Warriors Run NBA-Record Start To 18-0, Beat Kings 120-101
OAKLAND (CBS/AP) -- Stephen Curry scored 17 of his 19 points in the first quarter and Draymond Green had his second straight triple-double as the Golden State Warriors extended their NBA record to 18 straight wins at the start of a season Saturday night with a 120-101 victory over the Sacramento Kings.
Leading by 10 points at halftime, the defending champion Warriors opened the third quarter with a 27-8 run that included four 3-pointers by Brandon Rush to build the lead to 29 points. The Kings never got close the rest of the game.
Green had 13 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists, becoming the first Warriors player with back-to-back triple-doubles since Wilt Chamberlain in 1964. A night earlier, he had 14 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in a 135-116 win at Phoenix.
Rush had 16 points and Klay Thompson added 15 for the Warriors. Rudy Gay scored 20 points for Sacramento.
The Warriors' 22nd straight regular-season victory -- a streak that includes four wins at the end of last season -- tied the 2007-08 Houston Rockets for the third-longest such streak in NBA history, trailing only the 33 straight by the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers and 27 in a row by the 2012-13 Miami Heat.
Golden State won its 28th straight regular-season home game (a streak that also began last season), becoming the 10th NBA team to accomplish that feat and the first since the 1996-97 Chicago Bulls, who won 32 in a row at home en route to their second of three straight league titles.
Curry, the league's reigning Most Valuable Player and its leading scorer this season, hit three 3-pointers in the opening period while scoring more than half of Golden State's 30 points. The Warriors trailed until the final six seconds of that quarter, but quickly took control in the second period against a Kings team missing leading scorer DeMarcus Cousins.
TIP-INS
Kings: Cousins missed this third straight game with a lower back strain. Coach George Karl said he hopes Cousins can return Monday against the Mavericks. ... Rajon Rondo, who leads the NBA in assists, had seven, four below his average.
Warriors: Harrison Barnes missed the game with a sprained left ankle, breaking his streak of 101 straight regular-season starts. ... Andrew Bogut celebrated his 31st birthday and Leandro Barbosa turned 33 on Saturday.
UP NEXT
Kings: Host Dallas on Monday night.
Warriors: Visit Utah on Monday night.
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