“He’s obviously out there getting some shots up, shooting around, but it’ll likely be a game-time decision (against Boston)”, Golden State Warriors interim head coach Luke Walton said. So why, if the Warriors have only won 23 games, have you seen people saying all over the place that the Warriors have won 27 straight?
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ABOUT THE WARRIORS (23-0, 16-7 ATS, 14-9 O/U): Losing Thompson would mean that Golden State is without two of its top three scorers, since forward Harrison Barnes is expected to miss his seventh straight contest with an ankle injury. “We did a tremendous job focusing on the game in front of us, and we’ve been doing that all year”.
The C’s will be without Marcus Smart, which will leave the task of slowing Steph Curry to Avery Bradley. Their winning streak including the final couple of games last season has now reached 27.
“Just knowing any given night you don’t know who’s going to be that guy, that’s the strength of this team”. “[The Warriors] are playing great as a team right now but we can’t go out there thinking like this is the championship”.
“It’ll be a fun game”, added Turner. “They were excited about this game tonight”.
James drained a crucial three-pointer to put the Cavs 96-90 ahead with 2:53 left on the clock before forcing Mason Plumlee to foul out at the other end. On an unremarkable night, Curry finished with 29 points and nearly a triple double. The Boston Celtics still had one more game before meeting the Golden State Warriors. He added 29 points, making three three-pointers to match Rashard Lewis with an NBA-record 87 consecutive regular-season road games with at least one three.
The Golden State Warriors are one win away from having the second-longest winning streak in National Basketball Association history when they visit the Boston Celtics at the TD Garden on Friday night. But Sullinger agrees that the Celtics should keep the hype-machine in check, even if friends, family and fans are building it up. But we’re going to prepare the same.
“We play an up-tempo style, which means games can get into the 100s on each side, but we still have to involve our defensive principles”, Pacers coach Frank Vogel said. They might be able to do that too, no team has yet defeated them.
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“Believe it or not, not as long as you think”, he said.
