Warriors eye record after beating Bulls to stay ideal

During last year’s meetings between the guards, Curry dominated Paul and delivered one behind-the-back move that left his rival tied up in knots – an image that lives on in highlight reels. As a Golden State’s chemistry is light years above any opponent of theirs in the best championship in the world, but of course, this doesn’t guarantee anything, as another contender of the title can improve so much in the season that could be in the position to surpass the championship holders.

A couple dates to watch for a Sixers win would be December 1st against the Los Angeles Lakers (27th in our National Basketball Association Team Power Rankings with a Team nERD of 26.1) and December 10th against the Brooklyn Nets (26th in our rankings with a nERD of 26.1).

Harrison Barnes added 20 points on a night when four Golden State players finished in double figures.

Golden State has won 25 consecutive regular-season home games since that loss, and Chicago still isn’t sure if it will have Derrick Rose available when it tries to win again in Oakland on Friday night.

In other games, the surging Dallas Mavericks continued their hot streak, defeating Utah Jazz 102-93, Dirk Nowitzki scoring 19 and hitting all three of his attempts from beyond the arc.

They don’t view these games as onerous.

For the fourth straight game, the Warriors had the first quarter blues, falling behind by as many as 11, 23-12, with the Bulls hitting 10 of their first 15 shots.

The Golden State Warriors appeared on their way to extending their 19-game home winning streak when the Chicago Bulls visited Oracle Arena in January, holding an 11-point lead with less than nine minutes left in the fourth quarter.

Stephen Curry also accumulated two fouls early on to help matters as Los Angeles was able to score 41 points in the first quarter and hold the champs to 25. The Bulls don’t play again until Tuesday at Portland. “He had a phenomenal message to the guys”, Walton said. “But it was great having him”. “We want to enjoy this”. “But by the time the game started, he wasn’t with us anymore”. Still, while he is shooting 2.7 more three-pointers per 36 minutes than ever before, he has converted on 44.1 percent of his shots from deep.

“Andre has been awesome”, Walton said.

“We did not get into our sets quickly, no”, Hoiberg said. The entire game came down to the final minutes of the game which seemed like a replay of yesterday’s game where the match suddenly favored one side of the game. “It’s something I’ll do more of, but it’s definitely part of our game plan”.

What it says, this giddily triumphant start, is that Kerr is an even better coach than we thought.

To highlight just how detrimental they’ve been on defense this season, they both have a defensive rating of at least 108.

“I don’t think it started in the fourth quarter, I really don’t”, he said. But by the end of the first quarter, the Warriors had trimmed the deficit to one.

“It’s a no-brainer”, he said.

When a machine is operating at optimum performance level, even the creator knows to stand back and let it thrive. “But it’s kind of silly”.

Clippers: Paul is the only player to have 18-plus points and four-plus assists in a quarter this season….