Warriors Win Seventh Straight, NBA Scores

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Published on January 23 2017 6:19 am
Last Updated on January 23 2017 6:20 am

By ESPN

The noon Eastern Standard Time tipoff was more than a little challenging for Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors. At first, anyway.

Tied at halftime, the Warriors woke up. Curry and Klay Thompson each finished with seven 3-pointers and the Warriors won their seventh straight game, beating the Orlando Magic 118-98 on Sunday.

This was the first Eastern time zone noon tip for the Warriors since 1995, when they lost by 34 points in Orlando.

"It just challenges you mentally," Curry said of the early start. "We were talking about it in the locker room before the game. It is early, but it doesn't matter what time the game is, we have go out and get a win."

Curry had 14 points as the Warriors outscored Orlando 42-24 in the third quarter. He didn't play in the fourth period.

Curry went 7 for 13 on 3s and scored 27 points while Thompson as 7 for 9 from behind the arc and had 21 points. The Warriors shot 19 of 42 overall from 3-point range while the Magic went 7 for 28.

After trailing by 11 in the first half and committing a dozen turnovers, the Warriors went into the break even at 50.

"Third quarter was great," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. "It seems to be the time when we pick up our defense and it translates into some transition hoops and 3-pointers."

Kevin Durant added 15 points for the Warriors, Zaza Pachulia had 14 and JaVale McGee added 13.

Elfrid Payton led Orlando with 23 points. Nikola Vucevic, Jeff Green, C.J. Watson and Bismack Biyombo each had 12.

"I think they took care of the ball much better in the third quarter," Vucevic said. "We didn't do a good job defensively."


Sunday, January 22 Scoreboard

Golden State 118, Orlando 98

Dallas 122, Los Angeles Lakers 73

Phoenix 115, Toronto 103

Minnesota 111,  Denver 108


Monday, January 23 Schedule (All Times Central)

Washington at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

San Antonio at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.

Los  Angeles Clippers at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

Golden State at Miami, 6:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Houston at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

New York at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Utah, 8 p.m.