Knocking off the Golden State Warriors (23-0) may require the Celtics (13-9) getting some breaks that they didn’t plan on having.
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“This is about as good as it’s going to get until April and May”, George said. We had a double-digit lead.
“He had eight 3s at the half”, Curry said. He continued, “You want to make things as easy as possible when you have a night like we did for 36 minutes”.
The NBA record for consecutive wins, over a single or multiple seasons, is 33 in a row by the Los Angeles Lakers, all during the 1971-72 season.
The Golden State Warriors are on a 27 game winning streak that dates back to the last regular season.
Thompson has established himself as a deadly shooter with great length who can go off in huge bursts at any time. Golden State tied the all-time opponent record with 44 points in the first quarter and was one shy of the first-half mark with 79.
“It was one of those nights where I got a lot of great looks”.
“It’s OK to look at it now”, he said of the Warriors game, “but I thought they did a really good job of focusing on the task at hand, which was a tough task”.
But Vogel made it clear Monday there was one reason the Pacers could not duplicate the Warriors’ offense: only Golden State has Curry. Thompson said the ankle remained sore and that he did not put much weight on it during the shooting drill.
They’re impressed; the Miami Heat have left no doubt about that when it comes to the play of the Golden State Warriors. In the first four games, Thompson was averaging over 20 points and dropping four threes per game.
Ron Hoskins/NBAE/Getty Images Festus Ezeli takes it to the rack. On what can be considered an “off night” for Steph Curry, who was just 3-of-11 from three-point range, the league’s leading scorer still found a way to score 29 points and record 10 assists.
Then the Regular Season MVP drives into the lane and gets fouled as the floater falls. “Every guy is out there to make plays”. IN shot 41.4 percent through the first three quarters. It’s not just Stephen, it’s not just Klay. “They were excited about this game tonight”. In time, the Indiana Pacers will find the personnel to go around Paul George, and their version will get better. Their latest victims, the Pacers, tried to beat the house at their game and failed.
“He could have caused problems”, Warriors coach Luke Walton said, noting there was a new coaching staff in place. We were thrilled with the way we played during the first three quarters.
Golden State has also been cashing at the betting window, covering in 16 of its 23 games this season. He finished 10 of 16 from beyond the arc, one short of the career high he had in January against Sacramento. The Pacers were 14 of 33 on 3s.
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Curry will continue to take on the challenge on their next game against the Boston Celtics on Saturday, December 12.
