After Curry came off the pick-and-roll with David Lee before hitting his patented high arc shot over Kris Humphries, that would bring the home crowd to their feet, Gerald Wallace missed a game winning 3-pointer at the buzzer, sending the Celtics to Portland with their seventh consecutive lost.
"D-Lee set a great
screen and I found a nice little bit of daylight to knock it down," Curry
said after the game.
Andre Iguodala had 22
points, seven assists and five rebounds, while Curry finished with 19 points,
seven assists and four rebounds. Andrew Bogut grabbed 13 rebounds for Golden
State, who are off until Wednesday when they play Denver.
Boston on the other hand,
had played its best game of their road trip as Jeff Green (24 points, 11
rebounds), Jared Sullinger (21 points, 11 rebounds), and Kris Humphries (16
points, 14 rebounds) all finished with double-doubles. Despite the poor
shooting of Jordan Crawford and Avery Bradley, who went for a combined 6-for-24
from the field, they kept the game close even with standing a 19-3 run by the
Warriors at the end of the third.
Green made a running layup
that got a friendly bounce, tying the game at 97 with 11.6 seconds to play.
Then a Curry and Lee pick-and-roll forced the switch between Humphries and
Bradley, leaving Avery to pick up Lee and Curry hitting a another game winning
jumper over Kris. The last play where the Celtics could have tied it or gone
for the win was fumbled by Green, leaving Wallace to pick up the ball and throw
up a three that was wide left. Game over.
"Lost seven straight
and guys are still fighting out there," Sullinger said. "Guys are
still trying to make plays. Guys are still together. It's not like we're
pulling apart."
Celtics will wrap up their
road trip tonight in Portland when they take on the Blazers who are 27-9. They
will try to finish on a good note, tip-off is at 10:00 PM.
Game Notes:
The Celtics shot 45% from
the field to the Warriors' 41%. Boston outscored Golden State's bench 31-21.
Before last night's tip-off it was reported that Rajon Rondo would make a
return on January 17th against the Lakers at the TD Garden, which he and Brad
Steven both denied. Earlier in the day, the story broke that the point guard
would definetly would come back before the All-Star game which is on February
16.
Joel Pavón
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