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Thursday 29 October 2015
NBA Capsules
Curry starts new season with a bang, Warriors beat Pelicans
The Associated Press since 2008 and finished 28 ble with 18 points and 10
OAKLAND, California (AP) games behind the Hawks rebounds. Ersan Ilyasova
— NBA MVP Stephen Curry a year ago, began to pull chipped in with 16 points
showed in a hurry he hasn’t away just before halftime. and Reggie Jackson add-
lost a step or his swagger, They led by double figures ed 15. Dennis Schroder led
scoring 40 points to lead through most of the final the Hawks with 20 points.
the Golden State Warriors two quarters and held on Paul Millsap had 19 and
to a 111-95 victory over the despite missing 20 of their Jeff Teague 18, but new
New Orleans Pelicans on last 22 shots from the field. starter Kent Bazemore —
Tuesday night to open their Andre Drummond had 19 who stepped in at small for-
title defense. rebounds and 18 points for ward after DeMarre Carroll
Curry put on a familiar the Pistons. Marcus Morris left in free agency — was
shooting clinic from all over also had a double-dou- held scoreless.q
the court, knocking down
seven of his first nine shots Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry, left, lays up a shot in front
with four 3-pointers for 24 of New Orleans Pelicans’ Kendrick Perkins (5) during the second
first-quarter points. He fin- half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, in Oak-
ished 14 for 26 with seven land, Calif.
assists and six rebounds in
a rematch of the first round Associated Press
of the playoffs that Golden
State swept 4-0. It was his onds. Jimmy Butler then the team they knocked out
10th career 40-point game. broke up an inbounds pass in the conference semifi-
Curry and the Warriors intended for James as time nals last season.
raised the championship expired. PISTONS 106, HAWKS 94
banner and received their The president sat courtside ATLANTA (AP) — Kentavi-
rings in an elaborate pre- for most of the game as ous Caldwell-Pope scored
game ceremony featuring his beloved Bulls knocked 21 points to lead all five De-
glitz, glow sticks and fire. off the defending Eastern troit starters in double fig-
Coach Steve Kerr attend- Conference champions ures, carrying the Pistons to
ed, then left for the locker and gave coach Fred Hoi- a victory over Atlanta and
room to rest his surgically berg a narrow win in his first ruining the opener of the
repaired back as interim game. team with the best record
Luke Walton coached the James scored 25 points and in the Eastern Conference
team. grabbed 10 rebounds for last season.
Anthony Davis, who aver- Cleveland, but the Cava- The Pistons, who haven’t
aged 29.5 points and 12.5 liers came up short against had a winning season
rebounds in two games
against Golden State last
season, shot 4 for 20 and
scored 10 of his 18 points
on free throws.
BULLS 97, CAVALIERS 95
CHICAGO (AP) — Nikola
Mirotic scored 19 points
and Derrick Rose added 18
to lead Chicago to a sea-
son-opening victory over
LeBron James and Cleve-
land with President Barack
Obama watching.
Pau Gasol blocked a
potential tying layup by
James in the closing sec-
Warriors’ Andrew Bogut sustains
concussion in season-opening win
OAKLAND, California (AP) his right eye that required court until he is symptom-
— Golden State Warriors stitches. He left the defend- free and once he passes
center Andrew Bogut has a ing NBA champions’ 111-95 the NBA concussion proto-
concussion after taking an win at the 7:07 mark of the col.
arm to the head in Tuesday third quarter and didn’t re- He was productive when
night’s season-opening win turn. on the floor against the
against New Orleans. Pelicans. Bogut made all
The Australian had already The team says he was eval- six of his field-goal attempts
been wearing a face mask uated after the game and for 12 points to go with five
for a broken nose when again Wednesday morn- rebounds and five assists in
he sustained a cut above ing. He won’t return to the nearly 19 minutes.q
