They led by as many as 17, at 26-9, and closed the first with a 30-16 lead.
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The victory may not have happened if not for another impressive showing from Warriors star Stephen Curry, who scored 44 points on Saturday including 27 in three-point shots.
The Warriors led throughout the first half, though their 17-point lead shrunk to three (57-54) by halftime. The last five-point lead was 75-70 on a 3-pointer by guard Shane Larkin with 3:10 left. The Warrior’s have two different five-man lineups that are in the top five in net rating. “I got some shots up on that rim for three years every game night”, he said. We went small, they went small with us, and we were able to make a huge headway. He was in coast mode early before draining a 30-footer in the second quarter, then putting it into another gear late in the third. “You know, the times I’ve gotten 40 I’ve been very happy with it, and he just seems to not be content. He’s a true, special talent we might never see again”.
“But it won’t be a disappointing effort if we don’t get there because there are so many talented teams in this league”. While a loss is a loss, and we’ve seen this movie before, it’s at least encouraging to note that the Raptors (I’ll restrict the temptation to call them the Toronto Lowry’s) are fighting hard and staying competitive. MVP chants even broke out at the Barclays Center when Curry took control in the third quarter.
It’s fantastical to think that Golden State will go undefeated forever, since an National Basketball Association season is more than 80 games long.
Right now the Warriors are the most fun team to watch in the National Basketball Association, if not in all of professional sports.
Is Patterson back? While Patman is still struggling with his shot as he went 0-2 from 3, and 2-5 overall from the field, he still had an impact on the game.
The Warriors kept their ideal streak going with a victory over the Raptors in Toronto last night, but it wasn’t as easy as some of their other games have been. “We constantly encourage our guys to be on the attack”. Great players don’t become great overnight. “They said he looks better, he’s slowly getting better, and we’ll look forward to getting him back out there to help us win”, Walton said. LeBron had 18 points and four assists in the final 12 minutes, while Wade tried to keep Miami in the game with 21 points of his own. At times we got a bit confused on our matchups and transitions. Yet at the same time they are so deep when the starters leave the game the bench can maintain without having to bring the starters back in the game to close wins out.
You, too, can enter the $1.25 Ask The Slouch Cash Giveaway. The shooting, the scoring, the ball movement, the defense, the versatility – it is all singular to this team, and as long as it’s not your team they’re doing that thing they do to, it’s nearly guaranteed to leave a smile on your face. But it blew a three-point lead in the final 10 seconds of regulation, and Brook Lopez missed a would-be game-winner from 2 feet at the buzzer. That’s what they came out and did in the first quarter. We accomplished it and now we have to make sure we don’t drop off and give a game away just because we broke this record. George also has reestablished himself as one of the best two-way players in the league by defending the opposing team’s best perimeter player. “You are just going out there and doing your thing and the other team has to match you”.
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“When he needed to, he stepped up and put the dagger in us”.
