Warriors need OT to beat Nets and improve to 11-0

“No win is guaranteed in this league, and teams that are down are always the ones that come to bite you”, said Iguodala, who saved the day with his 3-pointer when everyone in building figured Stephen Curry would be the one to take the last shot.

After coming back to beat the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday night, the Warriors are off to an 11-0 start and people around the league are starting to marvel at not only Steph Curry’s dominance but also Draymond Green’s value to the defending champs’ success.

Interim coach Luke Walton implied nothing official has been decided, but a team source indicated Bogut is nearly certain to start against massive Raptors center Jonas Valanciunas. “That’s the standard we’ve really got to pride ourselves on and hold each other accountable for”.

It was another frustrating evening for the Houston Rockets as they slipped to 4-6 for the season with a 110-98 defeat to the Dallas Mavericks in the battle of two Texas franchises.

Curry also had a milestone in their game against Brooklyn as he surpassed his father, Dell Curry (1,245), in career three-point shots made with 1,248, after hitting five threes in the win. That said, after that horrendous first quarter, they did demonstrate they can play a few pretty fine defense even without Thompson.

The Warriors led by as much as 17 but had trouble shaking the pesky Pistons. The host dominated the match from the start and by the end of the third quarter their lead had stretched to 20 points. Meanwhile, Derrick Favors led Utah with 25 points and 12 rebounds, while Gordon Hayward added 24 points and 11 rebounds and Alec Burks finished with 24 points in the defeat for the Utah Jazz (4-4), who dropped two in a row. “That’s a real weapon for us. It was last year and it is again this year”. They scored only two points in the five-minute overtime after they’d falling 10 down in the first 3:10. The Philadelphia Warriors won their first nine games in 1960-61.

The following chart shows how Dell and Stephen compare when it comes to high-volume three-point shooting nights. Greg Monroe scored 16 points and had 17 rebounds for the Bucks. “We made bad decisions passing the ball and turned it over too much”.

The real tone-setter defensively, though, was Andrew Bogut. “Obviously it’s tough for him to put these numbers up for 82 games but he surprises us every night”. It’s Drummond’s league-leading 112th double-double since 2013-2014. And you conveniently left out the fact that one of the players from that Bulls team is now coaching this Warriors team. When Curry gets on a hot streak, single-handedly changing the momentum and demoralising opponents, teams may try the Hack-A-Curry just to slow him down.

After high-fiving the random, nameless strangers who I’d shared that temporary bond with through the rollercoaster of anxiety and jubilation on Saturday night, I left the arena mostly feeling relieved that we’re past the days where disappointment was a regular occurrence, maybe even more than the feeling of excitement about the Warriors still being undefeated.

While the guard play provided the highlights, the trench warfare in the frontcourt is where the Warriors ultimately turned the momentum of the game back in their favor. Bogut, who suffered a broken nose during the preseason, wore a protective mask.