It took the last game of this long, astonishing season; it took one more remarkable onslaught by Curry; it took a public declaration weeks ago that they wanted this record, and it took fierce determination to get here. “It’s been a great day with them setting such an unbelievable record – you think about that, 73 wins, that’s ridiculous”.
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The Warriors will begin their quest for two in a row in Game 1 on Saturday by hosting the Houston Rockets, who barely scraped their way into the postseason after making it all the way to the Western Conference finals last season. The bad news is that the Rockets have to face the record breaking Golden State Warriors in the first round. The Golden State Warriors are averaging 104 points on 42.9 percent shooting and allowing 78 points on 35.7 percent shooting. Visit warriors.com/amex to see how American Express is All for Dub Nation.
As he knocked down what was the eventual game winning shot, a contested mid range jumper, I though to myself is there ant more Kobe way to go out? In the West, third-seeded Oklahoma City hosts No. 6 Dallas. While that number is lower than the Warriors total, it swelled to 5.1 million viewers after the game, as fans tuned in to watch Bryant’s farewell speech. Now, he needs to complete the deal in a year in which the Cavaliers changed coaches in the middle of the season, but still found a way to finish first in the Eastern Conference. “(You play to) get a position in the playoffs and win a championship”. Golden State would have to like their chances.NBA Commissioner Adam Silver also congratulated the record-setters.
Maybe it’s fitting that the Warriors are chasing a record that has lasted for 20 years, given that they’re sharing the spotlight with the final game of Bryant’s 20-year career.
It was surprising that the Lakers game came very close to drawing more viewers than the Warriors game, because there is typically a big disparity between viewership on ESPN2 and ESPN.
“His team needs him to do everything”, Webber said.
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The NBA is less than 24 hours from the start of the playoffs. “We won two out of three”.
More importantly, after not having Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love when it mattered most last June, they’re in a relatively healthy state as they search for the franchise’s first title. “We’ve learned from it, I know we’ve grown from it, we showed remnants of growing from it throughout the season”, coach Dwane Casey said, “and there will be no difference going into the playoffs and being in those similar situations”. I think this one will go with the Celtics.
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Bogut’s team is only the second to pass 70 wins since the National Basketball Association schedule went to 81 games in the mid-1960s and one of only 19 teams to pass 65 wins. Boston joined the two other teams that tied them with its rally from 26 points to beat Miami 98-88. That won’t matter. Good tickets for the last game for Bryant were going for about $2,000 on the secondary resale markets late Tuesday, with the best seats at Staples Center going for 10 times that much.
