It was enough to allow the Warriors to match the 1969-70 Knicks for the longest season-opening road win streak, with 12, while also keeping alive their other streaks – 22 in a row this season, 26 in a row overall – for at least two more days. They reached the century mark for the 22nd straight time when reserve forward Marreese Speights converted a three-point play with 8:12 remaining for a 101-89 lead and expanded the lead to 106-89 when Curry and Thompson returned with 6:01 remaining.NOTES: F Harrison Barnes missed his fifth consecutive game with a sprained left ankle. “But we also reminded them that it’s November”. Hollis-Jefferson has been in the starting lineup for every game since November 6 against the Los Angeles Lakers and coach Lionel Hollins did not say anything his absence beyond Sunday’s game…. Even some of the players are marveling at the circus-like atmosphere that has enveloped this team in opposing arenas.
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“I doubt it, I highly doubt it”, joked NBA MVP Stephen Curry. “We understand if we do something that’s never been done in history there’s something special about it”. Draymond Green had 22 and Klay Thompson had 21. “And we rock out how we rock out”.
That’s because Curry’s father Dell, played three seasons with the Raptors.
“It’s started since the streak began”, Rush said of the ticket demands.
And people want to see Steph World – before and during the game.
Anyway, Walton, who in the eyes of the National Basketball Association has yet to win a game, is looking like the league’s next star coach. The cheers that followed, both during introductions and every time he touched the ball, easily drowned out Nets partisans. We have electrifying players. And we make insane shots.
Hornets 102, Bulls 96: Guard Nicolas Batum scored 24 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Charlotte Hornets held on for a 102-96 win over the Chicago Bulls. Like a conductor of a Broadway musical, Iggy turned in all four directions and delivered a bow to each section of the crowd. Now owners of a 21-0 record, and with an average margin of defeat of more than 14 points (seriously), they’re in a complete league of their own.
Coming off back-to-back 40-point outings, Curry had a relatively quiet night – he missed his first three free throws – before turning the corner in the third quarter.
“We will rely on our depth as we go into Brooklyn”, Curry said. When you are good, you are not anxious about who you are playing. “Eventually we hope that it will click, and that’s what happened tonight”.
“It’s a show”, Golden State reserve forward Marreese Speights said of Curry’s performances. It was down to two points when Curry made a decision to take over, scoring 11 of his team’s final 13 points in the quarter as the Warriors took an 87-80 lead after three. Most importantly: the Warriors have won them all. “I don’t think I’ve ever been 22-0 in my life”. Why does this team feel the need to win night after night?
“A lot of Dub Nation, ” Curry said with a smile.
But if winning the title is the end-of-season goal, the Warriors are fully embracing their in-season chase at 33 straight wins.
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“We expect teams to fight and come back when we are on the road and that is what they did”, said Curry. Our group loves the pressure. This team is better and more developed since last season, so they will surely have a better chance. But then again, I concluded my last blog post over two weeks ago by assuming that the Warriors would lose in my absence.
