Warriors beat Clippers, await showdown with Suns

LOS ANGELES — Stephen Curry scored 13 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter as the Golden State Warriors extended their winning streak to eight with a 105-90 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday.

Otto Porter Jr. added 18 points, and Jordan Poole had 17 for the Warriors. They improved their Nba-best record to 18-2 heading into a showdown Tuesday night in Phoenix against the streaking Suns, who are 17-3 after winning 16 straight.

Paul George led Los Angeles with 30 points, and Eric Bledsoe and Marcus Morris added 13 apiece. The Clippers came into the game with wins in eight of their last 10 home games. The Warriors are 7-0 on the road.

An angry Curry spelled doom for the Clippers. The Golden State star took out his frustrations on the Clippers after being called for a technical foul with 9:08 remaining in the fourth quarter. He scored 11 points after that as the Warriors took control.

“It was just an accumulation of all types of weird stuff. All that led into where I thought I got a foul,” said Curry, who also had a season-high six steals to go with five rebounds and six assists. “It definitely fired me and the team up. After that it was time to direct my energy into putting the ball in the basket.”

Curry lost his temper when he didn’t a draw a foul while driving to the basket after it appeared Clippers guard Terance Mann made contact. Warriors coach Steve Kerr said he figured Curry was going to get a technical when he saw him go toward the official and pump a fist.

“That was as upset as I’ve seen him and that I have been in a long time. He clearly got fouled,” Kerr said. “When he knows he got fouled on a play like that and he doesn’t the call, the competitor will come out in him and he will lose his mind a little bit. But it will spur him like it did in this instance.”

Golden State had a 79-70 lead when Curry’s outburst happened, but they would put it away afterward with a 21-7 run during a nearly five-minute span. Curry made three 3-pointers during the spurt and applied the dagger shot with an off-balance triple from the right corner with 5:20 remaining.

On Tuesday night, the Warriors will face a Suns team that is one victory shy of matching the longest winning streak in franchise history.