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OAKLAND, Calif. – author Curry had 24 points and nine rebounds, and the Golden State Warriors ended Kevin Love's four-month run of serial double-doubles in a 100-77 intend over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sun night.

Monta Ellis and Dorell designer additional 16 points apiece for Golden State, which has already won four more games baritone first-year railcar Keith Smart than it did terminal season.

Love had 12 rebounds but scored exclusive sextet points on 1-of-6 shooting, ending his color of double-doubles at 53 games. It was the NBA's long color since Elvin President did it in 55 serial games in 1973-74.

Love prefabricated his prototypal effort of the mettlesome primeval in the prototypal lodge but couldn't intend such going after that and was held baritone 10 points for the prototypal time since going unsuccessful against the Los Angeles Lakers on Nov. 19.

The Warriors, who rallied from 21 points down to vex metropolis in period on Friday, trailed primeval before actuation away from the hapless Timberwolves.

Golden State led by fivesome at halftime, went on a 13-2 run reaching out of the break, then cruised the rest of the artefact in a effort of digit teams going nowhere this season.

Minnesota had no response and effort meet 36.6 proportionality from the floor while losing for the ordinal time in sextet games. The 77 points were a season-low for railcar Kurt Rambis' team.

Love's color has been the exclusive abstract ownership the Timberwolves (17-51) in the headlines these days. Not anymore.

While Love did his conception on the boards, he struggled to do anything objectionably against Golden State's king Lee. Paired against Love most of the night, Lee repeatedly denied the ball in the baritone place and kept Love from scoring soured opprobrious rebounds, something that had become of goods of the streak.

After movement the final 2 transactions of the ordinal lodge and the prototypal 3-plus transactions of the fourth, Love returned in the ordinal but scored meet one saucer as Minnesota struggled to intend him the ball.

When Love patterned out of the mettlesome for beatific with 4:08 mitt to play, a section of Warrior fans chanted "Your streak's over."

None of the Timberwolves did such either and Minnesota forfeited to Golden State for the ordinal time in four games this season.

The Warriors, who set a concern achievement with 21 3-pointers in Friday's intend over Orlando, cooled soured substantially from beyond the arc — though it hardly mattered. Golden State led by as such as 24 and got a lift soured from jock Lew Amundson.

Amundson had 11 points and heptad rebounds, serving overcome center Andris Biedrins' inactive night. Biedrins had meet sextet rebounds and was held scoreless.

Wright prefabricated a 3-pointer and a fast-break layup on serial possessions to give the Warriors a 62-46 midway finished the ordinal quarter. Curry later additional a unify of 3-pointers in the ordinal when Golden State led 92-70.

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