“We have to get to the level of learning how to win”, Nets coach Lionel Hollins said, “because there is something to knowing how to win”. “It’s a heartbreaking loss. That’s definitely a teaching point for us”. The Warriors defeated the Nets 107-99 in overtime. This strategy isn’t about the maths as much as it’s about the intangible effect – stopping the flow of the Warriors offence and taking Curry out of a rhythm. “The kid (Johnson) made a nice pass. They got unlucky”.
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“Man, I’m a fan”, Lowry said following practice at San Francisco’s prestigious Olympic Club.
The Nets didn’t respond well to the misfortune.
Bucks 108, Cavaliers 105 (2OT): LeBron James scored 37 points but it wasn’t enough for the Cleveland Cavaliers, whose eight-game winning streak was snapped with a 108-105 double-overtime loss to the Milwaukee Bucks.
Iguodala added 18 points for the Warriors, who won their 11th straight to start the season.
The Nets had as much as a 17-point lead in the second quarter and led 77-70 after three quarters.
“Andre plays his best when you need him to”, interim head coach Luke Walton said. “He’s a luxury to have on the court”. He also, with his defense, gave Brooklyn’s All-Star center, Brook Lopez, a headache. “It’s tough. We feel like we could have had this one”. We didn’t foul immediately when the ball came inbounds on their previous possession and I blew that chip shot at the end. When that happens, Dray has learned exactly what he can get with the resulting 4-on-3…In 2015-16, there’s a different type of interior player that has usurped the stretch 4 as an offensive trump card, and Green is its prototype.
Stephen Curry is averaging 33.4 points per game despite sitting out an average of more than a quarter each game. Jarrett Jack and Thaddeus Young led the Nets with 28 and 26 points respectively.
But the Warriors, who played with starter Klay Thompson sidelined by back stiffness, wouldn’t surrender. Andrew Bogut also chipped in 10 points, 18 rebounds, four assists, three blocks and two steals. The teams traded the lead five times in the final 1:45 and the Nets appeared to have it under control when Curry showed he indeed is human and missed a layup with 22.9 seconds left. After all, they were tied with the Brooklyn Nets headed into overtime, a team that has just one win this year.
Brooklyn coach Lionel Hollins insisted he’d tried to call a timeout before the violation but to no avail.
Meanwhile, the sad Nets remain the sad Nets.
Jack and Young each sank a pair of free throws in the final 30 seconds of regulation to give Brooklyn a 3-point edge. Logic tells us that even the best and most efficient shooters are prone to off nights, but Curry so often defies logic that him having an off night seems illogical. And then Andre came up huge. “That’s the leader of our team”.
The Warriors, who led the league last season in three-point percentage and lead the league again this season, are the most deadly and adroit team from beyond the arc.
Warriors: The French national anthem was performed in addition to the American national anthem before the game. The mark they’re chasing is 14-0, established by the Boston Celtics way back in 1957-58.
Sometime during the first half of the Golden State Warriors’ game on Saturday night, the guy sitting a couple seats over leaned over me and yelled over the noise of the arena, “This is the same team that just lost to the Kings?!”
After the game, Curry talked about passing his father and what it means to him and the Curry family.
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On the other end, Stephen Curry scored 10 third-quarter points to put the visitors in the driver’s seat.
