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Rookie forward Reggie Williams scored 25 points in his second NBA start and the Golden State Warriors beat the Los Angeles Clippers 121-103 on Sunday night, putting Don Nelson within three victories of overtaking Lenny Wilkens as the winningest coach in NBA history during the regular season.
The Warriors have nine chances left on the schedule to keep Nelson from having to wait an entire summer before breaking Wilkens' record of 1,332 victories. Four of the games are against New York, Washington, Minnesota and the Clippers, who are a combined 115 games under .500.
Rasual Butler scored 21 points and Eric Gordon added 20 for the Clippers, who have lost 11 of their last 13 games. They have to go 6-3 the rest of the way to avoid — or at least postpone — their 18th 50-loss season in Los Angeles. Baron Davis had 18 points and seven assists against his former team.
Williams, one of five players Golden State brought in from the NBA's Development League this season, got the start because leading scorer Monta Ellis continued to have the flulike symptoms which have hampered him all week. Williams played 42 minutes, getting seven assists and six rebounds in his 15th game with the club.
Rookie Stephen Curry had 18 points and seven assists during a foul-plagued 40 minutes. Second-year forward Anthony Tolliver added 19 points and six rebounds, one night after grabbing a career-high 21 boards in a 111-90 home loss against Dallas. Corey Maggette, the Clippers' leading scorer two seasons ago, had 17 points.
The Warriors have nine chances left on the schedule to keep Nelson from having to wait an entire summer before breaking Wilkens' record of 1,332 victories. Four of the games are against New York, Washington, Minnesota and the Clippers, who are a combined 115 games under .500.
Rasual Butler scored 21 points and Eric Gordon added 20 for the Clippers, who have lost 11 of their last 13 games. They have to go 6-3 the rest of the way to avoid — or at least postpone — their 18th 50-loss season in Los Angeles. Baron Davis had 18 points and seven assists against his former team.
Williams, one of five players Golden State brought in from the NBA's Development League this season, got the start because leading scorer Monta Ellis continued to have the flulike symptoms which have hampered him all week. Williams played 42 minutes, getting seven assists and six rebounds in his 15th game with the club.
Rookie Stephen Curry had 18 points and seven assists during a foul-plagued 40 minutes. Second-year forward Anthony Tolliver added 19 points and six rebounds, one night after grabbing a career-high 21 boards in a 111-90 home loss against Dallas. Corey Maggette, the Clippers' leading scorer two seasons ago, had 17 points.
