{"id":24377,"date":"2017-03-15T09:09:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T09:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=24377"},"modified":"2017-03-15T09:09:32","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T09:09:32","slug":"warriors-clip-76ers-end-3-game-losing-streak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/nba\/warriors-clip-76ers-end-3-game-losing-streak.html","title":{"rendered":"Warriors clip 76ers to end 3-game losing streak"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWarriors clip 76ers to end 3-game losing streak<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
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\n\tWarriors clip 76ers to end 3-game losing streak:- Even after a series of misses from deep where he makes his money, Stephen Curry kept letting it fly from long range.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThen, at last, the ball started falling.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tCurry scored 29 points on his 29th birthday, Klay Thompson added 28 and the Golden State Warriors used a frenetic fourth-quarter rally to snap a three-game skid and beat the Philadelphia 76ers 106-104 on Tuesday night.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t“It’s frustrating only because in the moment, everything feels good. You want to make shots, as a competitor and a gamer, that’s what you expect to happen,” Curry said. “It’s one of those things you just will yourself through.”<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tDario Saric intentionally missed his second free throw with 2.6 seconds remaining to try to give the Sixers one last shot, but Curry secured the ball.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tCurry struggled to knock down open three-pointers again but came through from deep with 5:38 left and again with a key baseline 3 at 3:42. Matt Barnes hit one a minute later from the opposite corner for a 104-99 lead.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t“He found it at the right time and he came through for us when we needed it the most,” Draymond Green said of Curry.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tCurry’s jumper with 9:55 to play pulled the Warriors within 90-86 after Golden State trailed 90-78 to begin the final quarter. Green’s 3 at 8:04 made it a one-point game, and Shaun Livingston gave Golden State the lead the next time down.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tGreen had 20 points with 11 free throws, eight assists, eight rebounds and six blocks for the Warriors, who trailed by as many as 16 in the third.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSaric had 25 points in the Sixers’ eighth straight loss to Golden State. The Warriors’ winning streak in the series matches their longest ever, along with a stretch from Dec. 16, 1971, to March 11, ‘73.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t“It should hurt,” 76ers coach Brett Brown said. “We put in the time, we were in a position on the road to try to get a great win.”<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tCurry shot just 8 for 23 and 5 of 13 from three-point range, making him 26 for 89 from deep in his past eight games.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Warriors aren’t worried. Thompson and others remind him of all his incredible feats.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t“He’ll have a huge breakout game coming soon,” Thompson said. “He’s better missing now than come May or June.”<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tEarlier in the day, Curry refused to call his shooting of late a slump, and coach Steve Kerr insists nobody can expect the two-time reigning MVP to match his NBA-record 402 3s last season.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t“That’s what I love about Steph is that he’s never going to stop shooting and he never loses confidence,” Kerr said. “That’s the mark of a star, when it’s not your night and you still hit big shots to help your team win.”<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Warriors returned to the Bay Area following a brutal road stretch — which included losing Kevin Durant to a sprained left knee — and barely bounced back to avoid their first four-game losing streak since Feb. 26, 2013, to March 2, ‘13.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tGolden State moved a half-game ahead of the idle Spurs for the top spot in the Western Conference.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tKD’S HEALTH<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tDurant took set shots and moved around the court earlier in the day without his knee brace and soon could add jumpers. He is scheduled to be re-evaluated late this month to determine whether he might return before the regular season concludes.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tTIP-INS<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t76ers: The Sixers shot 56% in the first to stay within 35-34. … F Robert Covington started after he missed Sunday’s win at the Lakers with soreness in his right knee. … Philadelphia has lost five straight at Oracle Arena since its last win in Oakland, 104-97, on Dec. 31, 2011.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWarriors: Green became the 11th player in franchise history with 400 blocked shots. He moved past Andrew Bogut for 10th place on the franchise list. … The Warriors are 11-1 at home vs. the Eastern Conference with three in a row against the East at Oracle this week. … Curry, playing on his birthday for the fourth straight year, has scored at least 25 points on his past four birthdays.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tUP NEXT<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t76ers: Return home from a four-game West Coast trip to host Dallas on Friday.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWarriors: Host Orlando on Thursday looking for an eighth straight win vs. the Magic.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSource:- http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/2017\/03\/15\/warriors-hold-off-sixers-106-104-to-snap-three-game-skid\/99198648\/<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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