James offered up the requisite praise for Golden State setting a new standard for the best start in league history, displacing the previous record of 16-0, saying, “They played and they’re going to continue to play at a high level”.
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The NBA has made a decision to split the conversation into two distinct categories: longest winning streak overall and longest in-season winning streak. “I would be cheating the situation, I would be cheating the progress by worrying about a Christmas Day game when we’re not there yet”, James said.
History also may have foreshadowed a Warriors loss Saturday night. “Thirty-three was within our grasp”.
The NBA’s longest winning streak was 33 by the Los Angeles Lakers in 1971-72, which was also snapped by Milwaukee, according to ESPN.
NOTES: Warriors G Klay Thompson sat out against Boston with a sprained right ankle…. All too many moments in which they lapsed into careless turnovers and sloppy defense seemed to evaporate in the haze created by a succession of triumphant final scores. “That’s why it is so hard to do what these guys have done so far”. “Now we won’t get caught up in watching people talk about us, reading about who will beat the Warriors”, Green said. “We looked like we ran out of gas”.
All it took was the Warriors have a double overtime game the night before and a couple of injuries. Mayo’s outstanding play on both ends of the floor – and the 108-95 victory brought confetti inside the Bradley Center, which had a lower-bowl crowd pregame equivalent of a typical in-game audience.
Saturday marked the final game of a seven-game road trip for Golden State, a test so tough no team has ever emerged from a trip of that length without at least one loss.
But the Bucks had an answer each time. 28 and 24 points respectively on a combined 54 percent shooting.
Warriors: C Andrew Bogut, who was drafted first overall by the Bucks in 2005, finished with two points.
“They just played with energy, got in the driving lanes, got offensive rebounds”, Curry told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
“We wanted to come out with a lot of effort and energy”, said Monroe. We were at home, a packed house. “It’s a great win for us”. They’ll forever cherish the 24-0 start and could have ownership of this streak forever.
JJ Redick and Blake Griffin (nine rebounds) scored 21 points apiece to pace the Clippers, whose only other road win against the Nets came in East Rutherford, NJ, on December 11, 2007. That’s what we’ll be doing after giving them a day off tomorrow. – Walton, when asked if there a sense of relief that the winning streak had ended. Who is going to stop them?
To get to the Bucks’ streakbuster, you have to start in Boston.
“Now we can focus on what we need to focus on”.
“They know how to win”, Walton said. “But tonight it didn’t go our way”. Does this mean we shouldn’t be celebrating their loss?
But it was all part of a competitive game as the Warriors tried to extend their streak but failed.
Cavs coach David Blatt, who guided Cleveland on a 12-game winning streak last season, spoke about the challenge of managing a run like that compared to normal regular-season preparation when a streak isn’t at stake.
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Stretching back to the end of last season, Golden State won 28 consecutive regular season games.
