DeMarcus Cousins scored 30 points and dragged down 11 rebounds for the Kings, but his performance wasn’t enough to overturn the nine-point deficit they faced at the end of the first quarter.
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44 years later, Kobe Bryant scored 81 points on January 22, 2006.
With the entire Warriors team and staff — including former players David Lee and Justin Holiday — standing behind him, the president joked that he had hoped Stephen Curry’s telegenic preschool-age daughter, Riley, would be on hand to provide “media training”.
There is no question, though, that somewhere not so deep inside his soul, the president would have preferred to be hosting his beloved Chicago Bulls, whose NBA-record 72 wins is within the Warriors’ sights. Curry accounts for half of those games.
The Wizards were able to pull within single digits in the middle of the second quarter while Curry was on the bench. Despite a struggle-filled first month, Thompson has come back with a vengeance, including a December run in which he averaged a Curry-esque 4.3 threes per game.
Curry made his first six shots from the floor and was feeling it, especially from three-point territory.
Steph Curry will be contending seven other outstanding players, namely, Houston Rockets James Harden, Miami Heat’s Chris Bosh, Milwaukee Bucks Khris Middleton, Toronto Raptors Kyle Raptor, Phoenix Suns Devin Booker, Los Angeles Clippers J.J. Redick and the other top contender from Golden State Warriors, Klay Thompson. Instead, we got yet another Golden State blowout.
LaMarcus Aldridge dropped 36 points for the San Antonio Spurs in their 110-97 win over the New Orleans Pelicans.
With their margin for error lessening with each mounting loss, the Washington Wizards need to take advantage of every remaining opportunity to extend their postseason streak. The last time the Warriors lost at home was over a year ago, against the Chicago Bulls on January 27, 2015. Chamberlain actually shot worse in 1962 (.506%) than Curry has this season.
The biggest question is if he’ll play an entire game and if he’ll get to the free throw line.
Speaking of the Windy City’s professional basketball team, Obama – predictably – found a way to mention the Bulls early in the brief ceremony.
The real fun part is the addition of Gordon, who out of any player in the league seems to stand the best chance of dethroning LaVine.
“He couldn’t miss”, said Wizards John Wall, whose season-high 41 points did not help avoid defeat.
And for this season, Obama noted the achievements of assistant coach Luke Walton, who successfully served as the interim head coach while Kerr was on a leave of absence and yet wasn’t credited any official wins by the league.
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Stephen Curry and Draymond Green recently spoke out against gun violence.
