Sporting Alert – Warriors make record start and Curry scored 40 plus points for the third time this season. NBA scores and results from Nov. 12 games.
WARRIORS 129, TIMBERWOLVES 116
MINNEAPOLIS — Stephen Curry scored 46 points and the Golden State Warriors beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 129-116 on Thursday night to record a franchise-best start to a season.
The Warriors were also making a 5-0 start on the road for the first time in franchise history, while becoming the 14th team ever to open the season with a 10-0 record.
Curry, who shot 15 of 25 from the field, including 8 three-pointers, scored 21 of his total points in the first quarter on his way to collecting his second-highest tally of the season, following his 53 point performance against the New Orleans Pelicans on Oct. 31.
According to ESPN Stats and Info, the reigning MVP became the first Golden State player with three 40-point games in the team’s opening 10 games of the season since Rick Barry did so during the 1974-75 campaign.
Curry also had five rebounds, four assists and two steals in the win for the Warriors (10-0).
Draymond Green added 23 points on 8 of 10 shooting, as well as 12 rebounds, two steals and two blocks, while Klay Thompson scored 15 points and Harrison Barnes 14 for Golden State.
Andrew Wiggins scored 19 points and five assists and Karl-Anthony Towns, posting his sixth double-double in the last eight games, collected 17 points and 11 rebounds to lead the way for the Timberwolves in the defeat at Target Center.
Shabazz Muhammad scored 16 points, Kevin Martin added 15 points and six assists and Zach LaVine finished with 13 points for Minnesota (4-4) which dropped two straight.
Gorgui Dieng and Andre Miller each scored 11 points apiece.
HEAT 92, JAZZ 91
Great Team Win!!! How about that Tyler Johnson tho ??? #heatnation
— DWade (@DwyaneWade) November 13, 2015
MIAMI — Chris Bosh scored 25 points, eight rebounds and four blocks, including a key one on Alec Burks, and the Miami Heat held on for a 92-91 win over the Utah Jazz on Thursday night.
Reserve guard Tyler Johnson added 17 points, including five points in the final 1:48, while Goran Dragic finished with 14 points in the win for Miami, which played without leading guard Dwyane Wade, who missed the game because of a family emergency.
Wade was keeping a close eye on the action, though, especially on Johnson, who stepped up in his absence to knock down some buckets.
“Great Team Win!!! How about that Tyler Johnson tho ??? #heatnation,” Wade wrote on his official Twitter account.
“It wasn’t just me. We all had to step up with @DwyaneWade out tonight,” Tyler Johnson tweeted after the game.
“It wasn’t just me. We all had to step up with @DwyaneWade out tonight.” -Tyler Johnson pic.twitter.com/aEnD3uIMIp
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) November 13, 2015
Hassan Whiteside grabbed 14 rebounds for Miami (6-3) in the win.
Meanwhile, Derrick Favors led Utah with 25 points and 12 rebounds, while Gordon Hayward added 24 points and 11 rebounds and Alec Burks finished with 24 points in the defeat for the Utah Jazz (4-4), who dropped two in a row.
NBA SCORES AND RESULTS
Thursday, November 12
HEAT 92, JAZZ 91
WARRIORS 129, TIMBERWOLVES 116
SUNS 118, LA CLIPPERS 104
