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 "We can play better than this," Curry told reporters after the
league's sole remaining undefeated team improved to 12-0 on the
season and tied a franchise record for consecutive regular-season
wins with 16 dating back to the last campaign.
"We hold ourselves to a high standard. Everybody likes to learn
lessons and win," he added of a hard-fought victory that was also
Golden State's 25th straight at home during the regular season.
The Warriors, who trailed 98-96 with 5:54 to play, had moved 106-103
ahead before Curry buried a 15-footer to create a five-point cushion
with 1:28 to go.
Golden State did the rest of its scoring at the foul line, with
Curry making five of six and power forward Draymond Green two in a
row to keep Toronto at arm's length down the stretch.
"We've gotten away from playing four solid quarters of basketball,"
Warriors interim coach Luke Walton said.
"We played a great first half tonight. But in the third quarter, I
just felt like we let them get into a rhythm and build some
confidence."
The loss was the Raptors' second straight to open a five-game road
trip.
"Our guys played well enough to win," Toronto coach Dwane Casey
said. "We have something good going. We play like that in any game,
we're going to give ourselves a chance to win."
In a game stalled to a snail's pace by 54 foul calls and 66 free
throws, Casey thought one call and one non-call down the stretch
doomed his team.
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The non-call occurred on a driving basket by Toronto shooting guard
DeMar DeRozan with 38.7 seconds remaining. The hoop brought the
Raptors within 109-108 but Casey was hoping for an extra free throw
opportunity that might have tied the score.
"There's a lot of contact in there," the coach said. "I've got to
look at it again."
Then, after blocking a Curry layup attempt on Golden State's next
possession, Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry was called for an
offensive foul when he got entangled with power forward Draymond
Green while setting a screen with 15.4 seconds left.
"I don't know if it was a screen or it was two guys getting tangled
up," Casey said. "Again, I've got to look at it to see."
Four subsequent free throws by the Warriors iced the win.
(Editing by John O'Brien)
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