But like I said, we’ve got to look at it and understand that is the best team in the league.
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Golden State is already 9-1/2 games clear atop the Pacific Division ahead of the Los Angeles Clippers, who had a narrow win against Orlando, while the pick of the Eastern Conference games saw Charlotte secure a creditable win at Chicago.
The undefeated defending champions are the last thing the struggling Raptors need to see after dropping their last two home games, including a 106-105 setback to the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday.
“They’re 21-0 for a reason. The warriors” victory showcased Curry’s second consecutive 40-point outing. Stephen Curry was ridiculous once again, leading the team with a game-high 44 points on 14 of 24 shooting including nine of 16 from the 3-point line. It wasn’t even his defense on Cory Joseph in the dying seconds, the heartbreaking moment when the reigning MVP knocked the ball off Joseph and back into the Warriors’ possession with seconds on the clock and the Warriors up three.
“I am just playing with confidence, I feel like I am a better player than I was previous year”. This is the margin in which the Warriors are now operating in.
In ATS trends, the Warriors are 7-1 ATS in their last eight games overall and 6-1 ATS in their last seven road games, while the Nets are 4-0 ATS in their last four home games and 10-2 ATS in their last 12 games overall. Twelve turnovers gets the opposing team 18 points… and a three point loss.
“That’s our 11th win on the road this year so you have to give the guys in there so much credit for even on the games where we really don’t have it, finding ways to win”, said Warriors interim head coach Luke Walton, who has yet to lose as the lead decision-maker on an National Basketball Association bench. Klay Thompson scored 26 points, and Draymond Green had 16 points, nine rebounds and six assists.
On a night when the team’s other star, DeMar DeRozan, was shooting a miserable 5-for-19, Lowry scored a career-high 41.
Another bright spot was key minutes provided by team emoticon Lucas Nogueira (a.k.a. Will You Be My Bebe?). “Kyle had a good offensive (game)”. The real beauty is watching him get rid of the ball and then observing the machinery Golden State has in place to get it back to him in a better spot. And I don’t think we’re unbelievably bad.
The other gold star performance was from Patrick Patterson. Those 3-pointers were the Warriors’ only field goals in clutch time. Another Lowry layup made it a one-point game with 10.7 seconds left. Festus Ezeli had 8 points and 10 rebounds for the Warriors, who also beat the Raptors in a close affair in Golden State about three weeks ago.
“It’s really good”, Curry said. The transcendentally great vs. the learned excellence.
Harden made a 3-pointer with about 90 seconds left to make it 115-109 and seal the win. It felt like Toronto could win.
With starting center Andrew Bogut joining starting forward Harrison Barnes on the sideline, the Warriors rolled into Air Canada Centre on Saturday and outlasted a very tenacious group of Toronto Raptors to take a 112-109 victory.
When Byron Scott forgets he’s a coach of a rival team, just focuses on the game he loves, he can’t help but be impressed with the Golden State Warriors.
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Against a historically great team like the Warriors, it’ll have to be enough for the Raptors.
