Washington Wizards centre Marcin Gortat dunks in their NBA game against the Los Angeles Clippers in Los Angeles on Sunday. The Clippers won 114-109. (Photo: AP)
Washington Wizards centre Marcin Gortat dunks in their NBA game against the Los Angeles Clippers in Los Angeles on Sunday. The Clippers won 114-109. (Photo: AP)
Stephen Curry scored 39 points as the Golden State Warriors bounced back from defeat with a 136-111 rout of the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday.
The Warriors, whose charge towards a season record of 73 wins stumbled with a defeat to Boston on Friday, improved to 69-8.
The Warriors have won every match that has immediately followed each of their eight defeats this season.
No team has ever finished a season without at least one set of consecutive losses.
Curry was once again the talisman for the Warriors, making nine of the Warriors’ 18 three-pointers.
Curry also chipped in with six rebounds and seven assists, but was almost outscored by Portland point guard Damian Lillard, who poured in 38 points.
Elsewhere on Sunday, LeBron James paid tribute to Cleveland’s endurance as the Cavaliers scored a 112-103 victory over the Charlotte Hornets.
James scored 31 points and made 12 assists while J.R. Smith chipped in with 27 points as the Cavaliers shrugged off a grueling recent schedule to improve to 55-22.
The Cavaliers had been taken to the wire in an overtime victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday after a win over Brooklyn the previous night.
After arriving back in Cleveland in the early hours of Saturday the Cavs were required to do it all over again with an early afternoon start against the Hornets.
Sunday’s win was their fourth in five, heading into the final five games of the regular season.
