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PHOENIX: guard draws the offensive foul on guard Jamal Crawford (11) during the econds quarter of an NBA basket- ball game, Thursday, in Phoenix. —AP Curry scores 46, Warriors stay unbeaten

MINNESOTA: Sam Mitchell just shrugged for three. He’s always in attack mode.” beyond the arc, as the Warriors led by 40- “To get down a deficit like we did, to opened the fourth quarter with a 13-4 his shoulders watching guard Stephen At 10-0, Golden State is off to the best 27 after the period. With last season’s MVP roar back and be so close,” Towns said, spurt. led Utah with 25 Curry make shot after shot. It seemed as start in franchise history. The 1960-61 on the bench, Minnesota pulled as close as “that’s something, like I’ve said before, we points and 12 rebounds. though he never missed. Curry scored 46 Warriors opened 9-0. “Definitely a good 48-42 midway through the second but just continue to fight. When the team had 24 points and 11 rebounds and Alec points to lead the to start to the season, best start we could trailed 75-63 at the half. The 75 points fights, anything is possible.” All five Burks added 24 - the last of those a 3-point- a 129-116 win over the Minnesota have hopes for,” Curry said. “(We) just want scored by Golden State are the most by Warriors starters finished in double figures. er as time expired - for the Jazz. Miami Timberwolves at Target Center. Mitchell, to keep it going. We can still play better.” any team in a half this season. Forward had 23 points to played without Dwyane Wade, who was Minnesota’s interim head coach, said his led Minnesota with 19 With Minnesota getting back into the go with 12 assists and eight rebounds. “We excused for a family emergency. Utah was team played good defense. They contest- points, Karl-Anthony Towns finished with game, Curry entered and scored 10 more got some stops and crawled our way back without starting center , the ed shots. They put pressure on Curry. 17 points and 11 rebounds, and reserve in the third, including back-to-back threes into it,” Mitchell said. “Then when you have NBA’s No. 3 shot-blocker, who has a It did not matter. “You commit so much forward added 16 as Golden State pushed their lead to its and (Andre) Iguodala and sprained left ankle. effort to try and slow Steph Curry down points in 19 minutes. The Timberwolves, largest of the night at 21 points. and Draymond Green, and and he still scores (46) points,” Mitchell who are 4-0 on the road this season, However, the Wolves closed the quar- all those guys, they spread the floor really SUNS 118, CLIPPERS 104 said. “You sit there and wonder, if you dropped to 0-4 at home. Curry had 21 ter on an 11-0 run, capped by guard Kevin well. “They’re just a very tough Brandon Knight matched his career don’t do those things and you just try to points after the first quarter and 25 at the Martin’s 18-foot jumper at the buzzer to team to defend because of all those shoot- high with 37 points and Eric Bledsoe fell an play him conventionally, he might get 60.” half as the Warriors looked to run away pull within 97-87. ers. You can’t leave anybody open.” shy of his second career triple-double It was the fourth time this season Curry with the game early. “I was hoping he was going to be as Phoenix rolled past the severely deplet- scored at least 20 points in a single quarter done,” Walton said. “He played some big HEAT 92, JAZZ 91 ed Clippers. Bledsoe had 26 points, 10 and his third 40-point game. He shot 15- ‘ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE’ minutes last night but obviously it was Chris Bosh scored 25 points, and rebounds and nine assists. The Clippers for-25 on the night, including 8-for-13 from The Warriors scored the game’s first 10 going to depend on how the game went. reserve Tyler Johnson capped his 17-point were without starting guards Chris Paul 3-point range. “He was decent tonight. He points, including six by Curry. He had 12 That’s a good team and they fought back night with two key field goals in the final (groin strain) and J.J. Redick (lower back was OK,” Warriors interim coach Luke points and lifted the Warriors to a 22-10 and got back into it.” Martin started the 1:48 as Miami won its third straight win to spasms), then Blake Griffin was ejected Walton said with a smile. lead before Minnesota called timeout less fourth with a 3-pointer to get Minnesota open a seven-game homestand. Goran after drawing his second technical foul “He’s just so dangerous. At any time, he than halfway through the quarter. back within single digits, and the Wolves Dragic finished with 14 points and Hassan with 2:36 left in the first half. That left Los can go on a 6-0, 8-0 run just off of transi- Curry finished the first quarter 6-for-9 clawed as close as 104-99 before the Whiteside grabbed 14 rebounds for Miami, Angeles without its top three scorers the tion and getting a and putting it up from the floor, including 4-for-5 from Warriors pulled away late. which started the game on a 9-0 run and rest of the way. —Agencies