San Francisco, Feb. 5 (U.S.): Stephen Curry went down and the Golden Warriors once again had to fight like crazy to close out a game.
Curry had 21 points, seven assists and six rebounds before spraining his left leg while on defense late in the third quarter. The defending NBA champions defeated Dallas 119-113 Saturday night and the undermanned Mavericks lost injured superstar Luka Doncic, Associated Press. mentioned.
Curry’s X-ray was negative, the Warriors said, and he will undergo an MRI test.
“Anytime anyone is going to have an MRI, there is definitely a level of anxiety,” said trainer Steve Kerr. “So we just have to wait and see the results.”
Draymond Green added 17 points, nine rebounds and nine assists, while JaMychal Green scored 14 points and Jonathan Cuminga and Donte DiVincenzo 13 in another big performance off the bench that helped Golden State build a 40-23 lead after the first.
After that, the warriors finally had to hold out again.
“I think when we start working, we stop doing the things that work,” said Draymond Green. “When you have something that works throughout the game, you can’t get away from it.”
Spencer Dinwiddie had 25 points, Tim Hardaway Jr. had 22 and Dorian Feeney Smith had 18 as the Mavs won two straight and three of four. They’ve won their last three games against the Warriors and 10 of 12 overall in the series.
But Doncic accounts for 33.4 points, 8.9 rebounds and 8.2 assists per game for Dallas. He bruised his right heel in the third quarter of a 111-106 home win against New Orleans on Thursday night. Coach Jason Kidd said Doncic will also miss Monday’s game in Utah and then he’ll see how the team progresses.
The Warriors struggled to finish the games and allowed the Mavericks to get a 116-111 lead on the Hardaway 3 with 1:28 left but managed to pull it off even with the 30th watch.
“I’m happy with the win, but I’m disappointed with the way we finished, so we have to do better,” Kerr said.
Dinwiddie moved into Doncic’s starting lineup and shot 9-for-17, receiving a technical at the 6:10 mark of the first quarter after an offensive foul against him.
Draymond Green and Klay Thompson both started for the defending champions after entering the game listed as questionable; Green with right calf tightness and non-COVID Thompson disease. Thompson scored 14 points.
Dallas embarked on a second five-game road trip in about a month. It was the Mavs’ first visit to the Chase Center since the Warriors advanced to the NBA Finals with a win in Game 5 in the Western Conference Finals.
Golden State made 5 of their first 8 shots to jump ahead 11-2 and force a timeout of 2:36 into the game.
Dallas won the first meeting of the season 116-113 in November.
KUMINGA’S ADVANTAGE
Second-year forward Cuminga reached the 1,000-point milestone and at 20 years, 121 days, became the youngest Warriors player in franchise history to achieve the feat.
“He’s a special talent,” said Draymond Green.
Tip-ins
Mavericks: With four steals, Dwight Powell passed Feeney-Smith to move into 14th on the team’s all-time list with 355. … All-Star break. … F Christian Wood (broken left thumb) scuffled and did a good job and will continue to progress with the work on court. Kidd said… F/C Maxi Kleber (right hamstring tear) is getting better and had a good rehab session on Friday.
WARRIORS: Andrew Wiggins continues to progress after a grueling stint in which he missed 15 games and then three more due to a strained quadriceps and a non-COVID illness. He returned for the three matches for the final trip, and Kerr remarked: “I think in all three matches on the trip he looked a lot like him both physically and wisely. I fully expect him to keep it up, and when that happens the shots will start to come in.”
Wiggins had nine points on 4-for-6 shooting. … Golden State had 16 first-quarter points off the bench and went 40-23, with 12 assists on 17 field goals. The Warriors finished with 33 assists.
the next
Mavericks: Visit Utah Monday night.
Warriors: Host Oklahoma City Monday night after winning seven straight and three straight at home against the Thunder.
Rial