Once the game started, it was lopsided and the Warriors alongside Stephen Curry proved to not only the Spurs but to the rest of the National Basketball Association that they are for real. What it did was re-establish the dominance of the Warriors and put a statement out to all others that the title of champs is theirs to keep. They defeated the Spurs 120 to 90 on Steph Curry’s 38 points. “They are. In a good way, though”.
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While the two teams are the gold standard of the Western Conference, with each winning championships in the past two seasons, it’s clear the Warriors are the better team. He also had five steals, outplaying counterpart Tony Parker. He has a ridiculous shooting range so it distorts the whole chess board defensively.
The Warriors held the Spurs to a 87.1 offensive rating while themselves finishing with 116.1 points per 100 possessions, setting a much higher pace than the Spurs meant to play in. Marvin Williams had 21 points and fouled out in the first overtime. Brandon Rush hit a shot from long distance to push the lead to 22.
Popovich’s opposite number Steve Kerr was effusive in his praise of Curry, after another prolific showing from the point guard.
“At this point, there’s half the season left and so many things can happen”, Kerr said. “Some people are going to say we made a statement”.
We will be updating every Tuesday, so scroll through all of the rankings to find out where your favorite team winds up in Week 14 as we take a look at the last week of action and hand out midseason grades for all 30 teams. And his team decided over the last eight days when they’ve beaten the Cavaliers by 34, the Bulls by 31 and the Spurs by 30.
The Spurs switched the defensive player of the year and former Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard onto Curry, but there was no stopping the point guard’s relentless onslaught.
Heat 89, Bulls 84: CHICAGO – Dwyane Wade had 28 points, Chris Bosh added 18 and Miami rallied from an eight-point deficit early in the fourth quarter to snap a four-game losing streak. That shouldn’t happen, because it’s just one game that didn’t involve Tim Duncan, but it’s impossible not to be amazed by this Warriors team. “I’m not used to it yet, but I think I’m ready for it”.
“That’s the most exciting part about it to me is yeah we’re 41-4, yeah, that’s great”, Green said. Moving away from the ball, Curry shook free of Leonard and with some separation hit a 3-pointer in the second quarter to give the Warriors a 19-point lead. But we’re nowhere near where I know we’re going to get.
Thompson had 19 points with 12 rebounds, and Dellavedova scored 18 points as Cleveland had six players in double figures.
The Warriors passed, shot and defended like no team I have ever seen.
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He also grabbed 12 rebounds and scored all nine of the Kings’ points in the first overtime before fouling out on a questionable call while putting back a rebound with 3:29 remaining in the second overtime. Once again the Warriors were able to sit Curry in the fourth quarter and preserve his energy for another night.
