Warriors topple Thunder in Curry absence

In the absence of injured Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson had one of his most efficient performances of the season and the Golden State Warriors cruised past the Oklahoma City Thunder in a 141-114 resounding victory.

Lively Thompson scored 42 points on 15-for-22 shooting from the field (12-for-16 from three) and had a season-high 12 3-pointers.

1️⃣1️⃣ was electric from beyond the arc@googlecloud || Player of the Game pic.twitter.com/m0tblWFakJ

— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) February 7, 2023

Thompson now has eight games with 10 or more 3-pointers, second in NBA history behind Curry’s 22.

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Jordan Poole finished with 21 points and a career-high 12 assists. Andrew Wiggins, Donte DiVincenzo, and JaMychal Green also finished in double-figures.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander let the Thunder with 20 points, Aaron Wiggins added 19 and Tre Mann had 18 off the bench.

Josh Giddey contributed 15 points, eight assists and seven rebounds as Oklahoma City struggled in the opener of a road back-to-back coming off a franchise-record 153 points in Saturday’s home win over Houston.

Thunder visit the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night with LeBron James just 36 points from breaking the NBA career scoring record.

Warriors are at Portland on Wednesday night and then host the Lakers on Saturday night.