DRAYMOND GREEN SCORED 21 points and Jimmy Butler added a 16-point triple-double as the Golden State Warriors held off the Toronto Raptors 117-114 on Thursday despite an early exit for Stephen Curry.
Butler added 11 rebounds and 12 assists for the Warriors and Green chipped in seven rebounds, five assists and four steals as Golden State kept their hold on sixth place in the Western Conference and direct entry into the playoffs.
Trailing by as many as seven in the third quarter, Golden State took a 93-92 lead into the final period even after losing Curry, who took a frightening fall under the basket.
Curry, who was nursing a sore back before he sat out Tuesday’s win over Milwaukee, was treated on the court before departing with what the team called a pelvic contusion.
“He just kind of fell on his pelvic, tailbone area,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said, adding that Curry was having an MRI scan after the game to assess the injury.
“He was trying to come back (into the game), he thought he might’ve been able to come back and we just decided not to risk anything.”
In other games the Bucks bounced back from their loss at Golden State on Tuesday with a 118-89 romp past the short-handed Lakers in Los Angeles.
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 28 points and Gary Trent Jr. added 23 off the bench for Milwaukee, who were without Damian Lillard who sat out with a sore right calf.
The Lakers, still without superstar LeBron James as he recovers from a groin injury, also had Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves on their long list of absentees, both with sprained ankles.
James’s son Bronny James and Dalton Knecht led the Lakers’ scoring with 17 points apiece, Bronny connecting on seven of his 10 shots on the way to his first double-digit scoring game.
But Milwaukee led by as many as 35 in the wire-to-wire victory, which kept the fifth-placed Bucks one game behind the fourth-placed Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference.
The Pacers won another close one in Indianapolis, where Bennedict Mathurin scored 28 points and pulled down 16 rebounds in a 105-99 overtime victory over the Brooklyn Nets.
The Pacers have now won three straight games by six or fewer points to improve to 40-29 — boosting their lead over the Bucks and Detroit Pistons for fourth place.
Myles Turner scored 23 points with 10 rebounds and five blocks, including a huge rejection of Keon Johnson with 22.2 seconds left in overtime that preserved a two-point lead.
TJ McConnell and Mathurin added two free-throws apiece in the waning seconds to seal the victory for a Pacers team again without star guard Tyrese Haliburton because of a sore back.
- ‘Spectacular’ Mathurin -
Mathurin had sent it to overtime with three free-throws to tie it up at the end of regulation.
“Another amazing finish,” said Pacers coach Rick Carlisle. “Mathurin was spectacular, especially in the fourth quarter.”
Brooklyn’s Trendon Watford was ejected late in the fourth quarter after a scuffle that saw Indiana’s Andrew Nembhard and Turner receive technical fouls. Nembhard was ejected in overtime after getting a second technical for jawing with officials.
The New York Knicks, third in the East, failed to find their offensive groove in a 115-98 loss to the Hornets in Charlotte.
The Knicks have dropped six of their last nine games and again felt the effects of Jalen Brunson’s continued absence with a sprained right ankle.
LaMelo Ball scored 25 points to lead the Hornets and Miles Bridges added 15 points and 10 rebounds for the hosts, who snapped a two-game skid.
OG Anunoby scored 25 for the Knicks and Karl-Anthony Towns added 24 points and 10 rebounds, but New York never led after the opening quarter.
Amazing woman. An inspiration to boys and girls alike.
@michaelor: A real role model.. :)
Some achievements- the best at education and sport.
@Mick O’ Connor: that what it’s all about, isn’t it mick. Who you are, what school you went to, how you did at that school, college & sport. I forgot, what you’re parents did & where they were from as well
@Noel James Doherty: why the cynicism? She deserves congratulations – she studied and trained very hard. Why so many cranky moany whingers on here just knocking everybody else because their lives didn’t just land in their lap.
@Noel James Doherty: There’s always one!
@Sorcha Ní Shúilleabháin: one what sorcha? One who put up a post on the journal that you don’t agree with. Good luck to the girl, well done to her on all fronts in fact, I’m only saying this is hardly massive news, there’s people like this coming out of every county. Well done for sure to her.
@EChamp: look at my posts down through the years, check it out. Good luck to the girl, fair enough. Moany, Whitney, crankey? EChamp whatbsort of a name is that by the way, were you a champ of E’s?
@Noel James Doherty: Seeing your post just after posting mine on the same lines as yours Noel. 100% agree with you. It has always been who your parents are where you live and of course the Gaa.
@Noel James Doherty: Should every article on The Journal have a requirement to be massive news? It’s an interesting human interest story.
Dr Dara is a role model.unlile the Kardashians or Love Islanders
Huge congratulations Dora! You’re an inspiration to youngsters. Well done!
Wow
But can she pat her head and rub her belly at the same time…..??
She holds the national title for it
Dora huge congratulations – inspirational story – from a fellow Barna neighbour
An amazingly talented girl with stellar achievements but unfortunately this article is going to depress all the underachievers out there. And let’s face it, with the bar set this high, that’s most of us. But seriously, well done Dora in everything, the world is your oyster!
@Sean: I agree !! But you just have to admire such talent
Hymmmm…..all of a sudden I feel the need to get out of bed.
Go on The Galway Girl ……….
Amazing if you have anything to do in the Gaa the story’s the likes of the Journal can print What about the students who don’t have this powerful Gaa organisation at their side and do struggle to get where they want but make huge achievements. We don’t ever hear or read their story. All I am seeing on this Journal is how amazing this Gaa person is.
@Scottyal: Your rambling nonsense would make more sense were her achievements solely related to the GAA.
Why do so many people read articles like this and feel the need to start whataboutery? She’s an amazing person. That doesn’t mean other amazing people don’t exist. Different people show their traits in different ways.
@Scottyal: That is utter nonsense.
Some woman!
Just fantastic! Well done!