Warriors at Jazz
The Golden State Warriors are cruising along with wins in six of their last seven games as their superstars work their way up the all-time scoring list. The Warriors will try to take advantage of the slumping Utah Jazz when they head out for a brief one-game road trip on Wednesday.
Golden State point guard Stephen Curry surpassed the 15,000-point plateau in Monday's 110-93 win over the Memphis Grizzlies while Kevin Durant passed Hall of Famer Larry Bird to move into 33rd place on the NBA's all-time scoring list. "He's one of those guys who puts in the work every single day and produces," Durant told reporters of Curry. "That 15,000, that's something I'm sure he expected out of himself when he came into the league. But to actually accomplish it, that just shows how hard he works and how dedicated he is to the game." The Jazz will try to keep up with Durant, Curry and company with an offense that failed to reach 100 points in dropping the last two games. Utah shot 39 percent from the floor and committed 24 turnovers in a 103-97 loss at the Houston Rockets on Monday.
TV: 9 p.m. ET, NBCS Bay Area (Golden State), AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain (Utah)
ABOUT THE WARRIORS (21-10): Durant scored 23 points on Monday to give him 21,806 for his career, 15 more than Bird. "Somebody texted me after the game and showed me a screenshot," Durant told reporters. "I was giddy like a little kid. I grew up watching Larry Bird. Well, not really, he's older. You grew up knowing Larry Legend and so to be amongst the greats, that's all you really want to do. It's a great accomplishment, but I want to keep going." Curry is at 138th on the NBA list at 15,010 points but is up to fifth (2,230) in career 3-pointers after draining three more on Monday.
ABOUT THE JAZZ (14-17): Utah sharpshooter Joe Ingles went 2-of-6 from the floor on Monday and is shooting 31.6 percent from field, including 25 percent from beyond the arc, over the last five games - a stretch in which the Jazz are 1-4. The team's shooting woes extend beyond Ingles and the starters to the reserves, where backcourt combination Kyle Korver and Dante Exum are struggling to find consistency. Korver is 4-of-21 from 3-point range in the team's last four losses while Exum managed six points on 2-of-9 from the floor in the last two contests.
BUZZER BEATERS
1. Warriors PF Draymond Green is 7-of-24 from the floor in four games since returning from a toe injury.
2. Jazz PG Raul Neto (thigh) missed the last three games and is day-to-day.
3. Durant and Curry combined for 69 points and 15 assists in a 124-123 win at Utah on Oct. 19.