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By Joe Hawkes-Beamon
OAKLAND — Klay Thompson scored 24 points and Stephen Curry finished with 23 points, helping the Golden State Warriors win their 14th straight game at Oracle Arena with a 112-94 victory Friday night in front of the team’s 99th consectutive sellout.
The Warriors finished their six-game homestand 6-0, and have won sixth straight game overall. The last time Golden State went 6-0 on a homestand you got to go back to February of 1992.
“We got some big stops down the stretch when we needed them,” said Curry, who finished with 10 of the Warriors’ 35 assists with just one turnover. “We wanted to protect the basket and play solid defense.”
Marreese Speights scored 12 points, Harrison Barnes had 11, and Draymond Green nearly had a triple double, finishing with 10 points, 11 rebounds, and eight assists.
Rookie Justin Holiday provided another spark off the bench, scoring 14 points in 18 minutes. Holiday scored 12 points off the bench in 28 minutes of action in Golden State’s 117-91 victory over Oklahoma City Monday night.
Golden State had trouble containing Cleveland in the first quarter, allowing the Cavs to shoot 52.2 percent from the floor on (12-for-23). Cleveland dominated the Warriors on the glass early, holding a 16-8 rebounding edge early before finishing with a 45-44 rebounding advantage.
The Cavaliers outscored the Warriors 18-0 on second chance points.
But Golden State turned to the run game, outscoring the Cavaliers 36-3 on fast break points, and holding the edge in points in the paint, 40-28.
Trailing 66-64 with 6:39 left in the third quarter, Golden State went on an 11-0 run to push their lead to 75-66, keyed by a Barnes’ dunk courtesy of a Green lob. From that point, Golden State never looked back.
Cleveland (19-18) played without forward LeBron James (sore left knee, lower back soreness)
J.R. Smith scored 12 of his game-high 27 points in the first quarter, Kyrie Irving finished with 23 points and six assists, and Kevin Love added 17 points and 14 rebounds for Cleveland.
Cleveland dropped to 1-6 without James this season.
“It wasn’t what I expected (6-0 at home), but it felt great to get back to who we are,” said Warriors head coach Steve Kerr. “We play in front of great fans and the atmosphere is electric.”
Golden State have owned the Eastern Conference this season, improving to 12-0, the team’s best start against the Eastern Conference.
With the NBA’s best record at 29-5 and home record at 16-1, Golden State have played unselfish team basketball this season and those records show that this could be a very promising season in the Bay Area for the Warriors.
The Dubs don’t hit the court again until Tuesday, when they head to Utah, before returning to Oracle Arena Wednesday against Miami with a chance to make it 15 in a row which would tie the 1989-90 Warriors’ franchise mark.
Game Notes:
- Former Warriors head coach Mark Jackson called the game for ESPN. Jackson, who was fired at the end of last season, was greeted by several members of the Warriors and received a standing ovation from the home crowd. Jackson went 121-109, with two playoff appearances (1 postseason series win) in three seasons manning the bench for Golden State.
- Stephen Curry’s “Curry 1’s” basketball shoe from Under Armour made their debut.
- Klay Thompson left midway through the third quarter with a gash to his forehead. Thompson would return to the game in the fourth.

