WARRIORS 135, SUNS 116
PHOENIX -- Stephen Curry scored 41 points in three quarters, Draymond Green had a triple-double and the Golden State Warriors beat Phoenix 135-116 Friday night, extending their NBA-record start to 17-0.
The Warriors set a franchise mark for three-pointers with 22, one shy of the league record, in 38 attempts.
Curry made a season-high nine of his 16 tries from long range in his 14th career 40-point game, five of them this season. Green had 14 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in his third career triple-double, two this season.
The Warriors, in their highest-scoring game of the season, set another NBA mark by making 15 three-pointers (in 20 attempts) in the first half. Leandro Barbosa added 21 points on 8-of-9 shooting, including 5 for 5 on threes.
T.J. Warren scored a career-high 28 points for the Suns in their third consecutive loss and fourth in five games.
Brandon Knight and Eric Bledsoe added 21 points apiece for Phoenix. Klay Thompson scored 15 for the Warriors.
Golden State jumped out to a 20-point lead in the first quarter and the Suns never got it to single digits again.
In the first half, Curry went 7 of 9 on threes and scored 27 points. Golden State had a 75-57 lead at the break after matching its highest-scoring half in a so-far perfect season.
Curry and the rest of the Warriors came out firing, scoring the game's first eight points, capped by the first of Curry's flurry of threes. The Warriors kept hitting from long range and the last of Curry's five first-quarter threes put Golden State up 39-19. The Warriors led 44-27 after their highest-scoring first quarter of the season.
Sports on 11/28/2015