Warriors fall to 0-3 for first time in 19 years as Booker drops 43
Resting Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Brandin Podziemski and Al Horford on the back end of a back-to-back, Golden State lost 131-122 in Phoenix.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 2 min read
Chase Center arena in San Francisco's Mission Bay. Photo: Gregory Varnum / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped, resized and color-graded). Archive photo of the area; not a photo of the events in this story.
Devin Booker scored 43 points and the Phoenix Suns beat a short-handed Golden State Warriors team 131-122 on Saturday night, dropping the Warriors to 0-3 for the first time in 19 years, AP reported.
Why it matters: Golden State was playing for the third time in four days and sat Stephen Curry (right knee), Brandin Podziemski, Draymond Green and Al Horford (low back).
Key numbers
Rookie Yaxel Lendeborg scored a season-high 26 points with six 3-pointers. De'Anthony Melton added 25 on 8-of-13 shooting.
Booker shot 17 of 25 with seven assists and seven rebounds, including 17 points in the third quarter.
Phoenix outscored Golden State 27-10 on fast breaks, per NBA.com.
How it went
Phoenix led 57-54 at the half, then won the third quarter 45-38. Luke Kennard's 3 made it 117-102 with six minutes left. Steve Kerr drew a technical foul.
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Golden State went without a field goal over the final 3:47 as Memphis closed on a 17-0 run. Cameron Boozer hit the go-ahead jumper with 20 seconds left.
Golden State plays in Phoenix at 7 p.m. PT on NBC, the night after losing a late lead and the home opener to Memphis. Curry said he will 'probably not' play.
Stephen Curry scored 23 but the Warriors trailed by as many as 35 in a 127-105 loss to the Lakers. Golden State plays its home opener against the Memphis Grizzlies at Chase Center on Friday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m.
The Warriors are exploring trades for Kristaps Porzingis, ESPN's Shams Charania reported. Porzingis is away from the team and seriously considering his future as he deals with POTS.
