Stephen Curry scored 28 points and Andre Iguodala added 20 as the Golden State Warriors matched a franchise record for most wins to start a season with a 100-84 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night.
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His continued development was one display against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Also Curry’s precious daughter, Riley, added a few adorable attention to his name by making appearances at his press conferences last season, as if her famous MVP father needed any more coverage. Steph Curry’s 41 three-pointers are the NBA’s most ever through eight games.
Golden State forward Draymond Green came up two rebounds shy of his first triple-double of the season, finishing with 23 points, 12 assists and eight rebounds.
“He was decent tonight”.
“Remarkable”, Garnett said. “I was telling (Tayshaun Prince) today, he’s like his own kind of – Michael Jordan was a-whole-nother thing, this guy’s his own thing”.
“He’s just so unsafe”. At any time, he can go on a 6-0, 8-0 run just off of transition and getting a steal and putting it up for three. He’s always in an attack mode.
It is no surprise that the Warriors have gone 10-0 in that time, setting another franchise record for the best start to a campaign.
The Warriors are undefeated at 9-0, and winning by an average of 18 points.
“Definitely a good start to the season, best start we could have hopes for”, Curry said. “We want to be at the best we can be, and if that’s 72, 73 wins, then so be it”, Stephen Curry told the San Jose Mercury News.
“I thought we played really, really hard”, Memphis coach Dave Joerger said. Scoring, obviously, with 33.3 points per game and three games in the first 10 with 40 points or more. He had 12 points and lifted the Warriors to a 22-10 lead before Minnesota called timeout less than halfway through the quarter. Curry was 9 of 21 from the field, but only 3 of 10 from outside the arc.
But the Timberwolves’ bench got them back into the game just before the final stanza, and Golden State’s lead is now single-digits.
After trailing 21 points in the third quarter following back-to-back Curry three-pointers, Minnesota used an 11-0 run to cut it to 97-87 going into the fourth quarter.
Talk to him 60 games into the season about being that good, he pleaded. He was arguably their second best player last season, but he’s taken his game to a whole new level this year. We got to stay in the moment. “When the team fights, anything is possible”.
Doc Rivers of the rival Clippers said he can’t remember another player with the combination of Curry’s shooting range and slick ball handling.
“They’re just a very tough basketball team to defend because of all those shooters”. You also can’t trap him because he’s a deft enough passer to find the open man. Even on defense, he’s a capable playmaker who will take advantage of a careless ballhandler.
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