Short-handed Warriors battle without Curry, Butler and Green, but Miami surges late for 110-96 win
MIAMI - Stephen Curry s road trip ended a tournament early with the Golden State Warriors making the decision to hold the NBA s career -point leader out of Wednesday night s championship in Miami that resulted in a - Heat mastery Also out for Golden State were Jimmy Butler back in what would have been his second event back in Miami after last season s bargain and Draymond Green illness among others Curry sat out with right ankle soreness He tweaked the ankle in a competition Friday at San Antonio and did it again Tuesday in a contest at Orlando but was able to keep playing in both of those contests The matchup was the finale of a six-game nine-day trip for the Warriors who went - on Norman Powell scored points Bam Adebayo returned to points and the Heat pulled away late to top the extremely short-handed Warriors Former Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins scored Brandin Podziemski scored to lead Golden State which got from Quinten Post and from Buddy Hield The Warriors gave up turnovers that Miami turned into points more than Golden State scored off Miami s giveaways Golden State Warriors guard Brandin Podziemski arrives before an NBA basketball event against the Miami Heat Wednesday Nov in Miami AP Photo Lynne Sladky The teams combined to shoot the second-worst shooting match in the NBA so far this season Toronto and Atlanta combined to shoot in the Raptors - win on Nov The Warriors got into a - hole their largest first-quarter deficit of the season But Miami scored only points in the next minutes and Golden State chipped away taking its first lead at - on a basket by Post midway through the third Then it was Golden State s turn to cool The Warriors led - late in the third before Miami went on a - run to pull away Miami s Kel el Ware grabbed rebounds for Miami which outscored the Warriors - in the fourth quarter The Warriors were also without Al Horford left toe injury management and Jonathan Kuminga knee tendinitis Golden State is hoping Curry Butler Green and Horford can play Friday at home against Portland All are considered day-to-day Related Articles Curry out other stars questionable at Heat as Warriors tough schedule marches on On an injured ankle Warriors Steph Curry passes another NBA scoring legend Instant Warriors analysis Win streak snapped despite Curry s big night in Orlando Warriors Draymond Green warned for confronting fan after being called Angel Reese reports Draymond Green explains heated interaction with heckling fan during Warriors-Pelicans Warriors coach Steve Kerr has pointed out multiple times that such a long trip is tough enough yet this one was made tougher because the jammed schedule didn t provide his organization an opportunity to practice We all know what the schedule s been like and I know Coach talked about it we try not to think about it too much knowing it is what it is Curry declared after Tuesday night s loss in Orlando You have to find a way to overcome it We ve done a decent job we let two games slide that we feel like we wish we would have had but we re all right right now
