Warriors Durant, Thompson hold off Pelicans

Kevin Durant agreed with Draymond Green’s assertions and said that other teams are coming to them physically and are pressuring them to get them out of their rhythm.

The Warriors bench was hardly a force to be reckoned with tonight, Andre Iguodala had a bench-high nine points, but when you have four of the league’s 15 best players, having a productive bench feels nearly like overkill.

Despite the absence of LaMarcus Aldridge and Danny Green, the Spurs maintained their ideal record thanks to another impressive Kawhi Leonard display. Tim Frazier, a career 5.5 points per game scorer, is now second on the Pelicans in scoring, which is telling of how much they have to rely on Davis until Jrue Holiday and Tyreke Evans return from injury.

“Splash Brothers” Steph Curry and Klay Thompson combined for 51 points on 19-for-40 (47.5%).

But New Orleans fell to the Warriors 122-114, moving the team’s record to 0-2 despite the All-Star forward’s extraordinary play and Davis said what makes his team’s slow start so frustrating is how close they’ve come to winning both games.

Golden State’s Curry scored 28 points, capped by two free throws with 12.9 seconds to play which finally sealed the win. Steve Nash believes the Warriors will overcome their early season troubles And two-time MVP Nash, a part-time player development consultant with the San Francisco franchise, admits the team’s teething problems could run through until Christmas. Against the Suns, he had 37 points, four rebounds, four assists, four steals and a block, shooting 10 for 16 and going 15 for 16 from the free-throw line.

“Obviously I thought (Davis) was great again”, Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry said. Just like their win over the New Orleans Pelicans, the Warriors weren’t bad – they were just sloppy and off-kilter. The Warriors made far easier work of the depleted Pelicans, leading by as many as 16 points and trailing for less than a minute in the second half, and by only one point in the third quarter. “It’s fine, we’re not going to get punked”.

“We’re playing hard, playing with a lot of energy, but we’ve got to find a way to execute better down the stretch”, Davis said. Golden State had a one-point lead when Looney entered with five minutes remaining in the stanza.

Curry hit four 3-pointers to reach 1,600 for his career.

Golden State will figure it out on offense, as they slowly did in this game. I try to get there [the foul line] as much as possible.

“We’ve won there several times“. It was successful until the Cavs pulled off the most remarkable comeback in NBA Finals history.Over and over, James kept talking about how all the Cavs needed to do was get to a Game 7 in The Finals – and he’d take care of the rest.James didn’t mean he’d dominate the ball and the scoring.