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3/02/2016

Without Steph Curry, Warriors Top Hawks To Stay Flawless At Home

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Draymond Green in some way or another got Andrew Bogut's pattern spare go at his knees and stayed away from a jumping Kent Bazemore, then let the ball fly as his legs split noticeable all around. 

Green hit a reeling 3-pointer as the shot clock lapsed with 40.2 seconds staying in additional time, and the Golden State Warriors got away with a 109-105 win against the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night while Stephen Curry viewed in road garments with a harmed lower leg. 

"It's only a franticness hurl," Green said. "It's only something or other here and there the ball just skips your direction and that one succumbed to me, dissimilar to a great deal of alternate ones."
Klay Thompson made a thumbs up 3-pointer with 2:54 remaining and another huge wicker container at the 11.4-second check while in transit to 26 focuses. The Warriors won their second in a row extra time diversion to gain an establishment best 43rd straight consistent season home triumph and 25th in succession this season. 

Brilliant State (54-5) can tie the Bulls' 44-amusement unbeaten imprint at home from March 30, 1995, to April 4, 1996, when the Warriors host Oklahoma City on Thursday. They are likewise pursuing the '95-96 Chicago group's record 72-win season. 



The Warriors won their 6th straight by and large, enhanced to 5-0 in OT and haven't lost at Oracle Arena since a 113-111 annihilation to the Bulls on Jan. 27, 2015.

Atlanta's Paul Millsap missed a completely open 3-pointer with 24 seconds left in regulation, and afterward Thompson and Bogut each missed potential winning shots in the end seconds.

Millsap scored 19 focuses for Atlanta, which aroused from a 14-direct shortfall toward power extra time before dropping to 0-4 in OT.


Ruling NBA MVP Curry sat out with a delicate left lower leg he harmed at Oklahoma City on Saturday night before hitting the long, winning 3-pointer in additional time. Curry, with three straight 40-point recreations, was named Western Conference Player of the Week on Monday in the wake of averaging 43.8 focuses more than four amusements. 

No Curry squared with some no-shows the same number of prime seats were empty.

Shaun Livingston began in Curry's place and had six focuses, seven bounce back and three helps with his 600th profession diversion. Leandro Barbosa fell off the seat to score nine of his 11 focuses in his initial 5 minutes on the floor, while Bogut twisted up with 19 focuses. 

The Warriors commenced March by the playing the first of 17 recreations over the last 24 at Oracle Arena after only two at home in February.

Green — playing some point monitor with Curry out — included 15 focuses, 13 bounce back, nine helps and four takes in Golden State's first home amusement since Feb. 9.

His grasp shot implied bounty three days after his halftime upheaval in Oklahoma City and resulting statement of regret.

"Draymond was expected, he truly was. He hasn't been making his 3s much of late however in some cases when you're battling like that you simply motivate one to go by one means or another," mentor Steve Kerr said. "More than anything it was to the attention to get it up on the edge. He just got fortunate with the shot going in yet he earned it." 

The Warriors simply finished an amazing 6-1 trip in which they won the last five after a 137-105 misfortune at Portland on Feb. 19 — and fixed their playoff compartment, as well, in the journey for another title. 

Atlanta had won two in succession driving into its four-amusement street swing out West.

"They made two or three intense shots, insane shots, and obnoxiously we didn't get entirely enough to go down for us," Hawks mentor Mike Budenholzer said. 

Brilliant State played consecutive additional time amusements interestingly since Dec. 13-14, 2005, a win at Seattle and a misfortune against Houston.


HOME COOKING 

A while later, Kerr praised his group on keeping the home winning streak going under intense circumstances.

"I said, 'What number of home wins in succession is that?' And everyone had a clear gaze all over, so our folks have no idea what number of we've won consecutively," he said. "It's a wellspring of pride controlling our own particular floor. We've made a mind blowing showing of that since a year ago." 

TIP-INS 

Birds of prey: Atlanta marked veteran forward Kris Humphries, adding experienced profundity to the Hawks' forefront. Humphries was waived by Phoenix on Sunday subsequent to averaging 7.3 focuses in four recreations. He was 0 for 9 from the field in his last diversion against the Nets on Thursday. ... The Hawks lost their third straight by and large to Golden State and fourth in succession in Oakland. 

Warriors: Mo Speights hit a couple of 3s in the fourth and had a highlight-reel commendable square of Al Horford in the first. ... Curry missed his third amusement subsequent to sitting out Dec. 30-31 with a wounded lower left leg. ... Swingman Andre Iguodala did not dress, sidelined while managing snugness in his left hamstring. ... Brilliant State last won four directly at home versus Atlanta from Feb. 23, 2003, to Nov. 2, 2005. ... The Warriors turned into the speediest group to 50 wins in NBA history when they won 102-92 at Atlanta on Feb. 22. ... The Warriors' three first-half turnovers coordinated their least in the opening a large portion of this season.

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