lead with 12.3 seconds to play.
Needing a 3-pointer to tie, Damian Lillard had the ball stripped by Andre Iguodala while elevating for a desperation 28-foot attempt, sealing Golden State's win.
Stephen Curry had 37 points to lead the Warriors, who have lost just once in their last 11 playoff games against Portland. Klay Thompson added 24 points, Green 16, Looney 14 and Jordan Bell 11 for Golden State, which shot 51.2 percent. Green also contributed 10 rebounds, seven assists and five blocks in the win.
Lillard had a 23-point, 10-assist double-double to lead the Trail Blazers, who shot 44.2 percent. McCollum finished with 22 points, Seth Curry 16, and Maurice Harkless and Rodney Hood 12 apiece for Portland.
The Trail Blazers led 108-100 after a 3-pointer by Meyers Leonard with 4:28 left before the Warriors scored 10 straight, the final three on three free throws by Stephen Curry with 2:01 to go.
Seth Curry countered that with his 3-pointer, setting up the frantic finish.
Seemingly rejuvenated by getting a day off Wednesday -- after having been rushed into Game 1 in the wake of an emotional series win over Denver -- the Trail Blazers threatened to blow out the two-time defending champs, going up 67-50 in the first minute of the second half.
But the Warriors quickly rallied, getting 13 points from Thompson and 11 from Stephen Curry in a 37-15 flurry that turned a 17-point deficit into a five-point lead before the period's end.
The Trail Blazers led by as many as seven in the first quarter, but it was in the second period that they began dominating the game.
Portland led just 42-39 at the midpoint of the second quarter before Lillard and Seth Curry combined for 14 points in a 20-6 burst that opened a 17-point advantage late in the half.
Lillard, who was scoreless for the game's first 20 minutes, finished the half with 10. Portland led 65-50 at the break.
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OAKLAND, California -- The Golden State Warriors are so used to playing in the Western Conference finals, they were in no hurry to do it for a fifth consecutive year Tuesday night.
Then once they took the floor, they put that rest to good use against a weary opponent in Game 1.
Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson dominated their highly anticipated matchup with Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum, combining for 12 three-pointers and 62 points in the Warriors' 116-94 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers in the opener of the Western finals.
Game 2 in the best-of-seven series is scheduled for Thursday night, also on top-seeded Golden State's home court.
Curry finished with a game-high 36 points and Thompson added 26 for the Warriors, who won a second consecutive game without star forward Kevin Durant, out due to a bruised right calf.
Curry shot 9-for-15 on three-point attempts and Thompson 3-for-9. Even backup Quinn Cook got into the long-range act, mixing in two timely treys to quell the Trail Blazers' last threat, pushing Golden State a game up on an opponent it dominated 4-1 and 4-0 in the 2016 and 2017 playoffs, respectively.
"That was very poor (defensive) execution," Lillard said. "They were setting solid screens and coming off shooting practice shots. That's the last thing we need if we want to have any chance to beat this team."
Lillard, an Oakland native who arrived at the arena wearing an Athletics "0" jersey with his name on the back, shot just 4-for-12 en route to a team-high 19 points. McCollum added 17 points for the Trail Blazers, who were facing a fresh team that had enjoyed three days off after eliminating the Houston Rockets in Game 6 on the road Friday night.
"They had to go to a tough Game 7 in Denver (on Sunday) and a quick turnaround, so the schedule favored us," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. "I thought we took advantage of the situation."
The Warriors used a 13-5 burst to open the second half to extend a nine-point halftime advantage to 67-50. Curry had three three-pointers in the run.
But Portland, which flew straight to Oakland after its Sunday win, refused to quit. Rodney Hood and Seth Curry drilled three-pointers in an 11-4 run that ended the period and gave the Trail Blazers hope at 77-71 entering the fourth.
The Warriors' lead was just 79-73 before Cook hit his two three-pointers, helping Golden State go back up by 14 with 7:31 to go, and the three-point discrepancy proved too much for the Trail Blazers to overcome.
"I thought the key stretch for us was the first five minutes of the fourth quarter," Kerr said. "Our bench came in, did a fantastic job getting the lead back up to about 12 or so before we went back to our starters. So great job by our bench."
Draymond Green complemented Curry and Thompson with a team-high 10 rebounds to go with 12 points for the Warriors, who shot 50 percent from the field and 51.5 percent (17-for-33) on 3-pointers.
The Warriors outscored the Trail Blazers, 51-21, on three-pointers.
"It's fun when everyone's running around, cutting, and we're whipping the ball around," Curry said. "That's when we're at our best."
Hood and Maurice Harkless had 17 points apiece, and Enes Kanter a game-high 16 rebounds with 10 points for the Trail Blazers, who were limited to 36.1 percent shooting overall and 25 percent (7-for-28) on treys.
The Trail Blazers also hurt themselves with 21 turnovers.
