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Warriors remain unbeaten at home

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KLAY Thompson drove for a go-ahead basket with 15.6 seconds left in overtime as the Golden State Warriors kept their NBA home winning streak alive with a bruising 111-108 victory over the Denver Nuggets.

The Warriors improved to 16-0 at home this season, and posted their 34th straight win at Oraclet Arena in Oakland, a streak stretching back to last season.

They aren’t the only team dominating on their home floor, and the San Antonio Spurs became just the third Western Conference team ever to open a season 20-0 at home with a 121-103 victory over the Houston Rockets.

Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors celebrates after rolling in the go-ahead basket in overtime to push the Golden State Warriors to a 111-108 victory over the Denver Nuggets. AFP

But the Warriors and Spurs had to battle to keep their streaks alive.

In Oakland, a Warriors team missing five injured players were buoyed by the return from injury of Stephen Curry and exploded for a 37-13 first-quarter lead.

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But the Nuggets outscored them in each of the next three quarters, the Warriors unable to keep them at bay after Curry departed at halftime having aggravated his bruised left shin.

Power forward Draymond Green helped fill the void with a triple double of 29 points, 17 rebounds and 14 assists.

Thompson, who finished with 16 points, rolled in his go-ahead basket in overtime after Denver forward Kenneth Faried buried a contested shot to knot the score at 108-108 with 33.3 seconds left in the extra session.

Faried was then injured in a collision with teammate Will Barton.

He missed the final seconds and was taken from courtside on a stretcher after the contest ended with his neck in a brace — raising his arm and giving a “thumbs up” as he was wheeled away.

Barton, who forced overtime with a driving bank shot, had two chances to tie the game in the last seven seconds of overtime.

But he missed a running five-footer and after Thompson had stretched Golden State’s lead to 111-108 with two free throws Barton was off-target with a last-gasp three-point attempt at the buzzer.

“We stuck together,” Green said of the win. “When stuff started going wrong, nobody fought and nobody complained to each other. We just stuck together.”

Spurs forward LaMarcus Aldridge scored 24 points and pulled down nine rebounds and guard Danny Green broke out of a shooting slump with six three-pointers for San Antonio, who have now won 29 straight games at home dating back to last season.

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