The strategy nearly worked.
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It was no ordinary 6-0 run, as Curry drained a 40-footer to at the buzzer, giving the Warriors a 74-63 lead entering the fourth quarter and, moreover, generating major momentum.
Nuggets center JJ Hickson led the way with 19 points and 13 rebounds while point guard Emmanuel Mudiay had 18 points, six rebounds, and five assists.
Curry wins the honor simply on the basis of a 17-point third quarter. He also committed five turnovers to go along with five assists. “We’re capable of beating anybody who comes in”. We had guys in foul trouble. They got plenty of help from a bench that they consider to be the best in the league.
The defending champions used a big run at the start of the fourth quarter to pull away from Detroit as reigning MVP Stephen Curry (22 points) had his lowest-scoring night of the season. Karl is an excellent and respected coach, but is still getting his bearings in Sacramento in his first full season at the helm. The Pistons fell to 5-2, while the Warriors extended their record to 8-0 on the season. I’ve said it all since we’ve been together. “It’s all about building”.
Like so many times this season, it was Stephen Curry to the rescue. Whichever team imposes its tempo on the game will have a decided advantage. Looks like the Warriors wanted to cut first-year forward Kevon Looney a few slack and make McAdoo pick up the grub.
DRUMMOND PROPELS PISTONS Detroit’s Andre Drummond was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week of November 2-8, helping the Pistons to a 2-1 week that took their record to 4-1.
The Grizzlies, meanwhile, are struggling to keep up with the NBA’s modern emphasis on uptempo play and three-point shooting. Green responded by grabbing three rebounds in the next 89 seconds.
“That’s the way it goes in this league”, Knicks coach Derek Fisher said. Moreover, the seamless transition from defense to offence plays a vital role in GSW’s recent successes. He posted a points-rebounds double-double in all three games, and in two games collected 25 or more points along with 25 or more rebounds.
The third quarter began with another Klay triple from 23ft. that Klay’s next three-pointer, four minutes into the quarter, was his 800th career triple for the Warriors, becoming only the second player after Curry to achieve this. They’ve cooled off a little bit with consecutive losses to the Orlando Magic and Miami Heat, but both of those games were on the road at the end of the road trip.
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“Steph is just so unsafe all of the time …” In my first edition of the National Basketball Association Power Rankings, let’s review teams that are doing surprisingly well so far in order. But, on our team, nobody cares. “I felt like we had an opportunity. That’s the reason we’re successful”, Green on Barnes playing center.
