SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14 (BNA): Andrew Wiggins has 29 points and seven rebounds, Klay Thompson has 27, and the Golden State Warriors beat the Washington Wizards 135-126 Monday night in their last home game before the All-Star. break.
JaMychal Green went 4 of 4 from deep and made all 5 of his field goals for 14 points to go with 5 assists. Donte DiVincenzo added 17 points off the bench, while Kevon Looney contributed 13 points and 13 rebounds as the Warriors shut down a two-game skid. The defending champions played without Stephen Curry for the fourth straight game due to a left leg injury that will sideline him until sometime after the All-Star break.
Kristaps Porcingis scored 34 points on 12-of-16 for the Wizards, who have won 8 of 11 and five of their previous six games on the road. Bradley Bell added 33 points and reached 15,000 career points. The Associated Press reported that he received $25,000 from the NBA earlier in the day to make contact with a game official in the third quarter on Saturday against Indiana.
The Warriors swept the season series with a 127-118 win in Washington last month.
The Wizards used a 14-3 run late in the first half to build a 39-29 lead after the opening period, but Golden State’s 42-point second quarter put the Warriors ahead 71-66 at the break.
Peyton Health
Newly acquired Golden State guard Gary Payton II will be out for at least a month as he fully recovers from off-season surgery for a core muscle injury, and Warriors general manager Bob Myers is awaiting a decision from the NBA on whether Portland withheld anything about Payton’s health ahead of his trade this week. the past.
Myers hopes the defensive guard will return before the playoffs. Payton was listed on the injury report with pain in the right adductor muscle, stemming from the abdominal region.
“What do I want? Whatever the NBA says is fair, whatever that is,” Myers said Monday of receiving any possible compensation from the Trail Blazers. “I just want a fair result. I don’t know, whatever it takes, I don’t know how long.”
Payton received a standing ovation when he was welcomed back to the big screen at halftime.
Tip-ins
Wizards: J. Kyle Kuzma, who came in as a doubt, missed the second straight game due to a sprained left ankle that kept him out of the 127-113 rout of the Pacers. Coach Wes Unseld Jr. is hoping Kuzma will return Tuesday night to Portland. … The Wizards lost seven of nine on the Warriors’ home ground.
WARRIORS: Coach Steve Kerr received the whistle for his sixth technique of the season 3:32 before halftime. … The Warriors play their twelfth consecutive game. … Golden State has recorded 40 assists and served 30 or more in a league-best 32 games.
the next
Wizards: Visit the Trail Blazers on Tuesday night for a tough back-to-back trail finish.
Warriors: At the Clippers on Tuesday night to complete a back-to-back home game before the All-Star break
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