Manila Bulletin

Curry, Thompson power Warriors

- STEPHEN CURRY KLAY THOMPSON

Portland 127, Brooklyn 125 Atlanta 116, New York 104 Boston 118, Orlando 103 Cleveland 100, Charlotte 99 Detroit 99, Oklahoma City 98 Indiana 107, Toronto 104 Miami 109, Minnesota 97 Denver 104, Memphis 92 New Orleans 115, Phoenix 91 Golden State 143, Chicago 94

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Stephen Curry put on a thrilling display with 33 points to lead the Golden State Warriors over the Chicago Bulls 143-94 on a night Kevin Durant and Draymond Green were out.

Curry and Klay Thompson came to play Friday night with their fellow All-Stars out. Durant was sidelined the second time in three games with a sprained left ankle, while Green didn't play for rest.

Curry found his stroke from way back and breezed past a 7-footer in the paint with authority. The two-time MVP notched his seventh career 30-point half and 21st 20-point quarter, when he scored 26 in the second as the Warriors matched their biggest half of the season with a 74-53 lead at intermissi­on.

Steph was feeling it, all right, following up a deep 3 in the second quarter with a high-step shuffle and chest pat before waving his hands in the air for the crowd to join the fun. And with Green's muscle flexing absent on this night, Curry drove left and over 7-foot Robin Lopez for a layup late in the second and was fouled. On the floor beneath the basket, he flexed his biceps in celebratio­n.

He shot 10 for 18 with four 3-pointers, while Thompson added 29 points on 12-of-17 shooting with five 3s. Big man Zaza Pachulia had a season-best 11 points and career-high six assists.

Jerian Grant scored 21 points for the Bulls.

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