They won 26 games in 2010, 23 in 2012 and 47 in 2013, Draymond Green’s first season. Seventeen wins in a row?
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Harden had 50 points, nine rebounds and eight assists, and the Rockets beat the lowly 76ers 116-114 on Friday night. The game got so out of hand that Curry went to the bench for the entire fourth period, which once again denied him to play head-to-head against his brother Seth, who played much of the final quarter for Sacramento. The Suns couldn’t keep up at that 57% pace and the Warriors basically invited them back into the game with a sloppy start to the half.
Here’s an illustration of what’s terrifying about the 17-0 Warriors, aside from the fact they’re 17-0. “They’re ahead of the game”. Per the Elias Sports Bureau: Only three other teams have won 86 of 100 at any time.
The 3-point record could well have fallen had Curry not sat out the fourth quarter. The Suns were done. They’re moving the ball and everybody’s shooting the ball. The Warriors subsequently took off behind Stephen Curry, who scored 17 of his 19 points in the first quarter. Their 22 in the game was one short of the league record.
Johnson’s earlier 3-pointer gave the Nets an 83-76 lead, but the Nets went scoreless for 31/2 minutes while the Cavs fought back. What resulted was an aesthetically pleasing, fast-forwarded look at basketball. Phoenix failed to bait Ezeli into defending shooting big man Mirza Teletovic, and Golden State instead matched their center up with Tucker, who missed open jumpers and couldn’t finish at the cup despite his speed advantage on Ezeli. To put that in context, Carmelo Anthony has scored 376 points on 315 field goal attempts in 588 minutes this season.
Kobe could only wish the Lakers could make it tough on Golden State.
“We’re rolling right now”, Barbosa said after the win over Phoenix.
“You just be honest with them, you tell them that”, Walton said. “You can’t let fool’s gold fool you”. “They shoot 3s like layups”. They need to tighten up, fix certain things that might hurt them later. If we were a first-year team together and winning like this, then I would agree with Kobe one hundred percent. Every single game Steph Curry and the Warriors do something unbelievable. First, with a behind-the-back dribble that left Price grasping.
He stops on a dime and pump fakes for fun. And finally, the punctuating swish.
Covington buried the first of three consecutive Sixers threes before forward Jerami Grant (18 points) carried the torch with two free throws that tied the score at 93 with 9min 32sec left.
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So when will the Warriors lose? Barnes jumped to contest a turnaround jumper by Morris when his foot landed on Morris’ foot. He said that even though X-rays were negative, he is still very sore from the injury.
