Seventeen straight points for Memphis
Golden State led Memphis 106-94 with 3:47 left in its home opener on Friday. It lost 111-108, after scoring none of the final 17 points. “Everything went wrong,” Stephen Curry said. The Warriors are 0-2 for the first time since 2020-21.
Curry scored 24 against the Grizzlies after 23 in a 127-105 loss at the Lakers on Wednesday. Across the two games he has shot 12 of 30 overall and 5 of 17 from three. Coach Steve Kerr is also managing his minutes, with Curry playing about seven or eight at the start of the first quarter and sitting early in the second. Against Memphis he scored 14 of his points in 15 second-half minutes.
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A Suns team coming off a blowout
Phoenix is not arriving in better shape. The Suns lost 124-83 at Portland on Wednesday, trailing 43-12 after the first quarter and by as many as 52. Coach Jordan Ott said they “absolutely got blitzed.” They shot 35.7 percent and were outrebounded 56-39 while Portland hit 19 of 47 threes.
Devin Booker had 23 points. Dillon Brooks, Jalen Green and Miles Bridges combined for 11 made field goals on 34 attempts. With Mark Williams out with a left shoulder injury, Khaman Maluach and Oso Ighodaro are expected to share the post minutes, though Ighodaro left Wednesday’s game with an apparent hip injury and his status is unknown.
Injuries and recent history
Golden State is without Kristaps Porzingis for the foreseeable future because of an undisclosed health issue, and Charles Bassey (knee) has missed two straight. Brandin Podziemski and rookie Yaxel Lendeborg each scored 18 against Memphis. These teams last met in the play-in round on April 17, when the Suns won 111-96 to eliminate Golden State.
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