The refrain this season will be that the Warriors should be fine as long as Curry and Draymond Green stay upright and mobile – they missed a combined five games last season and are the only two Warriors to have played in all 23 games this season. 500 team. The Rockets had the chance to get level on Tuesday night but found the Brooklyn Nets the better team (again, the Nets sweep the season series). One boy for whom Curry signed a jersey shrieked, “Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!” “And we”ll be confident that we can still compete and win games.”. 9 per game entering Friday. As skilled as they are, that’s how much fun they have, and how connected they are a team.
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This is the Big Three that not only speaks for what has to happen tonight, but in the grand scheme of things it has to be who they become down the road. If they continue to play this well through the remainder of the schedule, they will match and overtake the 1996 Chicago Bulls who were 72-10 in the regular season. That’s good, but they’ll need to do better. Boston has won six of eight games and has scored at least 105 points in five straight contests.
GoLocal teams up with GraphIQ to go inside the matchup. From what I have seen out of Green, he is playing similar to LeBron James without the offensive repertoire James has, although Green is averaging a respectable 12.9 points per game substantial for the team he is on.
“We have confidence and faith in our whole bench”, Walton said, “and we have no problem going and playing 13 guys”.
Curry has been lights out this season, shooting 54% from the field in the last 10 games and averaging 32 points per game. Lam was dressed in Curry’s home white jersey and said he has been rooting for the Warriors since Monta Ellis and Jason Richardson played for the “We Believe” team in 2006-07.
“It is the team’s call, and if it’s not 100 percent Friday, I might have to sit out because we have such a quick turnaround”, Thompson said Thursday of the team’s decision.
The Celtics may not be caught up in the hype and may be approaching this like any other game, but they will certainly have to raise the bar because this is unlike any other challenge they have faced this season. He’s on pace to completely shatter his own record for 3-pointers made in a season and he’s constantly drawing double-teams, therefore providing open looks for teammates.
The Warriors qualify as a win-now and win-later team. It would possibly cost them Barnes, who’s also a free agent and will demand a decent contract. It was just a disagreement he had with then-head coach Mark Jackson. “You don’t ever want to have to win the game twice or even three times”, Curry said.
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The only thing greater than the Warriors at the present might be their future.
