Curry pours in 36 points as Warriors drop the Heat
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Stephen Curry scored 36 points and handed out 12 assists and David Lee scored 32 points as the Golden State Warriors beat the Miami Heat 123-114 on Thursday and extended the NBA’s longest current winning streak to seven games.
Curry was 13 for 22 from the field and 8 for 15 from beyond the arc for Golden State. Lee added 14 rebounds, Klay Thompson scored 16 points and Harrison Barnes had 15 for the Warriors.
LeBron James scored 26 points and Dwyane Wade added 22 for the Heat, which had all five starters in double figures. But the Heat allowed Golden State to shoot 56 percent and finish with a 40-31 rebounding edge.
Elsewhere, New York’s two struggling teams surprised a pair of power Western Conference clubs on the road.
The New York Knicks, with Carmelo Anthony back in the lineup after sitting out three games with an ankle injury, beat the San Antonio Spurs 105-101, while the Brooklyn Nets defeated the San Antonio Spurs 95-93.
Iman Shumpert scored a career-high 27 points, including the tiebreaking tip-in with 23.4 seconds left, and Anthony had 27 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Knicks, who ended a three-game losing streak.
In other games, the Portland Trail Blazers matched a club record by sinking 21 3-pointers, shooting 63.6 percent from behind the arc, in a 134-104 rout of the Charlotte Bobcats.
Cleveland’s Anderson Varejao hit two crucial jumpers in overtime and tied a franchise record with a career-high 25 rebounds as the Cavaliers beat the Orlando Magic 87-85.
Chicago’s Joakim Noah had 17 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists to lead the Bulls past the Boston Celtics 94-82.
The Memphis Grizzlies overcame a career-high 33 points from Slovenian Goran Dragic to defeat the Phoenix Suns 99-91 on the road.
Philadelphia’s Thaddeus Young had 28 points and Evan Turner added 24 as the 76ers defeated the Sacramento Kings 113-104 for their third straight victory.
And the Utah Jazz held off the Milwaukee Bucks 96-87.
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