"When you turn the ball over and you don't shoot the ball well and don't finish around the basketball ..." Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts lamented. "It was a tough night offensively."
After having split the season series 2-2, the teams played on mostly even terms for the first 16 minutes, after which the Warriors managed just a two-point lead.
Consecutive hoops by reserve Jonas Jerebko, one a three-pointer, finally got the Warriors rolling before Curry took over. He poured in 11 points in the final 5:29 of the half, helping Golden State take a 54-45 lead into the intermission.
Curry had 19 of his 36 points in the half.
"Hopefully it's just one game," Stotts noted. "We've got to play better, particularly at the offensive end. But we've got to be better at both ends."
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Draymond Green and Klay Thompson buried 3-pointers on consecutive possessions late in the game Wednesday night, allowing the Golden State Warriors to survive the loss of Kevin Durant and hold off the Houston Rockets 104-99 in Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinals in Oakland, Calif.
Top-seeded Golden State's third narrow win of the best-of-seven series puts the defending champions one victory away from a fifth straight trip to the West finals.
The Warriors will get their first opportunity to earn advancement in Game 6 of the series on Friday night in Houston. Game 7, if necessary, would be played Sunday in Oakland.
After the Rockets rallied from 20 down to take the lead late in the third quarter, and with Durant in the locker room for the final 14 minutes following a calf injury, the Warriors outfinished their fourth-seeded foe.
A 3-pointer by Eric Gordon had the Rockets down just 89-88 with 4:49 to play, and a free throw by James Harden kept Houston within 91-89 with 3:39 to go.
But Green then buried his 3-pointer, and after a Houston turnover, Thompson bombed in his trey to push the Golden State lead to 97-89 with 2:34 to go.
Houston got as close as three one more time, on a layup by Harden with 18.6 seconds left, before Thompson, after nearly throwing the ball away, dropped in an interior hoop for the clinching basket with 4.1 seconds left.
Durant's injury occurred innocently enough after he hit a jumper from the right side with 2:05 left in the third quarter.
He took a step toward the defensive end of the court before grimacing in pain and looking down at his lower right leg, leading to concerns he might have ruptured his Achilles.
However, the injury was later announced by the Warriors to be a strained right calf.
Thompson finished with 27 points, Stephen Curry 25 and Durant 22 for the Warriors, who continued a run of home wins by the teams in the series.
Andre Iguodala added 11 points, while Green had a brilliant all-around game before fouling out, complementing eight points with 12 rebounds and 11 assists.
Harden was the game's leading scorer with 31 points for the Rockets, who were both outshot by the Warriors from the field 45.9 percent to 41.8 percent and outscored on 3-pointers 39-36.
Gordon chipped in with 19 points for Houston, while P.J. Tucker had 13 to go with 10 rebounds.
Chris Paul and Iman Shumpert had 11 points apiece, and Houston's Clint Capela was the game's leading rebounder with 14 to go with six points.
The Warriors used a 17-0 burst late in the first half to go up 57-37, only to see the entire advantage disappear before the end of the third period, when Harden's floater gave Houston a 71-70 lead.
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Kevin Durant led a balanced attack with 29 points Tuesday night as the Golden State Warriors went up 2-0 in their Western Conference semifinal series against the Houston Rockets with a 115-109 win in Oakland, Calif.
Both Warriors star Stephen Curry and Rockets star James Harden sustained injuries in the contest.
After a three-day break, the West semifinals now shift to Houston on Saturday and Monday.
For the second game in a row, all five Warriors starters scored in double figures, including Curry, who dislocated the middle finger on his left hand early in the game and yet still managed 20 points.
Curry didn't seem bothered by the injury after returning quickly to the game, but the same couldn't be said of Harden, who sustained a scratched left eye shortly after Curry's mishap.
Harden finished with a game-high-tying 29 points but often was seen squinting and rubbing his eye after returning to action.
The Warriors took advantage of 18 offensive rebounds and 24 points off 18 Rockets turnovers to overcome Houston's 51-33 dominance in points scored off 3-pointers.
Durant, who had 35 points in Golden State's home win in Game 1 on Sunday, shot 9-for-22 from the field in Game 2.
Klay Thompson added 21 points and Andre Iguodala 16 for Golden State. Warriors forward Draymond Green had another outstanding all-around game with 15 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists.
Chris Paul complemented Harden with 18 points, seven rebounds and six assists for the Rockets, who went 3-0 at home in their first-round triumph over the Utah Jazz.
Eric Gordon had 15 points and Austin Rivers 14 for Houston, while Clint Capela (14 points, 10 rebounds) and PJ Tucker (13 points, 10 rebounds) collected double-doubles.
The Rockets outshot the Warriors 46.8 percent to 46.2 percent but took 14 fewer field-goal attempts.
Curry was the first to head to the locker room just 3:29 into the game, having jammed his finger into the basketball.
X-rays were negative, and Curry, with two fingers on his left hand taped together, was able to return to the game a little more than three minutes later.
