Golden State has won the season series vs. Utah for three straight years.
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Records: Warriors 56-6, No. 1 in the Western Conference. Chief of which were turnovers. We can use them to predict the probability Curry will score no threes in a game, given his usual rate of making threes. “It’s hard for old players to embrace change because whether you played in the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s (we all had) different rules”.
The Warriors proved that turnovers won’t be a lingering issue. As a result, their record against sub-.500 teams is virtually identical to their mark against opponents above.500.
Ersan Ilyasova played just 52 games in Detroit but it was more than enough time for Pistons fans to familiarize themselves with the skills and tendencies of the 6-foot-10 Turkish forward.
Utah will travel to Oakland to play Golden State on Wednesday, but this game at the end of the month will serve as a prime opportunity for a big win that could fuel Utah’s playoff push (where they would likely be matched up with….the Warriors).
Ben Leibowitz is a writer for PointAfter, a sports data aggregation and visualization website that’s part of the Graphiq network.
The Warriors will face two of the five teams they lost to in 2015-16 twice more during the closing stretch of the season. The effect was actually pretty dramatic: we saw a third more games where players had exactly 10 rebounds than we would expect to. Like the Warriors, the Spurs have been unbeatable at home this season, so thinking that Golden State can walk into their house and steal a win is foolish – San Antonio is 30-0 at home this season; Golden State is 27-0.
Kyrie Irving was also in fine form for the winning visitors as he finished with 30 points. “If you don’t box out with 10 games left in the season you’re not going to box out in the finals”. On that basis, the Mavs’ win over the reigning champions warrants an asterisk next to it. They don’t need to win their minds, though.
Judging by their losses to L.A., Denver and Milwaukee, it’s not insane to think the Warriors could suffer yet another letdown against a bad team like the Pelicans or Timberwolves. “It always looks good”. The title for “best player in the National Basketball Association”, however, remained and is to this day up for grabs. Four other Warriors scored in double figures, with Draymond Green putting in 17, Marreese Speights 16, Leandro Barbosa 13 and Stephen Curry 12.
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“You’ve got a team that shoots a lot of threes that’s nearly as brash as those Bulls teams and we don’t want to accept that, ” Miller said.
