Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, heart, speaks with ahead Draymond Inexperienced (23) and guard Stephen Curry (30) in the course of the first half of an NBA basketball recreation towards the New York Knicks in San Francisco, Saturday, March 15, 2025. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle by way of AP)
Moses Moody broke a tie with 2:26 to go, Draymond Inexperienced added a back-breaking hoop with 25 seconds left and the Golden State Warriors tightened the defensive screws on the New York Knicks down the stretch for a 97-94 triumph Saturday evening in San Francisco.
After having watched Karl-Anthony Cities virtually single-handedly draw the guests even, Moody transformed a driving layup that gave Golden State the lead for good.
Because the Knicks had been lacking their subsequent 4 pictures whereas additionally mixing in two turnovers, the Warriors lastly created some respiration room on two Inexperienced free throws with 1:06 left earlier than he drove previous Cities for the clinching layup.
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Stephen Curry led the best way with 28 factors for the Warriors, who gained their seventh straight. The star guard transformed 4 of his 13 3-point pictures.
Capturing 12-for-21, Cities had a game-high 29 factors for the Knicks, who closed out a 2-3 Western swing that started with a pair of defeats.
Looking for to comb the two-game season sequence, the Warriors led a lot of the manner, together with 84-75 with 9:32 remaining within the recreation after a Moody 3-pointer.
However Cities spearheaded a New York rally, scoring the guests’ subsequent 11 factors to shut the hole to 88-86 with 4:39 to go. When Mikal Bridges related from 10 ft on the 2:52 mark, the sport was tied. By the point New York scored once more on an OG Anunoby free throw with 17 seconds remaining, nonetheless, the guests had misplaced contact.
Curry additionally discovered time for a staff high-tying seven rebounds and 5 assists for the Warriors, who gained their fourth in a row at the beginning of a seven-game homestand.
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Moody completed with 18 factors, whereas Jimmy Butler chipped in with 11 factors, six rebounds and a recreation high-tying seven assists. In his second outing after a 31-game absence, Jonathan Kuminga added 10 factors off the bench.
Cities, who was absent for private causes when the Warriors gained 114-102 at New York earlier this month, accomplished a double-double with a game-high 12 rebounds.
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Anunoby totaled 23 factors, 9 rebounds and three steals for the Knicks, who as soon as once more had been with out star guard Jalen Brunson. Bridges and Miles McBride contributed 19 factors apiece as New York’s high 4 scorers mixed for 90 of the staff’s 94 factors.
Josh Hart aided the New York trigger with seven rebounds and a team-high seven assists on a scoreless evening.
