Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving (2) falls to the floor while being defended by Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson (11) during the overtime period in game one of the National Basketball Association Finals.at Oracle Arena. He’s just kicking off the audition of a lifetime, so there’s no doubt he’ll work closely with his many Golden State resources to keep the team afloat through a rough opening schedule.
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The Warriors kick off their season and ring ceremony against a young and talented New Orleans Pelicans squad.
That match-up ended well for the Warriors as they won that and eventually made that impressive run towards the championship – something that they will undoubtedly try to do again this year.
The Warriors are supposed to win, yet if Anthony Davis and company are able to flip the script it will send a message to the rest of the Western Conference that a perennial power grows in the south and any conversation involving the best teams must involve New Orleans. “We didn’t play terribly”.
Who are going to be this year’s breakout stars?
It’ll be interesting to watch the rotation Walton plays throughout the game, and for the near future.
Four months later, Stephen Curry and his teammates are ready to begin the 2015-16 season on Tuesday, but they find themselves menaced on all sides by rebuilt challengers who think they have what it takes to rip the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy from their hands.
Now that’s not to say the Spurs won’t stumble a little early in the season, as they have to jell with the new additions.
“Alvin doesn’t need to prove anything, but I’m sure he would love to beat his old team”, interim coach Luke Walton said after a final tuneup in Oakland on Monday. Now the resident center for the Jazz right from the get-go, the Frenchman should continue to be a force on defense while helping Utah further improve.
Ezra Shaw/Getty Images The Warriors will take on the Pelicans at home on Tuesday night. We’re going to have fun.
“Hopefully we learn how to quickly get our engines back going”, Curry said. Much has happened in that time from former head coach Monty Williams being fired despite the playoff berth to players like Omer Asik, Dante Cunningham and Alexis Ajinca reaching long-term contracts with the Pelicans in free agency.
Gentry left the Warriors because New Orleans offered a promotion.
“They said we are not that good, that we are a jump shooting team – everyone has given us their best shot already”.
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Last week Bogut also received a few unconventional praise from LA Lakers centre Roy Hibbert who told USA media he wanted to be the “Black Bogut” and sacrifice his scoring game to play more of a passing and defence role.
