Klay Thompson scored 27 of his season-high 43 points in the third quarter as the Golden State Warriors responded to their first loss after a 24-0 start by beating the Phoenix Suns 128-103 on Wednesday night.
Stephen Curry added 25 points on 10-of-14 shooting and seven assists as Golden State returned home from a two-week trip that ended with their lone defeat, 108-95 on Saturday night in Milwaukee. That also ended a 28-game overall winning streak by the Warriors, the second-longest in NBA history.
Draymond Green had 16 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for his fourth triple-double this season.
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Mirza Teletovic scored 24 points off the bench to lead the Suns, whose poor showing sent the sellout crowd to the exits midway through the fourth.
San Antonio’s Kawhi Leonard scored 27 points as the Spurs set a club record with their 23rd straight home victory, rolling past the Washington Wizards 114-95.
LaMarcus Aldridge added 14 points, while Manu Ginobili and Patty Mills each had 11 for San Antonio. The Spurs moved to 14-0 at home and 22-5 overall.
John Wall and Marcin Gortat had 20 points each for the Wizards.
In New York, Dwyane Wade scored 10 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter, while Hassan Whiteside had 20 points and 13 rebounds to help the Miami Heat beat the Brooklyn Nets 104-98.
Goran Dragic added 16 points, Gerald Green had 13 and Justise Winslow 11 for Miami in the Heat’s third straight victory. Brook Lopez scored 25 points, and Jarrett Jack had 22 points and 10 assists for the Nets. They dropped the final three games of their six-game homestand.
The Los Angeles Clippers overcame center DeAndre Jordan’s ejection to down the Milwaukee Bucks 103-90 after Chris Paul had 21 points and eight assists.
Jordan had nine points and eight rebounds in 18 minutes. He left with 6 minutes, 49 seconds remaining in the third after getting a pair technical fouls from referee Marc Davis with the Clippers leading 66-52. The calls stemmed from a battle over a loose ball with Bucks guard Michael Carter-Williams.
Carmelo Anthony had 20 points, 15 rebounds and nine assists for the Knicks and Arron Afflalo scored 29 points as New York beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 107-102.
Kristaps Porzingis had 11 points, six rebounds, six blocks and three assists for the Knicks in his first matchup against fellow rookie and No. 1 pick Karl-Anthony Towns.
Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant scored 24 points to lead the Thunder past the Portland Trail Blazers 106-90 for their sixth straight victory, while Jimmy Butler scored 24 points and Derrick Rose added 19 as the Chicago Bulls beat the Memphis Grizzlies 98-85.
In other games, the Atlanta Hawks trounced the Philadelphia 76ers 127-106 to end a three-game losing streak, the Indiana Pacers dominated the Dallas Mavericks 107-81, the Orlando Magic defeated the Charlotte Hornets 113-98, the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Utah Jazz 104-94 and the Detroit Pistons were 119-116 winners over the Boston Celtics.
A sumo star was born in Japan on Sunday when 24-year-old Takerufuji became the first wrestler in 110 years to win a top-division tournament on his debut, triumphing at the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka despite injuring his ankle on the penultimate day. Takerufuji, whose injury had left him in a wheelchair outside the ring, shoved out the higher-ranked Gonoyama at the Edion Arena Osaka to the delight of the crowd, giving him an unassailable record of 13 wins and two losses to claim the Emperor’s Cup. “I did it just through willpower. I didn’t really know what was going
The US’ Ilia Malinin on Saturday produced six scintillating quadruple jumps, including a quadruple Axel, in the men’s free skate to capture his first figure skating world title. The 19-year-old nicknamed the “Quad god,” who is the only skater to land a quadruple Axel in competition, dazzled with an array of breathtakingly executed jumps starting with his quad Axel and including a quadruple Lutz in combination with a triple flip and a quadruple toe loop in combination with a triple toe. He added an unexpected triple-triple combination at the end to earn a world-record 227.79 in the free program for a championship
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