After the game, Curry said in his television interview that it was “special” to be in the history books. But we also reminded them that it’s November and we got a lot more work to do.
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Walton referred to the 16-game winning streak as a “mini goal”.
Obviously it’s a long way away until that comparison can be fairly made, but the fact that Golden State is even making one of the NBA’s most sacred and unbeatable records seem mortal shows just how scary this team is.
“We’re trying to get better”.
The Warriors had 32 assists and just eight turnovers in the game. “We had some games we didn’t play like ourselves”. “There most likely will come a time we take a loss and have to deal with the emotions of that, just like we have in years past”.
Stephen Curry led the way with 24 points and nine assists as the Warriors made it 27 home wins in a row and left the struggling Lakers 2-12.
On the season, the Warriors average 114.5 points, 45.3 rebounds and 29.4 assists per game. Luke’s doing all the work with the rest of the staff. Luke is 15-0 right now.
Bulls shooting guard Jimmy Butler scored a game-high 22 points on 6 of 13 shooting in a 93-88 win against the Trail Blazers. Barnes started it off with back-to-back three pointers. The advantage extended to 41 in the fourth quarter. And they share it, and they run, and they play at a fast pace. They don’t care who scores. He recalls when they were winning almost every night.
A flawless illustration occurred in the third quarter. There were no worse offenders than Kobe Bryant and Jordan Clarkson. Their center Andrew Bogut did not play for six games due a concussion. “I was asked a question about it and they said, how do I think they would do?”
“It was tough”, Bryant said. That matched the worst-shooting performance of his career. For every 2nd place vote, a team receives 14 points, and so on until the team coming in 15th receives one lonely point. “As late as last week, you could still purchase a ticket for this game on StubHub for as little as $110”, Papp said. “But I also have a lot of faith in him as well. But he still puts fear into me as a coach”.
Power forward Julius Randle and backups Lou Williams and Larry Nance Jr. had 10 points apiece to pace Los Angeles, which shot just 37.8 percent from the field and missed 17 of its 20 3-point attempts.
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The Warriors will have a well-deserved Thanksgiving break and take on the Suns on the road on Friday. He figures Golden State might need something to happen to keep things going at some point. It was abundantly clear in the first quarter that these were two different classes of teams on the floor together: a defending champion and a lottery team. The Warriors drafted Richardson with the fifth pick in the 2001 National Basketball Association Draft.
