WARRIORS WIN‘ CURRY BOWL ,’ ALDRIDGE LEADS SPURS RALLY
LOS ANGELES: Stephen Curry scored 17 points to win his latest on-court duel with elder brother Seth on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) as the Golden State time win over the Chicago Bulls.
A stormy clash saw Chicago’s Robin Lopez and Toronto’s Serge Ibaka both be ejected during the third quarter after a brawl erupted.
points while Ibaka had 16 points before the dismissals.
“It felt great, in the fact that win, lose or draw, I felt we were scrapping, competing and that’s all you can ask for from your team at this time of year,” Raptors coach Dwane Casey said.
Lopez and Ibaka later played down the exchange of blows that led to their ejections.
“I think it was just a really physical game for everybody, it just kind
“He was playing physical basketball and he got frustrated,” Ibaka said. “We started to push each other like always happens when there’s contact and then he threw the punch. Like man, I’m just going to defend myself.”
The Bulls had appeared poised to grab an important win after going 15 points clear in the third quarter.
But the Raptors fought back brilliantly with DeRozan crowning his performance with a goahead basket in overtime.
Sidelined?
Elsewhere Tuesday Miami’s Hassan Whiteside scored 23 points but suffered an injury as the Heat beat Phoenix 112-97.
Whiteside was forced to leave the game late in the fourth quarter after an attempted block of a Marquese Chriss shot left him nursing a nasty
Whiteside later received 13 stitches in the wound, placing a question mark on his availability at a crucial time of the season.
Miami, who face Toronto on Thursday, are already without injured guard Dion Waiters, who missed Tuesday’s game following an ankle sprain.
coach Erik Spoelstra said. “We’ll know more (Wednesday). Those minutes that he played, he was extremely impactful.”