The Warriors are at the Los Angeles Lakers tonight.
Advertisement
Predictions for the MVP revolve around four names: Cavs forward Lebron James, Thunder forward Kevin Durant, Pelicans’ center Anthony Davis and Golden State Warriors point guard, Stephen Curry.
“I’ll keep treating it and keep playing”, Curry said.
“Obviously, this is the team I grew up watching, so it’s a great win”.
The post Warriors / Lakers Open Thread appeared first on Fast Break.
In their previous three meetings, the Warriors offence has simply blown the Lakers away, with the reigning champs averaging 126 points per game across the season series.
In another key result, Kyrie Irving led Cleveland to a comfortable home win against Toronto in a clash of Eastern Conference divisional leaders. With guys like Curry, Green, Andre Iguodala and Shaun Livingston acting as distributors, Thompson has had no problem fitting into the role of finisher for a team that highly relies on his ability to act as a secondary floor spacer. “It’s a blessing. I did it before (back-to-back triple-doubles earlier in the season) and it didn’t quite work out for me”.
NOTES: The Warriors made 15 or more 3-pointers for the 13th time this season. Bosh scored 31 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, Dwyane Wade had 27 including a layup that beat the buzzer and forced overtime, and the Heat erased an 18-point third-quarter deficit to beat the Pacers 103-100 on Monday.
With 7:39 remaining in the third quarter, Curry gave the Warriors a 68-55 lead with an impressive finish over 7-foot-2 Roy Hibbert.
This is the second meeting between the two teams and they are slated to clash four times in the regular season.
The same continued in the third quarter when Golden State poured on 35 points, while the Lakers only had 17 to answer back.
The Lakers will test themselves against the league’s best after getting crushed 111-77 at Golden State on November 24.
“Klay Thompson just came out scorching, and there wasn’t much we could do about”, said Lakers forward Larry Nance Jr., who had nine points and seven rebounds.
Boston Celtics got back to winning ways with a 103-94 win over Brooklyn Nets thanks to Jae Crowder’s career-best 25 points. “It was just one of those nights”.
“It was a combination of Klay Thompson… and Klay Thompson”, he said. The Warriors led by as many as 33 points, as Thompson hit six 3-pointers in the game. He’s shooting 51 percent from the field and 45 percent from behind the three-point line.
The Lakers shot 23.8 percent (5 of 21) from long distance. “I thought in the second quarter we seemed to settle down”.
Los Angeles star Kobe Bryant missed his third consecutive game with a sore right shoulder.
It was a night of impressive numbers for Golden State.
Advertisement
“It’s just frustrating and annoying and any other adjective you want to throw in there”, Curry said, via ESPN. Los Angeles visits the Sacramento Kings on Thursday, while Golden State plays the Trail Blazers at Portland on Friday.
