NEW YORK — For 24 minutes Monday night, the lottery-bound New York Knicks were able to hang with the defending champion Golden State Warriors. They even entered their Madison Square Garden locker room at halftime with a one-point lead, thanks to a buzzer-beating three-pointer from Lance Thomas.
The Knicks and Warriors returned to the court 15 minutes later for the start of the third quarter—or more realistically, the beginning of the end for New York. Draymond Green kicked off Golden State's scoring spree by banking in a three. Then Stephen Curry drilled a 26-footer, and Klay-Thompson splashed in a triple of his own.