Curry scores 40, Warriors rout Wolves in Shanghai
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Stephen Curry finished off his China trip with a performance ripped right out of his MVP highlight reel.
Curry scored 40 points to lead the Golden State Warriors to a 142-110 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday in Shanghai for a split of their two-game series in China.
It was the Warriors’ first win of the preseason and came like so many of their victories of the last three years, filled with Curry’s incredible shot-making and playmaking.
The 2015 and 2016 NBA MVP was 13 for 20 from the field, including 6 of 9 from 3-point range, and added eight assists.
Klay Thompson added eight 3-pointers and 28 points, while Kevin Durant scored 22.
Andrew Wiggins had 19 points for Minnesota, which won’t play again in the preseason.
WARRIORS 142, TIMBERWOLVES 110
Golden State shot 60 percent from the field (51 of 85) and 61 percent (20 for 33) from behind the arc.
Rookie Jordan Bell made all five shots and scored 11 points, while Draymond Green also scored 11.
Karl-Anthony Towns scored 16 points and Jimmy Butler had 15.
The Wolves poured in 44 points in the first quarter, but Tom Thibodeau’s club yielded quarters of 36, 40 and 38 points over the first three periods.
WIZARDS 102, CAVALIERS 94
Bradley Beal scored 11 points in limited action and the Wizards improved to 3-0.
Beal played nine minutes and fellow guard John Wall logged just 7 1/2. Jodie Meeks and Carrick Felix scored 12 points off the bench to pace Washington.
The Cavaliers rested LeBron James and nearly all their regulars in Washington and fell to 0-3. Jeff Green had a series of dunks and led Cleveland with 19 points.
Also sitting for Cleveland were Dwyane Wade, Derrick Rose, Kevin Love, J.R. Smith, Jae Crowder and Tristan Thompson.
Kay Felder started at guard and had 12 points and 11 assists, Kyle Korver had 11 points, and Turkish rookie Cedi Osman finished with six points, six assists and five rebounds.
TRAIL BLAZERS 134, CLIPPERS 106
Damian Lillard scored 35 points, CJ McCollum added 20 and Portland rang up 70 points in the first half in Los Angeles.
Lillard was 13 for 13 from the free throw line. He and McCollum each made four 3-pointers.
Maurice Harkless was 6 for 6 off the bench and scored 16 points, while Jusuf Nurkic finished with 13 points and nine rebounds.
Portland scored 43 points in the second quarter.
Blake Griffin and Serbian star Milos Teodosic each scored 15 for the Clippers.
Teodosic made four 3-pointers despite dislocating his left pinkie finger.
DeAndre Jordan had 12 points and 14 rebounds.
Danilo Gallinari (left mid-foot sprain), Austin Rivers (strained right glute) and Sam Dekker (strained left oblique) sat out.
SPURS 122, NUGGETS 100
LaMarcus Aldridge had 21 points, eight rebounds and six assists, and the Spurs handed the Nuggets their first loss of the preseason.
San Antonio shot 57 percent from the field and 3-point range, going 16 of 28 behind the arc.
Rudy Gay and Danny Green each scored 11 points in a little more than 20 minutes.
Pau Gasol and Patty Mills rested, as reserve Bryn Forbes scored 20 points.
Nikola Jokic had 19 points and seven rebounds for Denver.
Gary Harris scored 15 points after agreeing to a four-year, $84 million extension.
Paul Millsap was just 2 for 11 from the field and scored 13 points, while Will Barton came off the bench for 16 points.
Point guards Jameer Nelson and Emmanuel Mudiay were a combined 2 for 11.
