MINNEAPOLIS — Stephen Curry scored 25 points and Draymond Green notched his first double-double of the season Sunday en route to the Warriors’ 137-114 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The Warriors (11-10) have won three straight for the first time this season and are above .500 for the first time in a month.
The Warriors set the tone from the start and opened the game with their best first quarter of the season. Golden State scored 17 unanswered points and led by 20 after one. During the first quarter, they shot 76% overall and went 6-of-10 from 3.
The Warriors held a comfortable lead throughout the remainder of the game, though it got a little too close for comfort in the final quarter.
Golden State led by 20 heading into the fourth, but the Timberwolves cut that in half by the 5:29 mark with a 19-4 run. The Warriors extinguished the Timberwolves momentum with Curry and Klay Thompson combining for nine unanswered points with three straight 3s to get the Warriors’ lead back up to 19, and Golden State held on from there.
The Warriors’ 35 assists marked the seventh time in the last eight games the Warriors have eclipsed 30 assists in a contest. Draymond Green, who notched his first double-double of the season, accounted for 11 of those assists. He also had a season-high 19 points.
Six Warriors players finished in double figure scoring and three recorded 20-or-more points. Curry led the way with 25 points with four 3-pointers. Jordan Poole added 24 off the bench and Klay Thompson, who’s got his season back on track after Green pulled him aside and told him to be patient, finished with 21 points with five 3-pointers.
The Warriors have been dominant defenders of their home court, where they’re 9-1 for the second-highest home win percentage in the league.
But it’s been a totally different story away from the Bay.
Golden State entered Sunday’s game in Minneapolis with the worst road record in the league, losing nine of their first 10 games outside San Francisco. But after winning back-to-back home games and finding a solution to their second unit with the injection of Draymond Green, the Warriors seem to be back on track and extend their win streak to three.
“We’ve settled down. We’ve gotten into some rotation and feel solid,” coach Steve Kerr said Sunday afternoon. “But now we have to carry that out onto the road, so these are a good couple of games for us against good teams, playoff teams.”
After Sunday’s win, the Warriors are 2-9 on the road. They’ll travel to Dallas for a Western Conference finals rematch Tuesday night.
