“Eventually, we will lose”, Warriors interim coach Luke Walton said.
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Curry spoke of winning with such gusto that while he actually did agree with Walton, he wouldn’t quite rule out perfection.
Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant is optimistic his struggling team can stop the Golden State Warriors setting a new National Basketball Association record. Stephen Curry scored a game-high 24 points on 10-for-21 shooting, including 4 for 12 from 3-point range, which is an off night for him. “We accomplished it. Now we have to make sure we don’t drop off and give away a game just because we broke this record”.
Both the Rockets and Capitals ended up in the Finals.
What the Warriors hope to do is secure enough regular season wins to rest key players later so they are fresh heading into the playoffs. They are on a franchise-record streak of 27 games home victories. This turned into a mini-goal a couple games ago. “They’re in the beginning stages of it and that’s the scary part, versus somebody that catches lightning in a bottle one time”. For every 1st place vote a team gets, they receive 15 points.
Added Walton, “Anything’s possible. Of course not. Anything is possible”.
This match is a story of the Warriors trying to create and extend history, while the Lakers are trying to spoil the fun by getting a big win over an elite squad.
Green, who stuffed the stat sheet with 18 points, seven rebounds and five assists, tried to keep the team’s achievement in perspective after the game. The Warriors openly discussed how they would go for the record.
“It’s unbelievable”, Draymond Green said. Starting forward Kobe Bryant was held to just four points on 14 shot attempts as the Lakers shot a meager 37.8 percent from the field.
Aaaaaaaaaand they’re in the record books.
“I’ve seen stranger things happen”, he said, but there was nothing odd or unusual about Tuesday’s game.
At times the game resembled a training exercise for the Warriors as they sprinted into a 30-11 first quarter lead against their outclassed opponents, effectively scoring at will. That’s down the road, so we’ll settle for this bit of more-reasonable musing: might the Warriors head into their Christmas Day Finals rematch with the Cleveland Cavaliers a flawless 28-0? Green scored 12 points in the quarter, hitting two 3-pointers, blocking two shots.
Curry posted 40 points as the Warriors rallied from 23 points down to prevail 124-117.
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Damian Lillard missed a 3-pointer to tie it for Portland with 2:25 left, then missed the second of a pair of free throws with 20.7 seconds left that would have also pulled the Blazers into a tie.
