“If Klay and/or LB can”t go, it”ll just be more minutes for different guys to step up. But this Warriors team is historically good, and I look forward to watching them try. Their ability to spread the floor and attack with speed and spacing is a model for IN to study and learn from.
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“They’re the champs”, Johnson said.
“They’re in the same league as us”.
The Pacers are like young Luke Skywalker, trying to learn the ways of The Force. They have the same emotional drain, probably more than the staff, and they physically must be exhausted by this point in the trip.
“He had eight 3s at the half”, Curry said.
James, who didn’t play Saturday in Miami to rest, scored 14 points in the fourth quarter, including a 3-pointer and a three-point play down the stretch.
The Warriors shot the ball well at almost 55% overall, just over 44% from distance, but looked like the dominant team from about three minutes in and on.
But Thompson, the other “Splash Brother”, was an All-Star starter last season alongside Curry and is arguably the second best shooter in the league. After a cold start, C.J.
“When Michael came back it was huge because we didn’t know about it”, Peduto said. “There’s some video game type stuff going on over there”‘. You want to be the best you can be. They have gotten even better. Now we’ve got to turn the corner and be ready for the Warriors and protect our home court.
That would include the Pacers, going through their recipe book. Paul George is very much still the leader of this team, but he sometimes shows signs of feeling like he has to do more than he does, or than he should. “We’re not the Golden State Warriors”, said George. We play with a lot of confidence and flair, but I think we’re a humble team.
Vogel said, “This team can teach you a lot of lessons”.
One thing they proved Tuesday night was what they could do when they were fully focused.
Golden State led 50-28 in the second quarter, extended the lead to 32 in the third quarter, started the fourth quarter with a 28-point advantage and was still up by 21 with 7:11 left in the game. “They kind of exploited it”. Golden State is on another planet this season, no question. “Obviously”, George said, “we weren’t all the way tied together with this switching idea”. In this case, the prospect of the Warriors winning 33 in a row-however you add it up-is potentially historic.
Thompson re-ignited memories of his record-breaking 37-point quarter against Sacramento Kings last January. The defense needs something of a reboot.
Jared Sullinger felt the need to take to Twitter Tuesday night to remind people of the team’s schedule: “Some Celtics fan forgot we got a game tomorrow!!!!” They’re not necessarily intimidating, but they’re efficient in all that they do and having fun in the process.
It was a clinic, the kind of basketball every coach wants from his team and so few are able to execute.
In their Pacers win, Golden State was flawless defensively.
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Anyway, they’re at 27 officially now.
