Stephen Curry scored a career-high 54 points, but the effort went unrewarded as the Golden State Warriors fell to the New York Knicks, 109-105, on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden.
Warriors vs. Knicks final score: Stars show out as NY defeats GSW, 109-105
Late turnovers sealed the Warriors’ fate and overshadowed a career night for Stephen Curry.
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It was only fitting that some of the NBA's biggest stars were at their best at the basketball center of the universe known as MSG. Carmelo Anthony had a stellar game and finished with 35 points on 10-of-26 shooting and added eight rebounds. Tyson Chandler notched a career-high 28 rebounds and added 16 points of his own to lift New York (34-20).
J.R. Smith added 26 points off the bench in a balanced effort that saw the bench score 46 points for the Knicks.
The star of the game in the losing effort was Curry, whose career-high 11 three-pointers weren't enough to overcome the 17 turnovers the Warriors (33-25) had as a team.
The Knicks used 16 offensive rebounds to score 27 second-chance points, despite the Warriors winning the fast break points margin, 16-9.
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