SAN FRANCISCO — A contingent from the NFC Champion 49ers sat courtside to watch the struggling Warriors with an opportunity to show off a little of their own winning pedigree.
Golden State got a hobbled Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers on the back end of a back-to-back, but still pulled out a solid 119-107 win on Tuesday night.
Steph Curry scored a team-high 37 points shooting 12-for-17 from the field and 8-for-13 from 3 with a little pizazz to get the courtside Niners Trent Williams, Deebo Samuel, George Kittle, Brandon Aiyuk, among others, up and out of their seats.
Embiid hadn’t played in the 76ers’ game Monday night in Portland with a knee injury, then left Tuesday’s game in the fourth quarter after Jonathan Kuminga landed on his knee while they fought over a loose ball. The reigning MVP scored just 14 points on 5-for-18 shooting.
Klay Thompson was a late scratch for Tuesday’s game due to an illness, giving Brandin Podziemski the start along with Draymond Green, Andrew Wiggins and Kuminga.
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Wiggins scored 23 points going an efficient 8-for-10 from the field and got to the line six times — continuing a streak of five games in which he’s scored double-digits and two in which he’s scored at least 20. Kuminga finished with 26 points and has now scored at least 20 in seven straight games.
The Warriors hit the road next with a back-to-back Friday and Saturday against the Memphis Grizzlies and Atlanta Hawks before heading to Brooklyn to face the Nets. They play Philadelphia again next Wednesday as the first half of a back-to-back that finishes with the Indiana Pacers on the Feb. 8 trade deadline.
