Durant Hits Season-High 44 Points As Warriors Edge Past Kings
25th November 2018
Golden State coach Steve Kerr went with the same starting lineup against Sacramento
- Kevin Durant delivered a season-high 44 points as the Golden State Warriors needed a wild finish to hold off the Sacramento Kings 117-116 on Saturday night
- Two-time reigning NBA finals MVP Durant also had a season-high 16 free throws on 17 attempts for the Warriors, who won their second straight after snapping a four-game losing skid on Friday
- Curry, the two-time MVP, was re-examined Saturday and is expected to resume practising next week with a good chance he would return to game action during an upcoming five-game road trip
LOS ANGELES, United States- Kevin Durant delivered a
season-high 44 points as the Golden State Warriors needed a wild finish to hold
off the Sacramento Kings 117-116 on Saturday night.
Two-time reigning NBA finals MVP Durant also had a
season-high 16 free throws on 17 attempts for the Warriors, who won their
second straight after snapping a four-game losing skid on Friday by beating
Portland.
Golden State coach Steve Kerr went with the same starting
lineup against Sacramento.
The Kings made the Warriors work hard for the victory as
De'Aaron Fox made two free throws with 26 seconds remaining to put Sacramento
ahead after Warriors Klay Thompson missed a 33-footer moments earlier.
Durant converted two free throws with 1:27 left and also had
13 rebounds and seven assists, while Thompson wound up with 31 points.
Thompson shot 12 of 26 with five three-pointers as Stephen
Curry missed his ninth straight game because of a strained left groin.
Curry, the two-time MVP, was re-examined Saturday and is expected to resume practising next week with a good chance he would return to game action during an upcoming five-game road trip.
Second game
"He's doing much better and we're just going to keep
taking it day by day," Kerr said.
Meanwhile, Karl-Anthony Towns had 35 points and 22 rebounds,
Derrick Rose came off the bench to score 22 points and the Minnesota
Timberwolves beat the Chicago Bulls 111-96.
Jeff Teague added 18 points for Minnesota, which pulled away
late to win for the fifth time in seven games since trading Jimmy Butler to
Philadelphia.
Both the Timberwolves and Bulls were playing the second game
of a back-to-back and their third game in four nights.
Zach LaVine scored 28 points and Jabari Parker had 27 as the
Bulls lost for the sixth time in seven contests. Both players have reached 20
points in the past three games.
Justin Holiday had 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Bulls.
In Cleveland, rookie Collin Sexton scored a season-high 29
points and the Cleveland Cavaliers overcame 40 points by Houston's James Harden
to defeat the Rockets 117-108.