“Obviously, you don’t get a trophy for it, but it’s just a nice story line and a nice way to start the season”, Stephen Curry said, per the AP.
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“Because we want to be great”, said Curry in an interview with USA TODAY.
The Washington Capitols in 1948-49 and Houston Rockets in ’93-94 are the other teams to start 15-0.
“Like I said before the game, we know we’re close, but close isn’t good enough”, Rivers said.
“We hit ’em with two jabs, and when you get hit with two jabs, you’re going to fall a little bit”, Marreese Speights said.
The Bulls aren’t the defensive team they were a year ago – reminder: they did win in Golden State in January, 113-111 in overtime, snapping the Warriors’ 19-game home winning streak – but they’re rested, and they do have a healthy Jimmy Butler and Derrick Rose. The rest of the National Basketball Association?
A win there would see them try to break the record when they host the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday. The Warriors needed a challenge, and the Clippers gave them one.
Good job, good effort.
Green: Green picked up his fourth foul early in the third quarter. “Their ball found everyone”. He hit consecutive 3-pointers in the third quarter, one from 3 feet behind the arc for a 97-76 lead.
His comments come days after Harper began talking about the team on Twitter, before eventually losing interest.
Point guard Chris Paul, who missed the past two games with a sore groin, led Los Angeles (6-5) with 35 points and eight assists. Golden State is a team that can strike from any angle at any time. Per ESPN Stats and Info, the Warriors are 3-3 since the start of last season when they trailed by 20 points at any point in a game. Green’s 3-pointer beat the buzzer and left the Warriors trailing 91-85 heading into the fourth. The Clippers were forcing turnovers and disrupting Golden State’s liquid passing. Klay Thompson led the Warriors with 18 points, and Curry had 17.
This story will be updated with quotes and post-game material from the Warriors locker room at Oracle Arena.
Ian Clark: With Shaun Livingston (hip) and Leandro Barbosa (flu) out, Walton put Clark into the game in the second half to provide rest to Thompson and Curry.
Clippers: Paul is the only player to have 18-plus points and four-plus assists in a quarter this season….
Up 96-92 with a minute and a half to play, Barnes stroked back-to-back three-pointers, the latter of which gave the Warriors a 102-92 lead and sealed the victory. Plenty of folks have talked about Miller being completely washed up over the last two weeks, but tonight proved the 17-year veteran has a few solid play left in the tank. Going into training camp, the coaching staff wasn’t sure that was going to be the case.
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“You just have to tip your hat to them”, said Clippers reserve guard Jamal Crawford, the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year in 2010 and 2014. It felt right having him with us on that trip, even though it was just a one-day trip. That’s what makes it so much fun to coach these guys.
