THE streaking Washington Wizards harassed Stephen Curry into 7-for-25 shooting while getting 29 points from Bradley Beal and a triple-double from Russell Westbrook in a 118-114 victory over the visiting Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night (Thursday in Manila).
Westbrook finished with 14 points, a game-high 20 rebounds and 10 assists, though he turned the ball over nine times. The Wizards earned their season-high sixth consecutive win while handing the Warriors just their second loss in the past seven games.
The expected shootout between the NBA’s top two scorers fizzled because Curry experienced a rare off night. He missed his first seven 3-point attempts and had only four points at halftime before finishing with 18, his fewest since March 17. Curry had averaged 42.8 points in the first four games of the Warriors’ now-completed trip.
Bertans and Daniel Gafford chipped in with 19 points apiece and Raul Neto contributed 18 for the Wizards, who completed a 4-0 homestand. Oubre had 24 points and nine rebounds and Jordan Poole scored 22 for Golden State.
In other games, it was the Knicks 137, Hawks 127 (OT); Suns 116, Sixers 113; Raptors 114, Nets 103; Clippers 117, Grizzlies 105; Mavs 127, Pistons 117; Cavs 121, Bulls 105; Jazz 112, Rockets 89; Nuggets 106, Blazers 105; Pacers 122, Thunder 116; Heat 107, Spurs 87; and Kings 128, Wolves 125.
Knicks 137, Hawks 127 (OT)
Julius Randle scored 13 of his 40 points in the final 11 minutes– six minutes of regulation and the overtime period– for host New York, which remained red hot by storming back from a 11-point deficit to beat Atlanta.
The Knicks scored the first 10 points of overtime to survive a battle of attrition, lock up their eighth straight win– the franchise’s longest winning streak since March 2014– and move past the Hawks into fourth place in the Eastern Conference.
Derrick Rose and Immanuel Quickley each had 20 points off the New York bench. Hawks star Trae Young had 20 points and 14 rebounds before exiting for good in the third quarter due to a sprained left ankle. — Field Level Media
