The outcome, in a matchup of the Western Conference’s last remaining undefeated teams, left the Warriors at 5-0 and the Clippers at 4-1. They have won their first four games by a record 100 points – and Curry is proving that his MVP award is no fluke.
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The Warriors beat the Grizzlies by 50 and Curry didn’t even play the fourth quarter and scored 30 points in the game. He was named the Western Conference Player of the Week for the first week of the season, after putting up averages of 39.3 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 7.3 assists in 33 minutes per game in the first three games of the season.
If you’re a Comcast subscriber in the Bay Area, you can stream tonight’s Warriors-Clippers game here. His MVP win past year was unanimous, but runner-up James Harden believed that he deserved the title, in an interview with NBA.com.
With Curry relegated to being a cheerleader and Shaun Livingston running the show at point guard, the Warriors still closed the quarter on a 12-2 run.
“It’s going to be like that every time we play these guys”, Thompson said.
Any thought of a letdown following Wednesday’s emotional win over a division rival was quickly dismissed, as the Warriors got off to a quick start in Friday night’s 119-104 win over the Nuggets at Oracle Arena. The Warrior’s second win of the season came at the expense of Harden’s Rockets. This rivalry escalated in the off-season when Rivers said that Warriors “were lucky” not to face them or the San Antonio Spurs during last year’s playoffs.
The Clippers have their own mojo working, securing their fourth 4-0 start and first since winning the first five games of the 1985-86 season with a 102-96 victory over Phoenix on Monday. Curry outscored Harden 25 to 16, helping his team to an easy win with additional seven rebounds and six assists, as reported by Yahoo!
But with Draymond Green and fill-in starting center Festus Ezeli getting the better of Randolph and Marc Gasol, the Warriors were just that.
Golden State did everything they had to do get by Los Angeles as Chris Paul and Blake Griffin combined for 47 points and four of the Clippers starters were in double-digits.
We had a lot of game-plan mistakes throughout the game. C Andrew Bogut missed his fourth straight game with a concussion. Curry has scored 179 points, the most through five games since Michael Jordan had 182 in 1991-92.
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He did a workout Sunday but still needs to successfully get through a contact practice, interim coach Luke Walton said.
