Deccan Chronicle

Warriors rout Suns

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Los Angeles, Dec. 4: Stephen Curry finished with 31 points as the Golden State Warriors extended their league record streak of games without consecutiv­e defeats with a dominating 138-109 win over the Phoenix Suns.

The Warriors have now gone 106 games without back-to-back losses as they rebounded on Saturday from a 132-127 double overtime defeat two nights earlier to the Houston Rockets.

The Warriors shot a season-high 62.8 percent from the field against the Suns, just shy of their franchise record of 63.6 percent.

“It’s an incredible mark of consistenc­y,” head coach Steve Kerr said of the Warriors’ streak.

They also shot 66.7 from three point range, going 14 of 21 as Klay Thompson made six of seven from long range and Curry was five of seven in front of a crowd of 19,500 at Oracle Arena.

Thompson finished with 26 points and Draymond Green had a season-high 13 assists, nine points and five rebounds for the Warriors, who improved to 17-3.

Kevin Durant added 20 points and eight assists. David West had a seasonhigh 10 points off the bench, going five of five from the field.

Eric Bledsoe led the Suns with 27 points and Devin Booker had 21. Brandon Knight scored 14 points off the bench. Phoenix made 11 of 32 three-point shots.

The Warriors built a nine-point halftime lead and then dominated the Suns 42-27 in the third quarter to take a 108-84 advantage into the fourth. They set a season high for third-quarter points and scored the second-most points in any quarter this season. Nicolas Batum had 15 points, 12 assists and eight rebounds.

 ?? —AP ?? Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry drives between Phoenix Suns’ Dragan Bender (left) and Alex Len.
—AP Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry drives between Phoenix Suns’ Dragan Bender (left) and Alex Len.
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