Barrett scores 28, Knicks beat Warriors for third straight win

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – RJ Barrett recorded 28 career-high points and the New York Knicks tied their longest winning streak of the season at three games by defeating the Golden State Warriors 119-104 Thursday night.

“We enter each game feeling that we should win the game or give us a chance to win gameSaid Knicks forward Julius Randle. “We are a good team and we play a good basketball team game. “

Stephen Curry scored 30 points with five 3-pointers but only shot 9 of 19 as Golden State lacked the same energy it had in a tie-break victory over Spurs the night before. It certainly didn’t help that Draymond Green was ejected late in the first half over a contested technique as he appeared to be yelling at teammate James Wiseman.

“At halftime, Ben Taylor came out and told me it was a mistake, that John Butler didn’t realize Draymond was yelling at his teammate. He thought he was yelling at him, ”Warriors coach Steve Kerr said of his conversation with officials. “Obviously Draymond is one of our best and most impactful players so it hurt us, but we were playing very poorly up to this point anyway. So I’m not going to talk about refereeing, I’m going to talk about our bad play.

Randle added 16 points, 17 rebounds and nine assists to help New York build much-needed momentum during that successful streak to reach .500 (8-8) after a five-game series of defeats.

Randle had a chance at a triple-double but fell just short.

“You still want to try and get one if you can. I’m just happy that we got the win, ”he said. “I’ll take this any day.”

Alec Burks returned from a 12-game absence with a sprained left ankle to finish with 11 points and six rebounds for the Knicks. Burks spent 48 games with Golden State last season before a trade to the 76ers. When he entered at 4:49 am of the first quarter, Warriors speaker Matt Pitman offered, “Welcome to the Bay, Alec Burks!

Andrew Wiggins had 17 points and nine rebounds, and rookie Wiseman contributed 15 points and eight tables for the cold-shooting Warriors, who only managed 38.8% of their shots and got a 9 for 38 on 3 points.

“We are not the team we were yesterday. We didn’t come with the same goal, so then game we just have to bring it, ”Wiggins said.

New York shot 7 of 11 from the ground to throw the game, making four of his top five 3s to build an early 20-12 lead.

the game had 55 combined personal fouls.

“Draymond, we took a break when he was sent off,” Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said.

GREEN FACTOR

Golden State has fallen to 6-5 with its current starting lineup since Green returned from a foot injury. But considering Green was pitched with 1:04 left in the first half after his second technical foul, it didn’t look like a game he played – although he had three points and eight assists.

Kerr doesn’t even think Green is “in his best shape yet.”

“We were a mess without him. I think Draymond realizes how important he is to this team, ”Kerr said.

TIP-INS

Knicks: Frank Ntilikina, limited to four games so far and missed his 12th in a row with a sprained right knee, is still listed as day-to-day by Thibodeau, who said: “Do a little more each day, so we’ll see how it goes. … New York broke a 10-game skidding in the series and five-game A losing streak on the Warriors’ home floor with a 124-122 win on his last visit to the Bay Area on December 11, 2019.… G Austin Rivers missed a right Achilles tendon.

Warriors: Eric Paschall scored 12 and reached 1000 points in his 74th …