Kobe Bryant’s LA Lakers are recording an huge 99.6 per cent capacity on the road, despite sitting bottom of the western conference with just three wins for the season to date. Teams coming off championship seasons, tend to find it hard to find the fire that sparked their previous title run. That was a full season’s worth of wins, and now we have that in the first month and a half. That’s bound to change as the season goes on, but with the emphasis on conditioning and new-age rehab, the ability to limit minutes thanks to depth and accrued wins, and the absolute depth of this roster from No. 1 (Curry) to No. 12, the Warriors can battle through the kind of ailments that might sabotage a lesser team’s chances at playoff positioning. Factor in the fact that there are tangible patterns in the records of the teams the Warriors have played that belies the fact that extra preparation (and mental sharpness) is devoted to them each and every night by the 29 other National Basketball Association teams, and 23 in a row wins in a row borders on the unbelievable.
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The Warriors have won 27 straight dating back to last season, moving them level with the 2012-13 Miami Heat for the second-longest winning streak in league history.
And the tickets will only get more expensive if the Warriors stay unbeaten.
“It’s fun to try to chase something like this”.
Apparently, switching Brandon Knight to a role that sees him spend far more time at shooting guard has worked wonders.
It’s uncertain whether Klay Thompson will play as the unbeaten Warriors attempt to reach another milestone Friday night against the Boston Celtics.
Thompson on Thursday did not practice for a second straight day after spraining his right ankle Tuesday at Indiana.
“We’re obviously going to be cautious with it. If there’s any doubt about it, then we’ll rest him”, Golden State’s interim head coach Luke Walton said, according to the report.
With the Warriors’ small ball-line up of himself, Klay Thompson, Harrison Barnes, Andre Iguodala and Draymond Green, the team is surely getting better with each game.
The Warriors now boast an average of 118 points per game away from the Oracle Arena, compared to 112.9 at home.
“You have to want to be the first team to beat them and end their winning streak”, Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas said. “If I have a good shootaround Friday, I think I’ll play”. “‘I felt like I was due for a game like that”. Curry still can’t quite believe his team is undefeated, repeating after wins lately that its record doesn’t even sound right. Well, by percentages that’d be the San Antonio Spurs.
The Warriors will be incredibly entertaining even if they lose a game, or more. But if things go the way they’ve been going for the 23-0 Warriors, the little setback will just make Thompson’s ankle stronger.
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“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. I just happened to get a lot of great looks.
