The undefeated streak lives on. It was oh-so-close, but in the end the Warriors did just enough to pull through with a 124-119 win in double overtime on Friday night in Boston.
GAME LEADERS
The undefeated streak lives on. It was oh-so-close, but in the end the Warriors did just enough to pull through with a 124-119 win in double overtime on Friday night in Boston. The heart-pounding thriller puts the Warriors at 24-0 on the season and makes it 28 consecutive regular season victories dating back to last season, which now stands alone as the second longest winning streak in NBA history.
“Nothing was pretty about this game the whole time,” said Stephen Curry, who scored a game-high 38 points. “We got stops and everybody contributed … This is a huge win for us.”
The win was made possible by some clutch shots from Warriors veterans. Curry knocked down a three-pointer to give the Warriors a lead in the final minute of regulation, Andre Iguodala hit a clutch trey of his own in the first overtime period and a sweet dish from Draymond Green and a crafty finish from Shaun Livingston in the second overtime were all crucial plays in a game that featured 22 lead changes and 16 ties.
Curry logged 47 minutes in the dog fight and had six 3-pointers to go along with a 14-for-14 performance from the free throw line, and Draymond Green did it all with 24 points, 11 rebounds, eight assists, five steals and a career-high tying five blocks. Iguodala, who hit a pair of game-clinching free throws with five seconds left, had 13 points, and Livingston and Festus Ezeli each had 12 points off the bench. Curry, Green Iguodala and Ezeli all had double-doubles, as the Warriors survived a game in which they were down a pair of starters (Klay Thompson and Harrison Barnes), shot 39 percent from the field and made fewer 3-pointers (nine) than the opposition for the first time this season.
But the Dubs made the plays when they mattered most, shooting 4-for-7 from the field and 6-for-6 from the free throw line in the final overtime, while holding a gritty Boston club to just 4-of-12 from the floor.
The Warriors won’t have much time to recover from this slugfest, as they travel to Milwaukee to close out their season-long seven-game road trip on Saturday.