Advertisement - scroll for more content
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement - scroll for more content
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Stephen Curry has 180 points through the first six games of a season, the most by a player aged 37 or older, passing Karl Malone (169 in 2000-01). He got there against the Suns.
Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green was ejected in the third quarter of Monday’s 116-113 win over the Phoenix Suns after an incident involving the Suns’ Dillon Brooks and Khaman Maluach. With 10 minutes left in the quarter, Green collided with Maluach and went to the ground. Green got up and pushed the Phoenix big man to the floor, immediately getting whistled for a technical. Green then got into an argument with Brooks and was assessed another technical foul upon a video review, which also resulted in a technical on Brooks. “He lit a fire in all of us and we had to respond,” Warriors star Stephen Curry said after the game. “So I’m glad we did. It was a combination of that moment and we got to have our brother’s back when he defends us. But it was also this is one of those games, most of the guys are on a back to back. Phoenix had been off for a couple days … definitely that moment kept us in the moment.”
Duane Rankin: Jalen Green on his 2-point effort in Suns loss to Nuggets: “Shit like that has happened before in my career, man. Some games, you don't have it. Some games, you’re not in there. I've already been through the emotions of games like that and understand after the game, what it is, what happened, and move on. We’ve got 82 games. So, it’s really no time to be dwelling on the last game.” 1-of-6 from the field (0-of-2 from 3) in 24 minutes. “It's not like I took 20 shots. It's not like one of those games I've had in my past where I got the shots and it’s just not falling. It’s just about being more aggressive.” Through four games, Green is averaging 11 points on 10.3 shot attempts per game, both career lows. Suns at Warriors tonight. #Suns #DubNation
Anthony Slater: The Warriors will get Steph Curry and Draymond Green back tonight vs Suns. Al Horford is resting on second night of back-to-back. Gui Santos out. Brandon Williams questionable with a quad contusion. Phoenix has main cogs available besides Mark Williams.
The respect Smart immediately had for Udoka, because of his direct and sometimes harsh approach, was mutual. In many ways, the two of them are alike. They take pride in their toughness, their defiance, their resilience and, above all, their insatiable desire to win. So, once they had a chance to reunite in Houston five years after their only season together and finish what they started, it was a no-brainer for both. The pair, reunited, face their old team, the Celtics, Monday night. With the Rockets at 6-1 and Smart serving as a key reserve so far, the reunion is going well. “I thought he was a perfect fit who addresses a lot of what we were missing,” Udoka said in a one-on-one interview with The Athletic late last week. “I thought we lacked a little depth at point guard, and he brings that defensive identity. We still have high-level defenders, but he brings that edge and toughness and tone-setting that Dillon (Brooks) brought to us before he left the building.”
Advertisement
“There are some guys who have that defensive mentality, but it’s rare to have a guy who comes into the game and impacts it the way he does on that side of the ball,” Udoka said. “You saw it with Dillon, you saw it with Pat (Beverley). There are certain guys you have to prepare for because of what they do defensively. He’s one of them.” “(Udoka’s) mentality matched mine,” Smart added. “He allowed me to be me without any persecution.”
The latest chapter of Yaxel Lendeborg's explosion onto the NBA scene came in Sunday night's 124-112 win over the LA Clippers. Lendeborg made 13 of 19 shots, including six 3-pointers, and finished with 37 points, the most for a Warriors rookie since Stephen Curry in 2010. On the front end of a back-to-back, the Warriors opted to rest Curry and Draymond Green, saving the duo for Monday night against the Phoenix Suns while clearing the Sunday runway for Lendeborg. "Whenever Steph's not in the game, it's my opportunity to try to be the leader, be the main guy on the team," Lendeborg said.
Phoenix Suns forward Dillon Brooks was ejected Friday night in a 127-120 loss to the Denver Nuggets for kicking Jamal Murray in the groin. Brooks attempted a turnaround jumper in the third quarter with Murray guarding, and when Brooks fell backward, he kicked his right leg forward, making contact with Murray. Brooks was called for an offensive foul, and Murray was writhing in pain on the court for a few moments before eventually getting up and staying in the game. The officials reviewed the play and upgraded the foul to a flagrant 2, which is an automatic ejection. Murray, who finished with 39 points, said postgame that he didn't believe the kick was intentional and that he and Brooks are "buddies." They are teammates on the Canadian national team. "No, of course not," Murray said. "He's shooting the ball. I mean, he might have flopped a little bit, but I don't think he's really trying to kick me in the [groin]."
Bennett Durando: Cam Johnson on track to play tonight in Phoenix.
NBA Trade Machine: Over the past 24 hours, Jalen Green featured in 10.5% of trades built on HoopsMatic. Within his trades, he landed most often in Dallas (82.4%), New Orleans (2.6%), and LA Clippers (2.0%). Most often, he was traded for Marcus Sasser (24.8%), Dereck Lively (23.5%), and Kyrie Irving (23.5%).
Advertisement
Kellan Olson: Cam Johnson is questionable for the Nuggets tomorrow against the Suns due to a right ankle sprain. Alpha Diallo (personal reasons) is also questionable. Spencer Jones (hamstring injury management) and Julian Strawther (left knee sprain) remain out.
Chris Haynes: Haynes Headlines: Growing frustration in Phoenix Suns’ locker room due to lack of point guard on roster to organize the offense, sources tell me: "There's some growing frustration within that locker room for the simple fact that that roster does not have a point guard that can organize that offense... I don't know that the Suns are looking to address as of right now, the hope is that they can kind of play this role by committee, but as of right now, it's not looking like it."
Dillon Brooks: “Refs talk and I think they have like a list of floppers. I think OKC flops a lot, but they don’t get called for it because they got a pedigree. But when Ziaire gets called for it, he’s known as a flopper. It’s all pick and choose, and you got to realize that refs are human, they’re not robots, so they’re going to see what they see and call what they call.”
