Golden State Warriors’ Klay Thompson (left) goes for a basket against Hassan Whiteside of Miami Heat in their NBA game at the American Airlines Arena in Miami on Wednesday. The Warriors won 118-112. (Photo: AP )
Golden State Warriors’ Klay Thompson (left) goes for a basket against Hassan Whiteside of Miami Heat in their NBA game at the American Airlines Arena in Miami on Wednesday. The Warriors won 118-112. (Photo: AP )
Reigning league MVP Stephen Curry and guard Klay Thompson combined for 75 points as the Golden State Warriors rallied to beat Miami 118-112 on Wednesday for their 14th win in the last 15 games.
Curry finished with 42 points, seven assists and seven rebounds to lead Golden State’s offensive juggernaut which recently became the quickest team in NBA history to 50 wins.
“That’s Steph and Klay and that’s what they do,” said Warriors coach Steve Kerr. “When they both do it on the same night that is when we are tough to beat,” Kerr added.
The Warriors lead the league in three point accuracy and nobody does it better than Curry. He tied an NBA record on Wednesday with his 127th straight game with a three-pointer.
The milestone basket came on his first points of the contest in front of a crowd of 19,900 at Miami’s AmericanAirlines Arena. Curry can pass Atlanta Hawks forward Kyle Korver for the record with another three pointer when the Warriors visit Orlando on Thursday.
Thompson had a streak of 15 straight Warriors points in the fourth quarter.
“We are moving the ball and playing unselfish,” said Thompson. “It is contagious. It is beautiful basketball and fun to watch.”
The Warriors also got 10 points and 11 rebounds from forward Draymond Green.
The Heat were led by guard Dwyane Wade’s 32 points — his second 30-plus game this season. The Heat also got 21 points and 13 rebounds from centre Hassan Whiteside and a career-high 15 points from guard Josh Richardson.
The Warriors have now won four straight over the Heat who suffered just their fourth loss in their last 13 and their first since the all-star break.
Elsewhere, LeBron James rebounded from one of his worst games of the season to score 23 points and Channing Frye came off the bench to score 15 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Charlotte Hornets 114-103.
James equalled a season low with 12 points and committed six turnovers in Monday’s loss to the Detroit Pistons.
Frye, who was playing just his second game with Cleveland, had essentially fallen out of favour with the Orlando Magic before his trade to the Cavaliers.
“It took me a little bit to get used to being open. When they start yelling at you, you just have to say, ‘Screw it’ and start shooting,” Fyre said.
