NBA: Steph Curry, Warriors turn back Seth Curry, Hornets

NBA: Steph Curry, Warriors turn back Seth Curry, Hornets

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SAN FRANCISCO— Stephen Curry had 15 points and five assists on a night father Dell broadcast a game for the first time with his two sons matching up, and the Golden State Warriors beat the Charlotte Hornets 97-84 on Friday night after the teams tussled in the closing moments.

Players were held back from each other after they tangled with 10.9 seconds left — Golden State’s Lester Quinones getting ejected along with Grant Williams from Charlotte. Hornets forward Miles Bridges received a technical.

Quinones drove to the basket and Bridges was called for goaltending.

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“I don’t really understand why people get so mad at somebody scoring at the end of the game. It’s like this dumb, unofficial, unwritten rule,” Warriors forward Draymond Green said, acknowledging he considers Bridges like a little brother. “If you all were winning by 13 points would you get mad if he laid a ball up? I doubt it. So it’s kind of like a sore loser type thing.”

Warriors coach Steve Kerr said he always tells his team to keep playing when there’s a shot clock differential and “that should not offend anybody.”

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“I don’t think it was anything major. Maybe a little shove here and there,” Hornets coach Steve Clifford said. “There’s frustration, whatever, it’s going to happen.”

Earlier Friday, Kerr agreed to a $35 million,

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