OAKLAND, Calif. - Klay Thompson is ready for the regular season.Thompson scored 35 points in nearly 36 minutes to help the Golden State Warriors beat the Denver Nuggets 119-112 on Friday night in the preseason finale for both teams.Our offence is going good and tonight is a good indication of what we can do, Thompson said. After eight preseason games we are all ready for the real thing.Thompson was 13 of 26 from the field.I think Klay is taking another step up this year, Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. Maybe some of that has to do with his summer performance with Team USA, but you can just tell the confidence that he has.Stephen Curry added 17 points for Golden State (6-2).Steph, obviously, on high screens is so difficult to handle and those two guys (Curry and Thompson) are more than likely going to be the guys with the ball in their hands, Kerr said.Jusuf Nurkic led Denver (2-6) with 16 points.He is really smart and has been playing pro for a long time, Nuggets teammate Danilo Gallinari said about Nurkic. I think he is going to be an All-Star in this league.Denver cut it to 104-98 with 6:18 left when Gary Harris hit a 3-pointer. Nurkic made a layup with 5:21 to play and converted two free throws 34 seconds later to cut the Warriors lead to 104-102 with 4:47 left.The Warriors countered with a Thompsons layup in traffic, Currys two free throws and Thompsons 3-pointer to make it 111-102 with 3:23 to play.TIP-INSWarriors: The Warriors also beat the Nuggets 104-101 in Des Moines, Iowa, on Oct. 16.Nuggets: J.J. Hickson, Nate Robinson, JaVale McGee and Danilo Gallinari all saw action against the Warriors, a welcome sight for Denver. All four missed a significant number of games last season, but are all relatively healthy going into the season.Denver coach Brian Shaw rested starters Ty Lawson and Kenneth Faried the entire game.We had a lot of guys on minute restrictions tonight, Shaw said. I saw what I needed to see. Im glad preseason is over and we can start to gear up and get ready for our season opener on Wednesday.PACKED HOUSEEven with two other big sporting events — Game 3 of the World Series at AT&T Park in San Francisco and the Oregon-Stanford football game in Santa Clara — going on, Oracle Arena was sold out with a crowd of 19,596.QUOTES OF THE NIGHTI think Klay Thompson may be the best 2-guard in the league right now. — Shaw said.Defensively we have to get better — a lot of mistakes. Our effort and our rotations are getting better. All in all, a good night. — Kerr.UP NEXTDenver hosts Detroit on Wednesday night in its regular-season opener.Golden State plays at Sacramento on Wednesday night in its regular-season opener. Fernando Rodney Jersey . The Brazilian-born strikers brace drew him level with Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo as the leagues leading scorers with 17 goals apiece through 16 rounds. "The important thing is to help the team win, not the goals," Diego Costa said. 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After giving up three points in the second end, Calvert came back with a single, then stole two more points in the next two ends to tie it up at the fifth-end break.Maui, HI (SportsNetwork.com) - Another nip-and-tuck affair went to Arizona. Stanley Johnson had 18 points and nine rebounds as the No. 3 Wildcats defeated 15th-ranked San Diego State 61-59 in the Maui Invitational championship game. Trey Kells four-point play pulled the Aztecs within 57-55 with 17 seconds left, but Johnson knocked down a pair of foul shots at the other end. J.J. OBrien split two free throws with five ticks left at the other end and T.J. McConnell drained two bonus shots to seal the outcome. These two non-conference opponents met for the fifth time in the last four seasons and the Wildcats (6-0) have won the last four by a combined 18 points. San Diego State (5-1) has won 32 of its last 37 against non-conference foes, with four of those five losses coming against Arizona. Neither team led by more than six points in this one. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson posted 14 points and six rebounds, while McConnell added 11 points for Arizona, which became the sixth team to win the Maui Invitational multiple ttimes.dddddddddddd The Wildcats last won the tournament in 2000. Winston Shepard tallied 14 points and six rebounds and Kell also provided 14 points for the Aztecs. Arizona didnt lead by more than four until the final minute. Angelo Chols layup staked the Aztecs to a 48-47 edge with 9:15 left before Arizona seized control with a 10-3 run and held SDSU without a point for 5:42 following the Chol bucket. McConnell jump-started the surge with a deep left wing 3-pointer and two Johnson free throws capped it to give Arizona a 57-51 lead with 34 seconds to go. Earlier, the Aztecs raced out to a 10-4 start less than five minutes in, but Arizona closed the opening half on an 8-2 spurt and took a 32-31 edge into the locker room. Game Notes Duke has the most Maui Invitational Tournament titles with five ... The Wildcats scored 22 points off 14 San Diego State turnovers ... Arizona shot 36.5 percent (19-of-52) from the floor, while SDSU finished 43.8 percent (21- of-48) from the field. ' ' '