“I think we came ready to play (against Brooklyn), but if we don’t play our best and execute and bring effort on the defensive end, there are nights stuff like this could happen and it could not go our way down the stretch and we’ll end up with a loss”. And then Andre came up huge. “He stepped up with a big-time shot”.
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In a story November 10 about the Pistons-Warriors game, The Associated Press omitted Golden State center Andrew Bogut’s point total for the game. Luke Walton’s interim coaching record remained ideal at 11-0 as well. It’s not just that the Nets looked completely out of place being on the same court as the Warriors – a feeling I remember well when the Warriors would face a top team on national TV during The Dark Ages – but that they seem to have no plan, no direction, and no real hope for the future. Jarrett Jack and Thaddeus Young led the Nets with 28 and 26 points respectively.
Despite the Brooklyn Nets eventual loss to the Golden State Warriors last night in Oakland, their overall level of play throughout the game showed signs of life in what has been an otherwise gloomy season. Lopez is posting team-best averages of 19.3 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.3 blocked shots.
“I should have been able to call timeout in the backcourt, knowing that it was under two minutes and we had been able to advance the ball regardless of the time situation”.
Jack and Young each sank a pair of free throws in the final 30 seconds of regulation to give Brooklyn a 3-point edge. Steph Curry scored 34 points for the Warriors, who improved to 11-0.
“I don’t know what to say about that. (Joe Johnson) put it on a platter and I just, I blew it”, Lopez said.
The Warriors scored the first 10 points of overtime to pull away.
Draymond Green is beginning to get more attention for this performance during the Warriors’ undefeated start to the 2015-16 season and it’s nice to see. Golden State averages 114 points per game… Young responded with a jumper to give the Nets a 54-52 halftime lead.
Jack scored 22 points through the first three periods with nine assists while Curry, despite passing his father, Dell Curry, on the NBA’s career 3-pointers list, struggled from long range, hitting just 3 of 12 from beyond the arc heading into the fourth.
Key matchup: Kyle Lowry vs. Stephen Curry.
“It’s a pretty special moment for my family”, Stephen Curry said. But, the Warriors began their resurgence in the fourth quarter by pushing the game to overtime.
Diamond Leung of The Bay Area News Group also gave Green a few love in his article detailing three reasons why the Warriors are off to such a hot start, but also shared a little nugget of insight about Festus Ezeli’s early season improvement. “Our coaching staff and organization offer our sympathies to the people of France”, Walton said.
The Nets host the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday. The Suns have won seven of the last eight meetings between the teams. The Nets play 11 of their first 16 games on the road. The last time a Toronto team beat Golden State at home was in 2004.
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While the guard play provided the highlights, the trench warfare in the frontcourt is where the Warriors ultimately turned the momentum of the game back in their favor. Walton said he tried to go during the morning shootaround but did not feel right.
