It’s the lineup that has the Warriors one game – against the Nuggets Sunday in Denver – away from matching the best start in National Basketball Association history at 15-0. “There are so many variables that go into winning this many in a row, especially at the start of the season”. By downing the Bulls, the Warriors tied 1957-58 Boston Celtics for best begin in league historical past by a defending champion.
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The last three games, team leader and floor general Stephen Curry has crossed over into Kerr’s concern area, to the point where Kerr kidded Curry about how much money he’s losing to his mom in their ongoing turnovers bet.
Harrison Barnes, who was once again crucial in sealing the deal, hit this late three to shut down the Bulls for good. The Nuggets enter the game with records of 6-7 Straight Up (SU) and 7-6 Against The Spread (ATS). But Chicago simply didn’t have enough to back Jimmy Butler’s superlative 28-point performance. During last year’s meetings between the guards, Curry dominated Paul and delivered one behind-the-back move that left his rival tied up in knots – an image that lives on in highlight reels.
Shooting guard Klay Thompson added 15 points for the Warriors.
The Bulls limited Curry to two points in the second period and just 10 in the half.
“When you’re up 10, 15 and you feel like you’re in control the whole game”, Noel said, “it hurts a little more”. That set the stage for Barnes’ heroics at the finish.
The Warriors trailed by as many as 11 in the first quarter before rallying into a 50-47 lead at halftime.
Don’t laugh now, but the Clippers still pose a few sort of a threat towards the Warriors despite being overwhelmed in the last three quarters of their most recent matchup.
“He was there for shootaround, he gave a nice speech to the guys”, Walton said.
Not even miracle-wielding waifs can raise a team to such heights single-handedly. Rather than sulking and trotting back on defense, though, Curry decides to just go rip the ball right back from Noah. So, now we can stop playing the what if game and start playing the here and now game. A guy that can literally guard every player in the league well.
And so far, that’s all we’ve seen consistently. “We’re trying to get where they are”. “It’s something I’ll do more of, but it’s definitely part of our game plan”.
Chicago coach Fred Hoiberg has an interesting connection to the Warriors front office_his former agent is Bob Myers, now Golden State’s general manager.
It is still early in the season but many people are wondering based off of how they re playing right now if the Warriors could have a flawless season.
“I wouldn’t really say this is a rivalry”, said Griffin.
But don’t think Walton isn’t aware of how potent the Best Lineup in Basketball is. A jumper by Mirotic gave the Bulls a 42-40 lead, but the Warriors took the advantage into halftime.
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“It’s a no-brainer”, he said. If the Cavs had two or three healthy bodies out on the court, who knows, maybe they would’ve been able to deal with the injection of Andre Iguodala and won the championship. “But it’s kind of silly”. Denver ranks slightly lower in total assists, at eighth (22.4 per game). Nash, who is a player development consultant at the Warriors, said Curry is moving into a category of his own. “This is not how you, as a coach, design it. But I did like seeing the toughness that we had to reveal in the fourth quarter”.
