Warriors Beat Sacramento 103-94; First NBA Game For Curry Brothers As Opponents
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) -- Stephen Curry scored 21 of his 24 points in the second half, and the undefeated Golden State Warriors beat the Sacramento Kings 103-94 on Saturday night.
Golden State (7-0) is off to its best start since moving to the West Coast. The defending NBA champions are two wins away from matching the Philadelphia Warriors' 9-0 franchise-best start in 1960-61.
Klay Thompson scored 18 points and Andre Iguodala had 14 for Golden State, which has won 74 of its last 89 games dating to last season. Harrison Barnes scored 13 points on 4-for-17 shooting.
The Warriors were averaging nearly 118 points coming into the night, but they were held to a season-low total. They shot 41 and missed 31 of 39 3-point attempts.
Marco Bellinelli and Rudy Gay each scored 22 points for the Kings, losers of five straight. Rajon Rondo had 14 points, 12 rebounds and 15 assists for his 23rd career regular-season triple double, and Kosta Koufos finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Sacramento played without leading scorer and rebounder DeMarcus Cousins (Achilles strain) for a fourth straight game. Darren Collison was sidelined by a hamstring strain.
The Kings were 6-17 last season without Cousins, who has career averages of 18.9 points and 10.6 rebounds.
Curry had 11 points in the third quarter and 10 more in the fourth when the Warriors used a 16-5 run to pull away for the win.
This was Steph and Seth Curry's first NBA game as opponents, but a right-ankle sprain kept the latter on the bench.
TIP-INS
Warriors: Curry had two first-quarter points, scoring on a putback with 3:09 left. ... Despite missing 14 if their first 16 shots, the Warriors still led 20-14 after one quarter. ... C Andrew Bogut missed his sixth straight game due to a concussion.
Kings: George Karl started his sixth different lineup in seven games. ... Sacramento had 15 first-half turnovers that led to 19 points.
UP NEXT
Warriors: Host Detroit on Monday.
Kings: Host San Antonio on Monday.
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