Harden was inadvertently swiped in the left eye by Green just before the midpoint of the first quarter.
Harden, who had yet to score in the game, was gone for nearly a full quarter, returning to the game with 7:09 left in the half and Houston trailing 36-31.
The Rockets fell back by as many as 11 before Harden poured in 10 points in the final 4:27 of the half, helping Houston stay within arm's length at 58-49 at the break.
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Kevin Durant scored nine of his team-high 35 points in the final 5:35 and Stephen Curry buried a back-breaking 3-pointer with 25.9 seconds remaining Sunday afternoon as the Golden State Warriors outlasted the Houston Rockets, 104-100, in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals in Oakland, California.
The second game in the best-of-seven between the top-seeded Warriors and fourth-seeded Rockets is slated for Tuesday night in Oakland.
In a tight game that featured poor 3-point shooting and turnovers, the Warriors found themselves in an 89-89 tie with six minutes remaining before Durant took charge.
His two free throws with 5:35 left gave Golden State the lead for good, and his three subsequent free throws and two field goals seemingly put the Warriors in command at 100-95 with just 1:26 to go.
But a three-point play by James Harden got Houston back within two, before Curry countered with his 3-pointer that proved to be decisive.
A dunk by Harden with 21.3 seconds to go kept the Rockets alive, and when Chris Paul stole the ball from Durant, Houston had a chance at a tie.
But Paul was pressured into an awkward pass and Eric Gordon stepped out of bounds while retrieving it, allowing the Warriors to hold on.
Paul thought he was fouled on the play and argued the non-call, for which he received a second technical foul and was ejected from the game with 4.4 seconds left.
Curry made the foul shot to complete the scoring.
Durant shot 12-for-15 from the line during his 35-point outing for Golden State, which won despite committing 20 turnovers.
Curry (18 points), Andre Iguodala (14), Draymond Green (14) and Klay Thompson (13) also scored in double figures for the Warriors, who are attempting to win a third consecutive NBA title.
Green also contributed nine rebounds and nine assists to the win.
Harden matched Durant's 35-point total, but shot just 4 of 16 on 3-pointers and was 9 of 28 overall. He made 13 of his 14 free throws.
Eric Gordon had 27 points and Paul 17 for the Rockets, who are playing the Warriors in the playoffs for the fourth time in the last five seasons.
The Rockets shot just 29.8 percent on 3-pointers, making 14 of 47.
The Warriors led 85-76 in the first minute of the fourth quarter after a pair of Shaun Livingston free throws, before the Rockets took advantage of Curry's foul trouble to draw even at 89.
Two free throws by Nene at the 6:00 mark finally got Houston even, setting the stage for the late heroics by Durant and Curry.
The Rockets took advantage of 13 Warriors turnovers to forge a 53-53 halftime tie.
Houston shot just 9 of 28 on 3-pointers in the half, but managed to stay even by shooting 12 of 13 on free throws, as compared to Golden State's 2 of 4, and getting off one more field-goal attempt despite the large foul-shot discrepancy.
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Stephen Curry complemented a game-high 38 points with a career playoff-high 15 rebounds in a historic performance Saturday night as the Golden State Warriors opened defense of their NBA title with a 121-104 win over the Los Angeles Clippers in a volatile Game 1 of their Western Conference first-round series in Oakland, Calif.
Game 2 in the best-of-seven series is Monday night, with the Warriors, the top seed in the West, once again earning home-court advantage.
The matchup of familiar Pacific Division rivals featured the ejections of the Warriors' Kevin Durant and Clippers' Patrick Beverley, each of whom was nailed with a second technical foul for a verbal altercation near midcourt midway through the fourth quarter.
Curry's 38 points included 8-for-12 shooting on 3-pointers on a night when he passed Ray Allen (385) for the NBA all-time career playoff record. Curry finished the game with 386 career 3s.
Draymond Green provided a surprising offensive spark with 17 points on 7-for-12 shooting to go with seven rebounds and a team high-tying seven assists, helping Golden State win the opener of its first-round series for the sixth consecutive season.
Montrezl Harrell had 26 points and Lou Williams 25 with a game-high nine assists for the Clippers, who are the last Western Conference team to beat the Warriors in a playoff series.
That was in 2014, when they also lost Game 1 before winning four of the last six.
The Warriors led nearly wire-to-wire, but the Clippers remained competitive most of the way by taking advantage of 21 Golden State turnovers and enjoying a 65-22 advantage in points off the bench.
Curry's 38-point game was his 31st in postseason play with 30 or more. The Warriors have gone 28-3 in those games.
His previous high for rebounds in a playoff game was 10, done four times.
Durant contributed 23 points and three blocked shots in 32 minutes, while Klay Thompson added 12 points and DeMarcus Cousins, playing in his first NBA playoff game, collected nine points and nine rebounds before fouling out.
