The Los Angeles Angels were in town to play the Athletics, but Mike Trout, Albert Pujols and reliever Joe Smith stopped by to challenge Curry and Draymond Green in the shooting game “PIG”.
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It’s that time of the year again when members of the media are submitting their ballot for the winners of this season’s National Basketball Association awards. The Spurs shot the ball poorly from the field (37.8 percent) under high pressure from a Golden State team that was clearly determined to overcome their poor record at the AT&T Center and avenge their defeat by San Antonio earlier this season.
The Warriors were annoyed for a moment, then went to work showing the rest of the National Basketball Association they were for real – and playing with a bit of a chip on their shoulder, no doubt about it. The answer is no, according to Forbes. While Warriors players have openly aimed for the record for the months, wanting to build credentials for any discussion of the best teams ever, they know any such talk vanishes without a second consecutive title – and that a second consecutive title requires being emotionally and physically ready for the playoffs as the biggest push of all. Obviously looking at the win records of each team looks close on paper, but could Steph Curry lead the Warriors over Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Toni Kukoc and “ahem’ Steve Kerr, is an argument that will never be solved”.
Granted, winning 72 or 73 depending on tonight’s outcome has guaranteed that they’ll be at home for the first two games. They have 42 games this season in which they’ve had at least 30 assists. The rookie that might receive first-place votes is Kristaps Porzingis of the New York Knicks.
April 9 at Memphis: The Warriors wiped out a 10-point deficit with 6:07 left to win 100-99.
Which team wins in a series played 2016 rules?
There are many deserving candidates like Leonard and Hassan Whiteside.
And regardless of what players say when it comes to who might win in a series between the two, there’s really no chance of knowing just who’d win those games. He is a vital cog in the Warriors defense that has only lost nine times this season. ESPN’s Zach Lowe voted for Iguodala because he is the best player off the Warriors bench despite not being the best scorer. Golden State also ended a 33-game skid in San Antonio that dated to 1997. And those games will surely overshadow some other far-from-insignificant developments such as the final postseason berth being claimed and six of the eight first-round playoff matchups finally getting decided.
Andrew Bogut’s 7-foot frame slouched comfortably in a chair after Warriors practice on Tuesday. Tickets on Ticketmaster are going for more than $300. More surprising, he made it, prompting his teammates to celebrate as if they had just clinched another championship.
“They’re chasing history”, Barnes said Wednesday.
And to think of all the scrutiny the Warriors got last June when they captured their first championship in 40 years.
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Kerr promptly led the Warriors to a 67-win campaign last season, powered by an MVP performance from Curry, and Golden State captured the title.
