Well, wasn’t that a pie in the Pacers faces? Tuesday night was not an exception. You can’t say it any stronger than that. Meanwhile, the Pacers are 0-1 in moments of truth against teams they want to be like.
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Is going down as the GOAT in your mind’s eye, or do you just go in conceding that title due to the presence of one Michael Jordan?
As talented as Curry has been, the Warriors are far from a one-man team. The ratio of talking about sports to actually playing them has titled out of balance over the past few years, and not every debate should be embraced. The fluid, active and relentless play duringthe Warriors’ first three quarters was a reminder of just how good this team can be when focused. It’s hard to fault the short-handed reserves for almost giving up the lead against the Pacers’ starters, but the scare puts a dent in the Warriors’ sense of indestructibility.
He’s averaging 32 points, 5.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game, shooting 52.9 percent from the field and 46.5 percent on 3s.
Golden State takes precious care of its leads, relentlessly pushing their margins to the limits and emphatically denying teams who attempt comebacks against them. When he has that look, he is going to have his confidence all night.
Andrew Bogut has solidified the middle and then there’s Draymond Green, their do-it-all forward, who creates major matchup problems for most teams especially down the stretch in part because of his playmaking, which includes him averaging 7.0 assists per game which is the eighth-best mark in the National Basketball Association. “Whatever that means, however you got to that mountain, why not try to climb it?”
But they’ll still need to go 49-10 the rest of the regular season to match the 1995-96 Bulls’ epic campaign. “They are too good”, he told me, watching at home, in Malibu. Fortunately for Thompson, Golden State doesn’t play again till Friday at Boston. We’re not trying to mimic them.
With this astonishing start, the Golden State Warriors have the whole world buzzing. Golden State led by 28 in the fourth quarter before the Pacers pulled within six in the final 25 seconds.
“We tried a different scheme today and that scheme didn’t work for us”, George Hill said. Paul George was second in the league – with 69.
Bucks swingman Khris Middleton is impressed at Golden State’s relentlessness. “Obviously”, George said, “we weren’t all the way tied together with this switching idea”.
Kevin Love added 18 points to help the Cavaliers break a three-game losing streak. The defense needs something of a reboot. The energy with which they play is incredible, and as skilled as they are, it seems that that’s how much fun they have and how connected they are as a team.
The Warriors are a testament to what a group of people can accomplish when they’re no longer slowed by the drag of selfishness. “Every guy is out there to make plays”.
Bottom line lesson Tuesday night? Not yet, anyway. Someone else will have to finally hand them a loss.
Curry will continue to take on the challenge on their next game against the Boston Celtics on Saturday, December 12. There’s just one problem with that – nobody is better at hitting the deep three, the one a full step beyond the arc, as Curry. He can guard anybody at any position and has become one of the best defensive players in the game. This doesn’t define our season.
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“You kind of sensed that he was a guy who you could trust and somebody who would always be there for you”.
