SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Steve Kerr wants Klay Thompson to get some rest and let the game come to him.
Thompson is certainly showing signs of rediscovering his shooting groove.
“I thought about it a lot,” Thompson said of being patient.
He scored 20 points with four 3-pointers, Stephen Curry added 24 points, 10 assists and six rebounds, and Golden State Warriors to beat New York Knicks 111-101 on Friday night.
Andrew Wiggins added 20 points with seven rebounds and Draymond Green contributed 10 points, nine rebounds and seven assists with two blocked shots.
Thompson hit 4 of his first 6 shots with three 3s for 11 early points.
“Every time Clay made an extra pass, the ball started moving and then we got a wide open shot,” Kerr said. ”We finished with 32 assists. It started early on with Clay taking a very patient approach. Then the game rewarded him,” he said.
Jordan Poole scored 13 points off the bench and Jamichal Green added 12 points. He praised a team meeting earlier Friday when the Warriors had a tough conversation about their struggles and “addressed the elephants in the room.”
Thompson called it “a very creative crowd…an incredible time of growth.”
“I feel like tonight was a great game we put together on the defensive end,” he said.
Julius Randle had 20 points and seven rebounds and R.J. Barrett scored 18 for the cold-shooting Knicks, who started 5 of 22 and shot 34.5% while trying to play catch-up all night.
Jalen Brunson went 2-for-13 on his shooting — 1-for-5 from long range — and had 13 points to lead New York to a 106-103 win in Denver on Wednesday night. The Knicks have won two of four straight and three of three, but have failed to match their longest streak thus far.
Home and road
The Warriors are 7-1 at home and 0-8 on the road.
“I’m more interested in why we’re not playing well on the road than why we’re playing well at home,” Kerr said. “I expect to play well at home. We’ve had a good record here over the years and good players, great fans. We should not restrict our home court for any reason. But we have to start putting it together down the road.
Golden State snapped a three-game home skid to the Knicks and won its last eight in New York.
“For me, road registration is directly linked to safety,” Kerr said.
Tips
Knicks: C Mitchell Robinson sat out with a sprained right knee. … Jan. New York lost on the Warriors’ home floor for the first time in four games since a 122-95 loss on 8, 2019. … RJ The Knicks missed their initial 10 3-pointers before Barrett connected. 9:15 mark of the second quarter. Derrick Rose, Jalen Brunson and Immanuel Quickley combined to go 0 for 9 from deep.
Warriors: The Warriors shot just 11 of 20 at the free throw line, with Curry missing two and Wiggins missing three. “It happens, just one random game,” Kerr said. … Thompson passed JJ Redick (1,950) – at home to work the broadcast – for 16th on the 3-pointer list. … C Kevon Looney has played in 127 consecutive regular-season games, the third-longest active streak. … Golden State built an 18-point lead in the first quarter and kept going.
next
Knicks: Sunday in Phoenix for the fourth in a five-game, seven-day road trip. The Knicks play at Oklahoma City on Monday night to complete a back-to-back West swing.
Warriors: First up in Houston on Sunday on a road trip that ends Monday night in New Orleans.
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