Warriors win in OT, Curry passes father

LOS ANGELES: The Golden State Warriors’ best start in franchise history is now a family affair as Stephen Curry scored 34 points in a 107-99 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday.

Curry has had the hot hand this year on the league’s most dominant team and while he didn’t have to carry the load against the Nets Saturday he did hit five three pointers to pass his father, Dell, on the NBA all-time list for threes.

The reigning league MVP now has 1,248 three pointers, three more than Dell Curry, who ranks 43rd on the all-time list.

Andre Iguodala drained a game- tying three pointer with six seconds left in regulation as the defending league champion Warriors stretched their season opening win streak to 11- 0.

Golden State appears to be even better than during their 67 win title run last season as they keep finding new ways to win.

They are the 11th team in NBA history to start a season 110. If you include the latter part of the 201415 regular season, Golden State has won 15 consecutive games.

The record for the best start to a season is 15 straight held by the 1948- 49 Washington Capitols and the 199394 Houston Rockets.

Reserve swingman Andre Iguodala sent Saturday’s game to overtime with a game-tying threepointer with six seconds left in regulation.

Power forward Draymond Green scored a basket and chipped in two assists in the game-winning burst. It wouldn’t have gone into overtime without Iguodala’s clutch shot, which produced a tie at 97-97 after Nets power forward Thaddeus Young had given his team a threepoint lead with 10 seconds left. — AFP