According to ESPN Stats and Info, the reigning MVP became the first Golden State player with three 40-point games in the team’s opening 10 games of the season since Rick Barry did so during the 1974-75 campaign.
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Curry also had five rebounds, four assists and two steals in the win for the Warriors (10-0). The 1960-61 Warriors opened 9-0.
“Very similar to the last time we were here”, said Warriors point guard Stephen Curry, who scored 19 of his game-high 28 points in the second half of Golden State’s 100-84 victory. In addition to his recent video game covers and dozens of commercials, his jersey sales are up 581% from the start of last season.
The Warriors were racking up great numbers throughout the game and in just the first half, they were able to distribute the ball phenomenally with 22 assists and took good care of the ball by just having 3 turnovers.
At 6-foot-3, Curry is nearly invisible with his movement and ball-handling while his passing range is exquisite. So then you sit there and you wonder, okay, if you don’t do those things and just try to play conventionally, he might get 60.
But Curry, who connected on a 62-footer at the end of the third quarter in the deciding Game 6 of the conference semifinals between the teams last season, made a 40-footer as the horn sounded at the end of the third Wednesday night. He’s doing so hitting shots while falling down – like he did Wednesday night against Memphis. “He was OK”, Warriors interim coach Luke Walton said of the guard with a smile. “He was okay”, Walton finished with a smile. It was just another day in the office for the mighty, unstoppable Warriors. Center Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds, and reserve forward Shabazz Muhammad added 16 points in 19 minutes.
“I thought it was a game we had control for the most majority, ” Jack said. The league’s leading scorer put up 46 points and the defending National Basketball Association champion Warriors remained undefeated to start the season at 10-0.
“With all that said and with everything that happened, for our guys to still come out and get a double-digit victory, it speaks to how much they enjoy playing and how much they enjoy competing and how much they enjoy winning”.
Porzingis’s shot was initially ruled good before match officials reversed the call after determining that the clock had expired a fraction before the Latvian rookie released.
The Warriors did not let the Wolves get any closer.
In Boston, Paul George scored 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead IN past the hosts. “That’s what I said to him: ‘Game on”. All five starters scored in double figures and the team hit 48 of their 89 shots on the night.
On Thursday, the Wolves started slowly, trailing by much as 16 points in the first quarter when Golden State opened shooting 60 percent from the field.
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Andrew Wiggins on the early play…
