NBA: Golden State Warriors lose to Detroit Pistons after late three-pointer

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The Golden State Warriors' five-match winning tally astatine location ended successful melodramatic manner pursuing a precocious three-pointer from the Detroit Pistons' Saddiq Bey.

The lucifer looked to beryllium heading for overtime erstwhile Klay Thompson levelled for the Warriors with his ain three-pointer with conscionable 2.3 seconds left.

But the Pistons utilized a timeout to get backmost up the tribunal and Bey's agelong changeable handed them a 122-119 victory.

"I had 1 2nd truthful I didn't person clip to deliberation - I had to shoot," said Bey.

"I'm conscionable grateful it went in. I don't adjacent remember, I benignant of blacked retired a small bit."

Stephen Curry, who was the MVP arsenic the Warriors won the NBA Finals past season, missed his 10th consecutive game.

The 34-year-old constituent guard, who suffered a partial dislocation of his near enarthrosis successful a decision astatine the Indiana Pacers successful mid-December, is owed to person his injury re-evaluated connected Saturday.

The Warriors' caput coach, Steve Kerr, praised his players aft they fought backmost from 5 points down successful the last 4th against the Pistons, who had the worst grounds successful the Eastern Conference going into the lucifer successful San Francisco.

"I conscionable told the guys however arrogant I americium of them for holding down the fort these past mates weeks," said Kerr.

Despite their caller improved run, it was a 19th decision successful 39 matches this play for the injury-hit Warriors arsenic they conflict to unit their mode backmost into the play-off representation pursuing a stuttering commencement to their rubric defence.

Elsewhere, Dennis Schroder scored a season-high 32 points for the Los Angeles Lakers, who won 112-109 astatine location to the Miami Heat for a 4th triumph successful 5 matches contempt missing prima antheral LeBron James done illness.

John Collins scored 22 points and made 12 rebounds arsenic the Atlanta Hawks ended a tally of 4 defeats with a 120-117 triumph distant to the Sacramento Kings.