Without Rubio, the chances of beating the best team in the league went from doubtful to basically unimaginable, although the Wolves deserve credit for fighting hard down the stretch and not hanging their heads when the Warriors were firing on all cylinders. The defending champions appear to be even better than they were during their 67-win title run.
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Most regular season games with eight-plus threes: J.R. Smith 13, Stephen Curry 13, Ray Allen 9, Dennis Scott 7, Ben Gordon 6, George McCloud 6, Kobe Bryant 5.
Doc Rivers of the rival Clippers said he can’t remember another player with the combination of Curry’s shooting range and slick ball handling. The only comparison Rivers can make is to a star from his youth: Pistol Pete Maravich. “The team”s 23 assists at that point were one more than it had the entire game the previous night at Memphis.
Riley’s message was short and sweet.
Knight made 6 of 10 3-point attempts. The Warriors will always have a tough challenge because they play in the West, but they show no signs of slowing down. It is just reads and the flow of the offense.
First, Minnesota just played Curry straight up, with Zach LaVine and Andre Miller matching him one-on-one.
“He’s elevated his game to add (more passing) on a consistent basis”, Curry said. I wish there were a chart of dribbles per possession during the first 8 minutes of the game. “That’s too bad for all of us”.
As for Karl-Anthony Towns, he handled himself very well against Golden State’s center platoon of Festus Ezeli and Andrew Bogut.
Rivers has already noticed Curry’s offseason efforts, such as making the adjustment to defenses constantly switching on him. “I enjoyed that time and thought when I was done playing for good that’s what I’d like to get into”. “At least I haven’t”. Green, in his own way, did as much as Curry to dictate the rhythms of the game.
The win takes the Warriors to 10-0 for the season.
The Golden State Warriors are now 10-0, and 70 wins is clearly doable for them based on how competitive and crisp they have been in the early going.
According to ESPN Stats and Info, the reigning MVP became the first Golden State player with three 40-point games in the team’s opening 10 games of the season since Rick Barry did so during the 1974-75 campaign.
In Dallas, Dirk Nowitzki scored a season-high 31 points to lead the Mavericks over the Los Angeles Clippers 118-108 in DeAndre Jordan’s first visit since backing out on an agreement to sign with the Mavericks in free agency.
“You like to see growth, and you’re starting to see it”, Kevin Garnett said of his young team. And it’s handsome for basketball.
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He said the secret to the Warriors’ success is their ability to know what each other is doing on the floor. That is how they can shut everyone up, and they certainly seem zoned in on that achievement.