The Warriors shot 49.5 percent for the game and hit 14 of 30 3-point attempts.
Harrell's 26 points came on 11-for-15 shooting and Williams hit 11-for-21 for the Clippers, who shot 40.4 percent overall and 11-for-30 on 3s.
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Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry bombed in a pair of 3-pointers apiece in a late flurry Tuesday night that allowed the Golden State Warriors to overtake the Utah Jazz, 115-108, in a battle of two of the NBA's hottest teams in Oakland, California.
The win was the Warriors' 16th in their past 17 games and gave them a 2-1 edge over the Jazz in a season series that saw the teams split games in Salt Lake City.
Utah lost for just the fourth time in its past 16 games.
The Jazz led by as many as seven points early in the fourth quarter and retained a 93-88 advantage with 8:41 remaining before the Warriors got their high-powered offense in gear.
Thompson began a 20-4, game-swinging run with 3-point and 2-point hoops, the latter drawing Golden State even at 93-all with 7:50 remaining.
After hoops by DeMarcus Cousins and Kevin Durant made it a 9-0 spree for the Warriors, Utah's Donovan Mitchell countered with a basket to narrow the Jazz's deficit to 97-95.
That's when Curry took charge, nailing back-to-back 3-pointers and then a layup in a personal 8-0 burst that opened a 10-point lead.
Ricky Rubio stopped the run with an interior hoop, but Thompson then connected from long range again, giving Golden State a 108-97 lead with just 3:51 remaining.
Durant (game-high 28 points), Curry (24) and Thompson (22) paced the Warriors, who wrap up their pre-All-Star break schedule at Portland on Wednesday night.
Cousins finished 12 points and 10 rebounds, and Andre Iguodala added 13 points for Golden State, which outshot Utah 49.4 percent to 47.1 percent from the floor.
Mitchell had a team-high 25 points for the Jazz, who had a two-game winning streak snapped.
Rudy Gobert recorded 13 points and 16 rebounds for Utah, while Rubio had 16 points, Derrick Favors and Royce O'Neale 13 apiece and Raul Neto 10.
The Jazz overcame a 14-point first quarter in which they made only five field goals to rally into the lead in the third period.
Utah trailed by as many as 11 in the first half but got within 47-44 by halftime and then took its first lead since the game's second minute on a 3-pointer by Mitchell with 4:39 left in the third quarter.
Utah's edge reached 91-84 on a pair of free throws by Neto with 9:51 remaining in the fourth quarter before the Warriors rallied.
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The Golden State Warriors made 24 of 25 shots bridging the second and third quarters Wednesday night, breaking open a close game en route to a 141-102 shellacking of the short-handed San Antonio Spurs in Oakland, Calif.
The Spurs elected to rest their top two scorers, LaMarcus Aldridge and DeMar DeRozan, in the second game of their eight-game "Rodeo Trip," with the second half of a back-to-back looming Thursday night against the Trail Blazers in Portland, Ore.
Facing a team that held them to 92 points in November, the Warriors led just 49-45 late in the second period before finishing the half 7-for-7, extending the advantage to 66-52 at halftime.
The two-time defending champs then made their first seven shots of the second half, a flurry they extended to 17 of 18 while turning the contest into a 114-81 blowout in the final minute of the third period.
The Warriors scored 49 points in the quarter, giving them 115 for three periods, the most ever allowed through three quarters in the Gregg Popovich era in San Antonio.
Klay Thompson had 26 points and Kevin Durant 23 for the Warriors, who won for the 13th time in their last 14 games.
Durant also found time in his 29 minutes to record team highs with eight rebounds and nine assists.
Stephen Curry had 19 points, DeMarcus Cousins 15, Andre Iguodala 11 and Kevon Looney 10 for Golden State, which accumulated 42 assists, the most by the Warriors this season.
Golden State shot 57.9 percent for the game and 16 of 34 on 3-pointers.
Pressed into his first start of the season with three regulars -- including Derrick White -- out of action, Patty Mills made four 3-pointers to lead the Spurs with 16 points.
Rudy Gay added 15 points, Davis Bertans 12, Dante Cunningham 11 and Bryn Forbes 10 for San Antonio, which began its long road excursion with a 127-112 loss at Sacramento on Monday.
The Spurs shot 43.2 percent, 12 of 32 on 3-pointers.
San Antonio hung within 53-50 on Mills' third 3-pointer of the first half with 3:04 remaining in the second period before the Warriors used three steals to ignite an 11-0 flurry.
Durant, Curry and Draymond Green had steals in the 1:38 spurt, with Iguodala benefiting with two dunks at the other end among five Golden State hoops.
The Warriors led 66-52 at the break, with Durant scoring 17 of his 23 and Thompson 16 of his 26.
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Stephen Curry led a comeback with seven 3-pointers in a 23-point third quarter Wednesday night as the Golden State Warriors rallied past the New Orleans Pelicans 147-140 in Oakland, Calif.
