The game before the Christmas Day matchup with the Warriors, Kristaps Porzingis pretty much summed that up by just avoiding him completely as Lebron drove the lane for a dunk. Your first instinct may be to panic or celebrate, depending on your affiliation, and your second, more reasonable reaction is to realize that it’s just a game in December with several weird variables that we shouldn’t draw too many conclusions from.
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Sacramento went ahead 43-32 on a three-pointer by Casspi, but after he missed his first six shots, including five three-point tries, Curry scored 17 points in the half’s final 3:16. Carli Lloyd, whose hat trick in the final lifted the US women’s soccer team to the World Cup title, was the runner-up, with 14 first-place votes and 243 points. Interim head coach Luke Walton called it a pick up game, referencing the first half. After the championship, Steph’s friends and family got an exclusive pair of trophy inspired White/Gold low top Curry One.
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“Obviously that was a goal to come in, play well and get a win however we could”, said reigning MVP and Warriors point guard Stephen Curry, courtesy of the source.
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Sacramento star DeMarcus Cousins appeared headed to the bench with five fouls three minutes into the third quarter, but he ended up being ushered to the locker room instead. All of that was more than enough to help the Warriors improve their record to a mind-boggling 29-1.
Draymond Green (sore ankle) and Festus Ezeli (sore right foot) were among those who did not practice, as only eight Warriors chose to do so.
Raptors guard Kyle Lowry led all scorers with 28 points on nine-for-15 shooting. You might be surprised to learn that Casspi actually has a better 3-point percentage than Curry, and tonight the two went toe-to-toe in thoroughly entertaining fashion.
Curry finished first in a vote by US editors and news directors, with the results released Saturday. He turned the Warriors’ nervous moments early into jubilation and a rout of the Kings.
The Warriors still trailed 61-58 at halftime because Curry at the time wasn’t the best shooter on the floor.
Cavaliers 101, Suns 97: Kyrie Irving sank a three-pointer as the shot clock expired with 21.9 seconds to play and Cleveland held on to hand Phoenix its fifth loss in a row.
“That’s not fun at all because we weren’t gaining any ground”.
How can a team look so bad and so good in the same game? Paul Milsap led the Hawks with 24 points, Indianapolis native Jeff Teague added 18, Thabo Sefolosha scored 14 and Al Horford had 10 points and 10 rebounds.
When you compare Green’s 2014-15 output with that of this season, the improvement is startling.
But did it come at a cost?
Sam Moses, an AAU basketball coach and executive director of Oakland’s Jam Tow, a basketball facility, said kids will look at Curry and emulate his path to the NBA.
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This might feel a little disheartening from a Cavs fan’s perspective, but I wouldn’t take this as a death knell to their ability to compete with this team.
