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Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry led the Golden State Warriors to a much-needed 140-131 victory against the Chicago Bulls on Friday. <\/b><\/p>\n
The Warriors had lost their two previous games and made another sluggish start to trail the Bulls 75-62 at half-time. <\/p>\n
But 48 points in the third quarter put Golden State in control heading into the closing stages in Chicago. <\/p>\n
Thompson finished with 30 points and six assists and Curry added 27 points. <\/p>\n
“I think we got off-track emotionally, spiritually, the last couple games,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said.<\/p>\n
“Our fans could feel it. We got booed for the first time since I’ve been here, and as I said both nights, we deserved it because our energy and our competitive spirit was not there.<\/p>\n
“We found that again tonight.”<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, San Antonio Spurs<\/b> rookie Victor Wembanyama scored 26 points and claimed 11 rebounds as they thrashed the Charlotte Hornets<\/b> 135-99. <\/p>\n
Frenchman Wembanyama, 20, connected on nine of 14 shots inside the opening 20 minutes – including two alley-oop dunks and a one-handed jam in the second half. <\/p>\n
Hornets’ LaMelo Ball had 28 points, five assists and five steals in his first game since November after a 20-match injury absence. <\/p>\n
In Detroit, the Houston Rockets<\/b> edged past the Detroit Pistons<\/b> 112-110, with Fred VanVleet scoring 17 of his 20 points in the second half. <\/p>\n
The defeat was the Pistons’ seventh in a row since they ended their record-equalling 28-game losing streak<\/a> against the Toronto Raptors last month. <\/p>\n Also, reigning champions Denver Nuggets<\/b> beat the New Orleans Pelicans <\/b>125-113 thanks to Nikola Jokic’s 12th triple-double of the season and the 10th of his career. <\/p>\n The Serb, who is a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player, scored 27 points with 10 rebounds and 14 assists. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n