Thompson sets 3-point record
He hits 14 to break Curry’s mark for most in one game
Klay Thompson broke teammate Stephen Curry’s NBA record with 14 3-pointers and finished with 52 points to lead the Golden State Warriors to a 149-124 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Monday night.
Thompson set the mark when he nailed a 3 with just under five minutes left in the third quarter.
Curry hit 13 3-pointers in a win over New Orleans on Nov. 7, 2016.
Thompson played only 27 minutes and sat out the fourth quarter.
Golden State led 92-50 at halftime. It was the secondhighest scoring half by an NBA team. Phoenix scored 107 in the first half of a 173143 win over Denver in 1990. Knicks 115, Nets 96: tim Hardaway Jr. had 25 points and eight assists, and new York rolled to its second win of the season. Spencer dinwiddie scored 17 points for the nets. 76ers 113, Hawks 92: Ben Simmons had 21 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists for Philadelphia, Shenendehowa grad Kevin Huerter scored two points on free throws in 11 minutes for Atlanta, missing all three field-goal attempts including two 3-pointers. He had three rebounds, an assist and a blocked shot. blazers 103, Pacers 93: Zach Collins matched his career high with 17 points and C.J. mccollum also had 17 to lead Portland to a win over indiana. Victor oladipo led indiana with 21 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. Kings 123, Heat 113: Willie Cauley-stein scored 26 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, Buddy Hield added 23 points and Sacramento best miami. Josh richardson scored a career-high 31 points for miami, which got an NBA season-high 24 rebounds from Hassan Whiteside, one shy of his career high. Whiteside also had 16 points and five blocked shots for the Heat.
T’wolves 124, Lakers 120: Jimmy Butler hit five of minnesota’s eight 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to finish with 32 points against Lebron James and Los Angeles. Karl-anthony towns pitched in with 25 points, a season-high 16 rebounds and four blocks for the timberwolves. James had 29 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists. bucks 124, Raptors 109: With Giannis Antetokounmpo sidelined in concussion protocol, ersan ilyasova scored a seasonhigh 19 points for 7-0 milwaukee. toronto star Kawhi Leonard sat out to rest.
Spurs 113, Mavericks 108 (OT): demar derozan had 34 points and nine assists and San Antonio withstood 31 points from dallas rookie Luka doncic. Nuggets 116, Pelicans 111: Gary Harris scored 23 points and came up with a big steal late to help denver hold off new orleans after nearly squandering an 18-point lead. Jamal murray chipped in 23 points and nikola Jokic had 12 points and 10 assists for his fifth double-double in six games.
Note: the Cavaliers have a coach — for tuesday night. top assistant Larry drew, who was expected to take over after Cleveland fired tyronn Lue, said monday that he is not the team’s interim coach but merely “the voice right now.” drew says his agent Andy miller is in talks with the Cavs about restructuring his contact, and is not making any long-term commitment until an agreement is reached.