On a night Paul George’s offense was littering the Vivint Smart Home Arena with buckets, it wasn’t a night to celebrate for the reemerging superstar. Not with the way the Golden State Warriors are playing.
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“None of us want to lose and we don’t want to end that winning streak anytime soon”, Thompson said.
Thus George is likely to be assigned the task of trying to contain the wonderful Stephen Curry show. TV: 7 p.m. ET, NBATV, CSN Bay Area (Golden State), FSN Indiana LINE HISTORY: Books opened the Warriors as 5.5-point road faves and the total at 213.
But the George story is truly not only one of the great ones, but probably the feel good story of the National Basketball Association.
In addition, Memphis is tougher defensively at home (98.8 PPG allowed vs. 100.4 elsewhere) and they prefer to slow the game to a crawl when possible (23rd in pace factor), so even if Westbrook does overcome the Grizzlies’ relative strength vs. PGs (which is possible for him), the reduced number of offensive possessions could also be a mitigating factor. George, though, has been nearly as impressive. With George sidelined last season, the Pacers plummeted to 38-44.
Jazz: Utah fouled a 3-point shooter four times in the first half.
The Pacers gave up only 91 points in their victory, but 255 points in their losses (122 PPG) for the week.
Yet George did not spend much time Monday discussing whether he needed to match Curry basket for basket. Bryant made three straight three-pointers early in the game and the crowd erupted and began to chant “M-V-P!” Point guard George Hill is shooting better. “A couple of breakdowns late, a couple of rebounds we just didn’t do enough to finish it. So it hurts”, Pacers coach Frank Vogel added.
At 6-foot-9, 230 pounds, George brings physical characteristics somewhat similar James. But George knows covering him comes with its own risks. I’m just going to throw it out there that we’re all stupid for not being able to see this coming. “I do have a different role, as far as scoring the ball and being a playmaker for this team as well”. Instead they have outscored opponents by 327 points through 22 games, the largest margin in National Basketball Association history (1969-70 Knicks, 324).
The Warriors can improve to 23-0 and post their 27th straight regular-season victory when they visit an Indiana Pacers team that features the Eastern Conference’s top scorer in Paul George. Golden State averages 16.0 turnovers for one of the NBA’s worst marks.
The Pacers would have definitely had this fixture circled on their calendar but there is just no betting against the Warriors the way they’ve been playing. “It’s not going away”, he said, “so it is what it is”.
According to the win projections of Nylon Calculus, they have a 75.32% chance of making 73 wins this season.
For the opening piece we’ll examine the credentials of Tuesday night’s fantasy studs to determine if they are truly worthy of top dollar in consideration for your FanDuel NBA lineup. Well, all you have to do is make sure Curry never gets a shot within halfcourt. So what if the ball were roughly the size of a baseball when you’re shooting? Take the Warriors to stay undefeated and cover the small spread. His list, as one would expect, was rather long.
The same, of course, can be said for the Dubs, who took a record-setting 21-game season-opening winning streak into Barclays Center on Sunday and left – surprise, surprise – with a record-setting 22-game season-opening winning streak. Curry’s 48.1 fantasy point per game average is a touch more bankable, and the over/under in Warriors-Pacers is a robust 215.5.
“They attack the defense out of a double team better than anybody does in this league because everybody on the floor can shoot the ball”, Miles said.
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“It’s one game”, he said. Usually, you want the big man to make the decisions.
