Full strength Warriors silence Jazz; Sixers score
SAN FRANCISCO—Stephen Curry scored 31 points with six three-pointers and the Golden State Warriors welcomed back their regulars on Saturday to beat the Utah Jazz, 123-114, after a 37-point thumping by the Thunder a night earlier while playing shorthanded.
Curry scored 20 points in the third quarter, making six of his seven shots, knocking down a go-ahead triple with 7:01 left in the period and another the next time down.
Lauri Markkanen shot 9-for-12 in the first half for 21 of his 35 points. Keyonte George had 22 points and nine assists for a Jazz team missing Jusuf Nurkic for a second straight game because of a sprained toe on his left foot. Utah has lost three straight and seven of nine.
Curry returned from a one-game absence with a sprained left ankle and Jimmy Butler contributed 15 points and seven assists after an illness sidelined him in the 131-94 defeat to defending champion Oklahoma City.
Draymond Green had also rested on Friday but was ejected again with 2:25 left in the second quarter after consecutive technicals for arguing with officials.
Green apparently thought there should have been a three-second call and was tossed for the second time in his last four home games. Green now has nine technicals this season and would receive an automatic one-game suspension upon reaching 16. He had eight points, three rebounds and two assists in 12 minutes of action.
Meanwhile, in New York, Tyrese Maxey scored 36 points, Joel Embiid and VJ Edgecombe each had 26 and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Knicks, 130-119, for their third straight victory.
Paul George added 15 points and Quentin Grimes had 10 for the 76ers, who won at the Madison Square Garden for the second time this season. Embiid also grabbed 10 rebounds.
Jalen Brunson scored 31 points for the Knicks, who have lost three straight for the second time this season. Karl-Anthony Towns, who returned after missing one game due to illness, added 23 points and 14 rebounds.
Deuce McBride scored 20 points, OG Anunoby had 19 and Mikal Bridges added 12 for New York.
The Knicks were ahead, 30-25, when the 76ers scored the final six points of the first quarter and led 31-30.
Trailing 38-37, the 76ers produced a 9-0 run and grabbed the lead for good. They went ahead by 13 before the Knicks scored the last five points of the second quarter.
