TORONTO (AP) 鈥� Jordan Poole scored a career-high 43 points, Klay Thompson had 17 and the Golden State Warriors won for the first time in five tries this season without the injured Stephen Curry, beating the Toronto Raptors 126-110 on Sunday night.
Draymond Green returned after sitting out Friday鈥檚 loss at Philadelphia because of a sore right quadriceps and finished with 17 points and nine rebounds in 37 minutes as Golden State snapped a three-game losing streak and improved to 3-14 on the road.
鈥淓verybody needs to step up when one of our leaders goes down,鈥� Poole said. 鈥淲e did that tonight from the top to the bottom of the roster.鈥�
Kevon Looney added 11 points and 11 rebounds for the Warriors, whose last road win came Nov. 27 at Minnesota.
鈥淚t shows how good we can be,鈥� Looney said of winning without Curry. 鈥淚t鈥檚 always going to be hard to win when you鈥檙e missing one of the best players in the league. He鈥檚 going to be gone for a while so we鈥檝e got to get used to trying to win without him. Hopefully we鈥檙e in a good spot when he comes back.鈥�
Curry missed his second straight game after injuring his left shoulder in last Wednesday鈥檚 loss at Indiana. The two-time MVP and eight-time all-star is not expected to need surgery, but his return date is unclear.
Poole shot 14 for 23, a career-high for made baskets, and went 5 for 11 from 3-point range.
鈥淗e was incredible on both sides of the ball,鈥� Green said.
Poole topped 30 points for the fifth time this season and 16th time in his career. His previous career high was 38.
鈥淗e鈥檚 played a lot of great games for us,鈥� Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. 鈥淚f it鈥檚 not the best, it鈥檚 definitely one of the few best, because he was great at both ends.鈥�
Pascal Siakam scored 27 points, Fred VanVleet had 22 and Scottie Barnes 17 as Toronto鈥檚 losing streak hit a season-high five games. The Raptors have lost three straight at home.
鈥淭his is a terrible stretch,鈥� VanVleet said. 鈥淵ou don鈥檛 want this, you don鈥檛 expect this and you can鈥檛 accept this.鈥�
Green scored Golden State鈥檚 first nine points on a trio of 3-pointers, one more than he鈥檇 made in any complete game all season.
鈥淭hat was a great start,鈥� Kerr said. 鈥淒raymond was feeling good right from the beginning of the game.鈥�
Golden State led 68-54 at halftime and took a 102-80 lead to the fourth.
TIP-INS
Warriors: Poole shot 10 for 11 at the free throw line. 鈥� JaMychal Green matched his season-high with 15 points.
Raptors: G Gary Trent Jr. (left quadriceps) sat for the second straight game. F O.G. Anunoby (left hip) missed his fourth straight. Before the game, coach Nick Nurse said Anunoby will likely return later this week. 鈥� Started 7 for 9 from the field in the first quarter, but shot 1 for 11 the rest of the period. 鈥� Buffalo Bills receiver Stefon Diggs sat courtside.
SHARING THE BALL
Golden State came in leading the league in assists at 29.4 per game and recorded 11 helpers on 13 made baskets in the first quarter. The Warriors had more assists (18) in the first half than rebounds (17). They finished with 31 assists on 43 made baskets.
NO CANADA
Warriors F Andrew Wiggins sat for the seventh straight game because of a strained right adductor, missing another chance to play in his Canadian home town for the first time since Jan. 30, 2018, when he was with Minnesota.
BEEN A WHILE
Thompson and Green played in Toronto for the first time since Game 5 of the 2019 NBA Finals. Curry has not played north of the border since that series.
UP NEXT
Warriors: At New York on Tuesday night.
Raptors: At Philadelphia on Monday night.
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Ian Harrison, The Associated Press
