“It’s special to tie a record that has been standing for a long time”, Curry said.
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Courtside seats were being listed for as much as $12,632 each as of Monday afternoon on Warriors.com, where the team directs fans looking to purchase resale tickets through Ticketmaster.
With their 118-105 win over the Denver Nuggets are now 15-0 on the season and have the chance to become the first team ever to start a season 16-0. They’re at the beginning because all of their key players, all of them, are young and they’re talented.
Facing the second-worst 3-point defense in the league, Golden State did what it does best and went 15 for 29 from beyond the arc, as Thompson hit four of them.
Andre Iguodala and Leandro Barbosa hit jumpers to make it a 16-point game.
Raptors 91, Clippers 80: DeMar DeRozan had 21 points, DeMarre Carroll scored his 21 points in the first half, and Toronto held Blake Griffin and Chris Paul scoreless through the first 20-plus minutes of a victory over host Los Angeles. This success this season is also despite a slow start by Klay Thompson whose shooting percentage from the field and three is lower than previous year as well as his points per game.
While James has Love back now, the team is still playing without Irving, who’s dealing with a left knee injury, Iman Shumpert (wrist), Timofey Mozgov (shoulder) and Mo Williams (ankle). This was the way things went for the Warriors in the third: Festus Ezeli missed a wide-open dunk and it clanged straight to Curry, who drained a 3-pointer.
“Whether or not we get it, it really doesn’t affect our ultimate goal of trying to win a championship”, said interim coach Luke Walton, who picked up a technical in the third quarter.
The Warriors’ talent and depth were on full display early.
Resting wasn’t an option this time.
The reigning MVP’s award marks the 38th time a Warriors player has been named Player of the Week since the National Basketball Association began giving out the award in 1979. The Warriors, in a game played this past Thursday, weren’t just down by double digits to the Clippers – the Warriors found themselves down by a full 23 points.
They still haven’t. This lineup has proven especially useful for the Warriors in an emergency.
“It would be more impressive if they were doing all this without Steph”, James said.
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The Warriors smiled, nodded, and turned their attention to Tuesday’s game.
