(KRON) Luke Walton had nearly finished drawing up a play when Stephen Curry chimed in: Run one for Klay.
Walton obliged, and so did Klay Thompson.
“I stepped in. I need to be a little quicker,” Curry said. “I raised my hand. We got a bucket on it, too. It worked.”
There were so many buckets, in fact, Thompson couldn’t remember that exact one. He scored 27 of his season-high 43 points in the third quarter and the Golden State Warriors responded after their first loss following a record 24-0 start by beating the Phoenix Suns 128-103 on Wednesday night.
Curry added 25 points on 10-of-14 shooting and seven assists as Golden State returned home from its two-week road trip that ended with its lone defeat, 108-95 on Saturday at Milwaukee. That also ended a 28-game overall winning streak by the Warriors, second-longest in NBA history.
Draymond Green had 16 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for his fourth triple-double this season, while Thompson hit 15-of-22 shots and 8-of-13 3-pointers in his first 40-point game this season.
“I just knew if I was going to get those shots all game, was going to knock them down,” he said.