NBA: Warriors beat Clippers to end 9-game slide

OAKLAND, Calif. — Golden State's Stephen Curry thanked the Oracle Arena crowd in a pregame speech for supporting the team through what has been a rough first half of the season.

Then the Warriors rookie went out and gave them optimism for the future.

Taking over the offense with leading scorer Monta Ellis sidelined with a knee injury, Curry recorded his first triple-double with a career-high 36 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds as Golden State beat the Los Angeles Clippers 132-102 to snap season-high nine-game losing streak Wednesday night.

"It was a lot of fun out there, to be able to perform that well, especially in the situation for us as a team," Curry said. "I had the ball in my hands a lot more and that allows me to make more plays for myself and for my teammates."

Curry, who will play in the Rookie Squad game and take part in the 3-point competition during this weekend's All-Star festivities, became the first Warriors rookie to record a triple-double since Chris Webber on Dec. 23, 1993. He's also the NBA's first rookie to have at least 30 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists since Kevin Johnson did it for Phoenix on April 16, 1988.

It almost didn't happen.

Curry had to wait until the very end of the game to notch his 10th rebound, grabbing Al Thornton's missed 16-foot jump shot just before the final buzzer.

"I got mad at Steph because I stole one (rebound) from him and then I was like, 'Steph, just tell me and I'll let you have it,'" said Golden State's Ronny Turiaf, who had 12 points and six boards. "We were trying to make sure everyone knew it, that's for sure. It was pretty cool to see him get it."

Anthony Tolliver added a career-high 29 points and Anthony Morrow had 26 points and 10 rebounds for Golden State, which led by as much as 38 while playing without Ellis.

Eric Gordon and Rasual Butler had 16 points apiece for the Clippers, who remained winless in three games since interim coach Kim Hughes replaced Mike Dunleavy.

"We have to find out what caused this tonight (and) if I have to adjust playing time to figure it out, then that's what I have to do," Hughes said. "We didn't play any defense tonight."

Ellis sprained his left knee in the fourth quarter of the Warriors' 127-117 loss to Dallas on Monday. He underwent an MRI on Tuesday which determined the injury to be mild, though it's still uncertain when Ellis will return.