Curry-less Warriors rally to beat Sixers

Eric Paschall scored 23 points, including a pair of free throws with 51.7 seconds remaining, and the Golden State Warriors beat the Philadelphia 76ers 118-114 on Saturday night to snap a 10-game home losing streak.

Playing once again without Stephen Curry, the Warriors trailed most of the game and were down by eight entering the fourth quarter.

Curry, who returned from a 58-game absence to play Thursday night, was diagnosed with the flu and was held out. The Warriors termed it a seasonal flu and said that Curry has begun treatment. The team also said that Curry is not at specific risk for COVID-19 or coronavirus.

“I know his young son was sick for a couple days so probably got it from his son,” Golden State coach Steve Kerr said. “Our doctors checked him out and it is the basic flu.”

Philadelphia was missing stars Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons, while Golden State also was without Draymond Green.

Damion Lee’s three-point play put Golden State ahead 113-111. Tobias Harris answered with a go-ahead 3-pointer, but was called for a three-second violation on Philadelphia’s next possession following Lee’s missed 3-pointer.

After Villanova’s Paschall made his two free throws, the Sixers missed three consecutive shots, including a 32-foot jumper by Shake Milton. Mychal Mulder then made two free throws and Philadelphia got the ball back, but Furkan Korkmaz stepped out-of-bounds.

Harris scored 24 points and Al Horford had 22 points and 10 rebounds for the Sixers, who fell a half-game behind Indiana for fifth place in the East.

Terry Rozier scored 24 points and fast-starting Charlotte beat slumping Houston.

Bojan Bogdanovic scored 32 points and Utah withstood two big Detroit rallies for its fifth straight victory.