This game is also by no means a blueprint to beat the Warriors, unless there is some insane way that you can ensure always getting them on the seventh straight road game, a back to back after a double overtime game, and with a starter out while another one is playing hurt. “We can refocus on not just on winning games but how we’re playing”. Giannias Antentokounmpo had 11 points 12 rebounds and 10 assists. LeBron, ever in the moment, was more anxious about the four games on the calendar before their matchup on the Holiday.
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Golden State thrives off a competition and from here on out expect this team get better and who knows maybe start a new streak. “We feel like we have weapons offensively to outscore guys, but you have to get stops too”. Sleeping in hotels and flying across regions takes it out of you, no matter historically great you are.
The buildup for this loss started last Tuesday when the Warriors’ bench was handed a 28 point lead against the Pacers and could not hold it – the starters had to come back in to close out the game, and that is when Klay Thompson rolled his ankle and got hurt. When a team’s won so many games in a row like that, it’s indicative of a process on both sides of the ball that’s recognizable but wholly unstoppable. “Y’all got to pull this out.’ I wanted them to go undefeated until they played us”. So things are looking real good for Warrior Nation. And for reasons hard to understand, Luke Walton tried to play two big man lineups a lot.
A Bay Area native and one of the best point-guards to play the game doesn’t give high praise to many. None of the cascading set of choices at that point is appealing.
The Bucks improved to 10-15 and sit in last in the Cental Division. Barnes didn’t play, and Igoudala went 1/9.
They’ll receive inspiration from each other now, the late-night workouts together and the continuous checkups on each other.
“Emotions were definitely high”, said Carter-Williams, who finished with 17 points, five assists and five steals.
Wesley Matthews led the Mavericks with 28 points, including six 3-pointers.
Thunder 104, Jazz 98, OT: Kevin Durant scored 31 points – all but two after halftime – and host Oklahoma City rallied from a 16-point deficit to defeat Utah.
Monroe, the free-agent center from Detroit who chose Milwaukee over NY and Los Angeles, scored 11 points in the fourth quarter, thriving against the champs’ bigs and, more impressively, their smalls. For a team that struggles to consistently score in the halfcourt, Monroe was massive.
It’s tempting to make excuses for the Warriors though, arguing they were beaten by fatigue and the schedule rather than their opponents.
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The Bucks, as you can see in the graph below, are the giant killers in National Basketball Association history.
