Green’s triple-double leads Warriors past Hornets 111-101

For the second game in a row, the Warriors’ decision to play PG Stephen Curry (calf) came after his pregame warmup….

That was not what the Charlotte Hornets needed to see. Klay Thompson and Draymond Green supplemented the Warriors’ play in Curry’s absence.

Curry, who is recovering from a contusion on the shin, banged it against the leg of 7-foot-2, 290-pound Lakers center Roy Hibbert with 7:39 left in the third quarter. Curry immediately began hobbling as the Warriors called a timeout. Small forward Harrison Barnes returned from a left ankle injury and had eight points in 20 minutes off the bench after missing the previous 16 games. “It was a pleasant surprise”.

San Antonio won despite being without starting point guard Tony Parker due to right hip soreness.

“I’m not going to put too much pressure on him right now, but I know what he can become in this league and tonight he showed it”. But with Kobe out and not dominating the ball on Tuesday, it was like watching five random guys who had never played together before on the court.

The Warriors rarely lose those battles.

Kemba Walker and Jeremy Lamb led Charlotte with 22 points each. “So many weapons, so many options”.

The Warriors led 37-25 after one quarter, 62-47 at halftime and 92-60 after three quarters. He’s shooting 51 percent from the field and 45 percent from behind the three-point line.

“But he wanted to stay in the game for a little bit, and the trainer said it was good, so we let him run it out”. “We could have done a better job of that”, Scott said.

It’s becoming commonplace for Green to fill the Warriors’ final box score, but the company he’s kept in doing so is hardly commonplace. That will be the longest road trip of the season for the Hornets so far this year. You’re going to have (defensive) lapses. Charlotte shot 44.2 percent from the floor. “We want to get it all out of there and go from there”.

Bulls 117, Bucks 106: Chicago’s Jimmy Butler scored a game-high 32 points and had 10 assists in the Bulls’ 117-106 win over the Milwaukee Bucks at the United Center Tuesday.

Crowder scored 14 points in the first quarter as the Celtics laid the foundations of the win and then threw a vital three-pointer near the end as the hosts held off a late fightback from the Nets.

Thompson has quietly found his way back into the All-Star conversation, and the timing couldn’t be any better as the halfway mark of the season quickly approaches.

Another day, another morning in which the Golden State Warriors emerge victorious the night before. No other team has reached that mark more than six times…. Monday night against the Hornets, Green posted his third straight triple-double, becoming the 15th National Basketball Association player in history to achieve such streak.

The article said, “Green is the second player in the past seven seasons to record three consecutive double-doubles”. He is great player and all, but look at Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry showing their potentinal. Swingman Nicolas Batum sat out with a sprained toe on his right foot.