Curry finished with 41 points and Kevin Durant scored 30 as the Warriors, who have taken over the top spot in the Western Conference, capped an impressive sweep of Denver on the road and New Orleans at home on consecutive nights.
Anthony Davis had a 30-point, 18-rebound double-double with seven assists and Nikola Mirotic bombed in six 3-pointers in a 29-point effort for the Pelicans, who lost to the Warriors for the 22nd time in their last 24 regular-season meetings.
Playing for the third time on a five-game trip, the Pelicans used accurate 3-point shooting to go up by as many as 17 points in the first half and 16 in the third period before the Warriors rallied.
Curry's flurry helped produce a 44-point quarter that led to a 110-109 lead after three quarters, before the Warriors edged away on the strength of two late 3-pointers by Draymond Green.
Curry shot 9-for-17 on 3-pointers as the Warriors went 24-for-49 from beyond the arc, missing the NBA single-game record by two.
Green contributed four of their 24 3-pointers on a 17-point, 14-assist night.
Durant completed a double-double with a team-high 15 rebounds for Golden State, while Kevon Looney snatched 12 rebounds, including six on the offensive end, to complement seven points.
Klay Thompson (19 points), Shaun Livingston (13) and Andre Iguodala (13) also scored in double figures for the Warriors, who have won six in a row.
Mirotic's six 3-pointers contributed to the Pelicans' 19-for-37 performance from long distance. Julius Randle went 3-for-3 on 3's on his 23-point night.
Jrue Holiday chipped in with 25 points, E'Twaun Moore scored 17 and Elfrid Payton had a team-high 12 assists to go with seven points for New Orleans, which is just 6-18 on the road.
Both teams shot 48.0 percent from the field.
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Klay Thompson buried three consecutive 3-pointers in the first 70 seconds of the game Friday night as the Golden State Warriors ran away from the Chicago Bulls early on their way to a 146-109 victory in Oakland, California.
The win capped one of the highest-scoring, season-series sweeps in NBA history, with the Warriors having blown out the Bulls 149-124 in Chicago on Oct. 29.
No team had ever scored 149 and 146 points in a two-game season series against the Bulls in their franchise history.
Thompson, who broke the NBA record by making 14 3-pointers in the earlier meeting, hit 7 of 11 from beyond the arc in the rematch en route to a game-high 30 points.
He scored 52 points in the October game.
With Thompson leading the way, the Warriors scored 14 of the game's first 16 points and never looked back, rolling to a 31-8 lead and a 43-17 edge by the end of the first period.
Golden State was up 76-55 at halftime before coasting home for its third consecutive win.
Stephen Curry backed Thompson with 28 points and a game-high eight assists for the Warriors, and Kevin Durant added 22 points.
Curry's third of five 3-pointers in the game was the 2,283rd of his career, moving him past Jason Terry for third on the NBA all-time list behind Ray Allen (2,973) and Reggie Miller (2,560).
Thompson shot 10-for-18 overall, Curry 10-for-16 and Durant 7-for-11, leading the Warriors to a 57.6 percent shooting performance.
Backups Quinn Cook (15 points), Jordan Bell (13) and Marcus Derrickson (10) also scored in double figures for Golden State, which beat the Bulls for the fourth straight time.
Zach LaVine went for a team-high 29 points on 10-for-16 shooting for the Bulls, who were playing for the second time on a five-game Western trip.
Bobby Portis had 16 points, Antonio Blakeney 12 and Ryan Arcidiacono 10 for Chicago, which shot 44.9 percent. The Bulls lost their sixth game in a row.
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Klay Thompson connected on seven 3-pointers in a 43-point performance Tuesday night, helping the Golden State Warriors send the New York Knicks home after a 122-95 shellacking in Oakland, Calif.
Kevin Durant had 24 points and Stephen Curry complemented 14 points with a season-high 14 assists, enabling the Warriors to snap a three-game home losing streak.
Mario Hezonja scored a team-high 19 points for the Knicks, who completed a 14-day, six-game trip with a fifth loss, their second in two nights.
Thompson hit 18 of his 29 shots en route to his second 40-point game of the season. He had a season-best 52 at Chicago in October.
The 40-point-plus effort was the 12th of Thompson's career. The Warriors have won all 12 of those games.
Draymond Green was a second Warriors player with a double-double (11 rebounds, 10 assists), as Golden State completed its fifth straight season-series sweep of the Knicks.
New York hasn't beaten Golden State since March 2014.
The Warriors completed the first half of their season 27-14, six games behind last year's pace that produced the second-best regular-season record in the Western Conference.
Enes Kanter had a double-double for the Knicks with 12 points and a game-high 16 rebounds.
Tim Hardaway Jr. (13 points), Kevin Knox (12), Allonzo Trier (11) and Trey Burke (10) also scored in double figures for the Knicks, who reached their midpoint of their season at 10-31.
