The Golden State Warriors (16-15) nursed a 13-point halftime lead en route to a 126-116 win over the Dallas Mavericks (12-20) on Thursday at Chase Center.
Stephen Curry lost a personal scoring duel with Cooper Flagg in their first head-to-head, but joined with Gary Payton II to stall a late Dallas rally as the Golden State Warriors held off the Mavericks 126-116 as part of the NBA's Christmas Day card Thursday afternoon in San Francisco.
Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors welcomed Cooper Flagg and the Dallas Mavericks to the Chase Center on Thursday. The Warriors defeated the Mavericks 126-116 in the nationally televised game.
The Golden State Warriors hosted the Dallas Mavericks in a highly anticipated NBA on Christmas Day matchup. All eyes were on the feet of Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry.
Christmas and the NBA go hand-in-hand. The day serves for the top hoops league in the world, like Thanksgiving for the NFL. However, while the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys are perpetual Thanksgiving participants, the NBA has mixed up the matchups and the teams throughout the years.
As expected, Warriors big man Al Horford will return to action on Thursday. The 39-year-old has been upgraded to available for the Christmas matchup vs Dallas, tweets Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints.
Heading into their Christmas Day showdown against the Dallas Mavericks with a .500 record (15-15) 30 games into the 2025-26 season, isn’t the kind of start the Golden State Warriors had in mind.
The Golden State Warriors have been under the light this week, and it hasn’t been because they’re winning games. During their game against the Orlando Magic, Draymond Green and head coach Steve Kerr got into it, which led the Warriors’ forward to storm off and go to the locker room.
The Golden State Warriors find themselves in the middle of a controversy following their recent win over the Orlando Magic. Despite the Golden State Warriors easily defeating the Orlando Magic, the win was overshadowed by a heated argument between Steve Kerr and Draymond Green.
On Thursday afternoon, the Golden State Warriors will hit the floor at home for a Christmas Day game against the Dallas Mavericks. The fact that the Warriors
Draymond Green and Steve Kerr might have moved on from their little courtside debate the other day but it doesn’t seem like NBA analysts are just over it yet.
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Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr and forward Draymond Green have moved past their tense sideline exchange. The Green-Kerr incident overshadowed the Warriors' 120-97 win over the Orlando Magic on Monday night.