My expectations of this team being better than past year but still not good enough to reach the postseason are still intact, though if the game in Los Angeles showed us anything it’s that Markieff Morris will still be a factor this season, Tyson Chandler is still capable of being a beast, and the dual point guard lineup will be prone to off shooting nights.
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Doc Rivers – “You’re both as good as you’re record”. I’d go with Devin Booker, but my guess is Archie Goodwin gets the next crack at it. I still believe by the end of the season Booker is getting regular rotation minutes off the bench.
In many ways, Tuesday night’s first meeting with the Clippers is the exclamation-point game of this rugged season-opening five-game stretch in which Golden State has steamrolled through the first four. People forget, we were better (after winning the title) in the first 15-20 games before Kevin (Garnett) got hurt.
(3-0) Detroit Pistons – The lone surprise of the unbeaten teams, Stan Van Gundy’s team has recorded 3 impressive wins.
The Warriors led by as many as 17 points in the second quarter.
We’re just a week into the 2015-16 National Basketball Association season, and there are already so many intriguing storylines. It’ll be no easy task, as Steph Curry, averaging 37/5/6 per game, has vaulted himself into the best-player-in-the-world conversation (hi, LeBron) and appears hell-bent on making all those guys who try to guard him look silly. I think in the same quote I said they were the best team in basketball.
Clippers head coach Doc Rivers said the Warriors remind him of his Celtics group that won a championship in 2008.
Clippers trainer Jasen Powell made the decision to keep Paul off the floor for the final 13 seconds of a four-point game after Paul suffered a strained right groin. It becomes even more so when the Clippers play there because the rival teams dislike one another. He came into the game shooting 32 percent from the field, and started this game making one of his first elven shots.
“Basically what Doc said is they didn’t have any bad breaks”, he said.
Cole Mickelson’s Stone Cole Fact o’ the Day: In Saturday’s win at Portland, Bledsoe and Brandon Knight because the first Suns duo to each have 25 points and five assists in a game since Steve Nash and Raja Bell did it at Denver on January 10, 2006. They’re a great defensive team.
“The second unit is probably unfamiliar to Clipper nation, and we’re just trying to get familiar to each other”, Smith said. They are very confident and lethal right now. When everything went down with the DeAndre Jordan fiasco this past summer, Redick was one of the few guys that went to battle to fight for DeAndre. It’s going to be fun. It’s insane. The fans get behind them and it’s like no other. Regardless, if the Suns are going to compete for a playoff spot, I believe Sonny will definitely play a role.
Yes, Thompson is now way below his All-Star level average of 21.7 points from last season, but with Curry dominating, there’s only so many shots that can be taken.
The Clippers and Warriors are the only two Western Conference teams without a loss. From his ever-improving mid-range game to the effortlessness at which he can attack the rim, he’s managed to rank 4th in the league so far in both those areas.
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The Clippers are 16-5-1 ATS in their last 22 road games and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games playing on 1 days rest.