The Warriors outshot the Knicks 51 percent to 39.8.
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Stephen Curry scored on a drive with .5 seconds left to lift the Golden State Warriors to a 129-127 victory against the visiting Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday.
Curry finished with 42 points, Kevin Durant had 35 points and 12 rebounds, and Draymond Green contributed 14 points, six assists and five steals for the Warriors.
Tobias Harris had 32 points and nine rebounds, and Danilo Gallinari finished with 25 points and 11 rebounds for the Clippers, who shot 18 of 23 from 3-point range.
The Warriors took a nine-point lead, their biggest of the game, into the fourth quarter but watched the Clippers score the first eight points of the period. Los Angeles would eventually take a 117-116 lead on a bank shot by Montrezl Harrell with 4:26 left.
The Warriors scored the next nine points, however.
Curry's four-point play gave Golden State a 122-117 lead with 3:32 remaining, and Durant sank a 3-pointer on the next possession to make it 125-117.
The Clippers cut the deficit to 127-125 on a 3-pointer by Avery Bradley with 40.6 seconds left, and then tied the score on Bradley's dunk off an offensive rebound with 19.6 seconds left.
The Clippers had a foul to give, but did not use it as Curry drove into the lane for the winning basket.
After making a franchise-record 13 3-pointers in the first half and leading by as many as 11, the Clippers watched their lead dissolve late in the second quarter and into the third.
Golden State tied the score three times in the third before Curry gave the Warriors an 88-86 lead on two free throws with 4:02 left in the period.
Durant's 3-pointer with 1:52 left in the third extended the lead to 95-89 and his four-point play with 32 seconds remaining in the quarter made it 101-94.
The score was tied 36-36 entering the second quarter and was again tied, at 41-41, when Curry and Clippers point guard Patrick Beverley were called for technical fouls with 9:31 left in the first half.
Golden State took its biggest lead of the first half at 24-19 on a 3-pointer by Klay Thompson with 4:45 left in the first quarter, but the Clippers responded with a 10-2 run to take a 29-26 advantage.
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Jonas Jerebko scored 16 of his 23 points in a 34-12 run that bridged the third and fourth quarters Saturday night, rallying the Golden State Warriors to a 120-116 victory over the Dallas Mavericks in Oakland, Calif.
Attempting to avoid a fifth straight loss, the Mavericks outplayed the Warriors for more than 2 1/2 quarters and led 81-77 after a three-point play by J.J. Barea with 3:54 remaining in the third period.
But Jerebko and Kevin Durant had seven points apiece in a 17-6 burst to finish the third quarter, giving the Warriors a 94-87 lead.
Jerebko (nine points) and Stephen Curry (six) then combined for all but two of the points in another 17-6 flurry to open the fourth period and push the Golden State advantage to 111-93 with 7:51 to go.
The Mavericks weren't done. Wesley Matthews buried two 3-pointers and Jalen Brunson one, helping Dallas get within 117-113 with still 1:46 to play.
After Harrison Barnes made it a two-point game with 1:20 to go, DeAndre Jordan had a chance to draw the Mavericks even, but made just one of two free throws with 59.5 seconds left.
Dallas then stole the ball from Draymond Green, but Barnes misfired on a 3-pointer, after which Durant connected on a three for the Warriors, giving them a four-point cushion with 15.6 seconds remaining.
Durant finished with 29 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists for the Warriors, who complete a home back-to-back with a game against the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday night.
Green also logged a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds, while Stephen Curry chipped in with 22 points and Klay Thompson 14.
Jordan grabbed a game-high 23 rebounds to complement 12 points for the Mavericks, who had beaten the Warriors 112-109 at home last month.
Matthews (25 points), Luka Doncic (19), Barnes (17), Barea (11), Brunson (10) and Dorian Finney-Smith (10) also scored in double figures for Dallas, which completes a four-game Western swing on Sunday night at Portland.
--Field Level Media
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Andre Iguodala returned from a three-game absence to hit two second-quarter 3-pointers Monday night, helping the Golden State Warriors pull away from the Memphis Grizzlies for a 110-93 victory in Oakland, Calif.
Kevin Durant had 23 points, Stephen Curry 20 and Klay Thompson and Jonas Jerebko 16 apiece for the Warriors, who won for the sixth time in their past seven games.
Omri Casspi, a member of Golden State's championship team last season, had a team-high 20 points for the Grizzlies, who found out shortly before game time that star point guard Mike Conley would be unavailable due to a sore hamstring.
The Warriors wasted little time taking control, leading by as many as 10 points in the first quarter and then 30-24 before Iguodala (two), Jerebko (one) and Curry (one) combined for four 3-pointers, helping the hosts run off to as much as a 25-point lead in the second period.
The Grizzlies got no closer than 12 in the second half.
Jerebko connected on four of his seven 3-point attempts for the Warriors, who outscored the Grizzlies 36-21 from beyond the arc.
Iguodala, who had been bothered by a sore hip, wound up with 10 points.
The win was the Warriors' fifth straight at home over Memphis, all by at least 12 points.
Casspi shot 8-for-10 from the field en route to his season-high point total. He hadn't scored more than 12 points previously for Memphis.
Marc Gasol had 15 points, Kyle Anderson 14 and Garrett Temple 13 for the Grizzlies, who were opening a four-game trip. Memphis lost for the fifth time in six games.
Gasol had game-high assist honors with six.
The Grizzlies outshot the Warriors overall 45.6 percent to 43.5 percent.
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Kyle Lowry scored eight of his team-high 23 points in an early runaway Wednesday night as the Toronto Raptors completed a season-series sweep over the Golden State Warriors with a 113-93 romp in Oakland, California.
Lowry (12 assists) and Serge Ibaka (20 points, 12 rebounds) recorded double-doubles, helping Toronto snap a 13-game losing streak at Golden State that dated back to 2004.
The Raptors had recorded a 131-128 overtime win over the two-time defending champs when the teams met in Toronto late last month.
Kevin Durant led all scorers with 30 points on 13-for-22 shooting for the Warriors, who were held to their third-lowest output of the season.
Lowry scored eight points, Ibaka had six points and Danny Green and Fred VanVleet added 3-pointers as Toronto ran out to a 22-9 lead in the first 6:18 of the game.
In running their road record to 12-3 overall, including 7-0 against Western Conference teams, the Raptors built a 57-41 halftime advantage. The Warriors never got closer than 12 in the second half.
Green finished with 15 points, Pascal Siakam 13 and VanVleet 10 for Toronto, which was playing the night after opening a four-game trip with a 123-99 win over the Los Angeles Clippers.
The Raptors improved to 6-0 on the second night of back-to-backs, doing so despite not having Kawhi Leonard, who sat out both games due to a sore right hip.
Early in the second quarter, Toronto center Jonas Valanciunas suffered a dislocated left thumb and did not return after getting slapped in the hand by Draymond Green. No foul was called on the play.
Klay Thompson was held to 14 points and Stephen Curry 10 for the Warriors, who had a four-game winning streak snapped.
Thompson missed all five of his 3-point attempts and Curry went just 2-for-8 from beyond the arc as Golden State shot just 23.1 percent (6-for-26) on 3-point tries.
The Warriors had made at least 18 3-pointers in each of their previous three games.
Quinn Cook had 13 points for the Warriors.
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Draymond Green returned from an 11-game absence with a solid all-around performance, and Stephen Curry led a barrage from 3-point range with a game-high 38 points Monday, lifting the Golden State Warriors to a 116-108 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves in Oakland, Calif.
Green, who had seen the Warriors go just 6-5 while he recovered from a bruised toe, contributed seven points, 10 rebounds and seven assists to Golden State's fourth straight win.
Karl-Anthony Towns paced Minnesota with 31 points and a game-high 11 rebounds.
The Warriors led by just six at halftime before easing away in the second half on the strength of 3-point shooting.
Green put in 29 minutes in his return. He finished with the game's best plus/minus rating (plus-11).
Curry hit 7 of 14 from beyond the arc, while teammates Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson combined for eight more, helping Golden State outscore the Timberwolves 57-21 on 3-pointers by hitting 19 of 43 from beyond the arc.
Curry, who returned from a groin injury during the Warriors' recently complete trip, topped 30 points for the ninth time this season. Golden State has gone 8-1 in those games.
Thompson finished with 26 points and Durant 22 for the Warriors, who complete a two-game homestand with a showdown with the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night.
Jonas Jerebko added 10 points, including a pair of 3-pointers, off the bench for Golden State, which shot better from 3-point range (44.2 percent) than overall (41.9 percent).
Towns' 30-point game was his fifth of the season, the double-double his 16th.
Derrick Rose and Andrew Wiggins complemented Towns with 21 and 20 points, respectively, for the Timberwolves, who shot just 7-for-25 on 3-point tries.
Dario Saric had 13 points for Minnesota, while Jeff Teague collected a game-high 11 assists before fouling out.
The Timberwolves, who had won six of their previous eight games, outshot the Warriors overall for the game, hitting 45.8 percent from the floor.
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Kevin Durant scored eight of his 49 points in the final 1:19 Monday night, rallying the Golden State Warriors to a 116-110 victory over the Orlando Magic in Oakland, Calif.
Durant connected on 16 of his 33 shots, four of his 10 3-point attempts and all 13 of his free throws en route to the fifth-highest scoring game of his career. The 49 points were his high since he poured in 51 for Oklahoma City at Toronto in March 2014.
The Warriors trailed by as many as 18 points before chipping away in the third and fourth quarters, finally taking a 102-100 lead on a 3-pointer by Klay Thompson with 5:26 to go.
After Orlando gathered itself to go back up by three, another 3-pointer by Thompson drew the Warriors even at 107-all with 1:45 left before Durant took over.
He put the Warriors up by three with a three-point play with 1:19 to go, then boosted the lead to four with a 3-pointer after Terrence Ross had pulled the Magic back within 110-109 on a dunk with 1:11 left.
Durant completed his game-ending flurry with a pair of clinching free throws, delivering Golden State its third win in four days after they lost four in a row.
Thompson backed Durant with 29 points, as Golden State's two healthy All-Stars combined for 78 points while their teammates combined for 38.
Nikola Vucevic had 30 points and Ross 28 for the Magic, who had won in Los Angeles against the Lakers on Sunday afternoon.
Vucevic completed a double-double with a game-high 12 rebounds.
Jonathan Isaac (15) an Mo Bamba (11) also scored in double figures for Orlando, which lost its 11th straight to Golden State.
The Magic led 39-36 in the fifth minute of the second quarter before exploding into an 18-point lead on the strength of a 19-4 burst. Ross had a four-point play and another 3-pointer to cap the run.
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Klay Thompson capped a 31-point performance with a put-back of his own miss with 5.8 seconds remaining Saturday night to give the Golden State Warriors a 117-116 victory over the Sacramento Kings in Oakland, Calif.
Kevin Durant poured in a game-high 44 points, including 17 in the fourth quarter, to help the Warriors outrace their Northern California rivals down the stretch en route to their second home win in two nights.
The Warriors snapped a four-game losing streak with a 125-97 triumph over the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night.
Durant hit two free throws to break a 113-113 tie with 1:27 remaining, before the Kings rallied to a 116-115 lead on one foul shot by Marvin Bagley III with 1:08 to go and two more from De'Aaron Fox with 26.6 seconds left.
On the Warriors' next trip down the floor, Durant misfired but the rebound was deflected to Thompson, whose driving attempt in traffic was off the mark.
Thompson, however, was the first to the carom off the backboard, dropping the ball back into the hoop for the winner.
After a timeout, Buddy Hield missed on a driving banker, after which the rebound became stuck between the rim and backboard, requiring a jump ball with 2.1 seconds to go.
The Kings, attempting to beat the Warriors for the third straight time in Oakland, regained possession of the ball but couldn't get up another shot.
Durant's 44 points came on 13-for-26 shooting from the field, while Thompson connected on 12 of 26 shots.
They combined for 75 points with the rest of the Golden State roster combining for just 42.
Damian Jones had 13 of those 42 points.
Durant also found time for 13 rebounds and seven assists.
Hield had a team-high 28 points for the Kings, who hadn't played since winning 119-110 at Utah on Wednesday.
Bagley recorded a 20-point, 17-rebound double-double off the bench, while Iman Shumpert (14), Justin Jackson (12), Harry Giles (10) and Bogdan Bogdanovic (10) also scored in double figures.
Fox finished with nine points and a game-high nine assists.
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Dennis Schroder scored 10 of his game-high 32 points in a second-quarter run that gave the Oklahoma City Thunder the lead for good Wednesday night in a 123-95 blowout of the Golden State Warriors in Oakland, Calif.
Russell Westbrook recorded a triple-double, Steven Adams and Jerami Grant had double-doubles, and Paul George poured in 25 points as the Thunder used balance to overcome a two-man show by Golden State's Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson.
The only downside for Oklahoma City was an ugly injury sustained by Hamidou Diallo. The rookie landed awkwardly on his left leg midway through the fourth quarter and was taken off on a stretcher.
Durant had a 27-point, 14-rebound double-double, and Thompson also scored 27, but it wasn't enough to prevent Golden State from losing a fourth straight for the first time under head coach Steve Kerr.
The Warriors once again played without injured Stephen Curry and Draymond Green.
Golden State led 31-29 in the second quarter before Schroder scored 10 straight Oklahoma City points to ignite a 23-6 spurt that opened a 52-37 lead with 3:53 left in the half.
The Warriors rallied within three in the third quarter and were down just 89-85 with 10:27 remaining in the game before Oklahoma City put another run together, this one 14 straight points to blow the game open.
Schroder had five points, including his fifth 3-pointer of the game, in the fourth-quarter burst.
Westbrook, who returned from a six-game absence in Monday's loss at Sacramento, complemented Schroder's scoring with 11 points, 11 rebounds and a game-high 13 assists, his first triple-double of the season.
Adams had 20 points and 11 rebounds, while Grant put up 14 points and 11 rebounds, helping the Thunder win for an 11th time in their past 13 games after an 0-4 start.
Durant shot 11-for-22 but just 1-for-5 on 3-pointers, and Thompson was 10-for-22 for Golden State, which beat Oklahoma City 108-100 at home on opening night.
Damion Lee was the only other Warrior to score in double figures with 13 points.
The Thunder outscored Golden State 39-21 on 3-pointers, with the Warriors making just 7 of 29 attempts.
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