Golden State Warriors Break Record For Best Start In NBA
With 16 straight wins, they broke the 15-0 record held by two teams, the Houston Rockets of 1993-94 and the Washington Capitols of 1948-49.
Golden State’s players are off the charts in terms of Offensive Rating (ORTG), a metric that measures the number of points per 100 possessions the team scores when that player is on the floor.
“It’s a special accomplishment any time you can do something that hasn’t been done before”, he said. “It’s not going to be total dominance for 82 games”.
The Golden State Warriors blew out the Lakers last night to improve to 16-0 on the season – the best start in National Basketball Association history. On a related note, the Lakers have started the season 2-12.
Scott said he doesn’t believe minutes are taking a toll on Bryant, whose past three seasons have all been cut short by injury. He shared a long embrace with his former teammate, Walton, who has led his team into the record books.
“Eventually, we will lose”, Warriors interim coach Luke Walton said. “It’s natural to let down at some point”.
“It won’t be a disappointing effort if we don’t get there because there are so many talented teams in the league”.
Bryant went 1 for 7 from 3-point range in 25 minutes as Los Angeles lost its fourth in a row and eighth in nine. One game in particular stood out: On November 6, they recorded 28 assists on 30 baskets in the first half alone. We’ve got a lot of young guys on this team that we feel are going to be very good players but it’s not going to happen in a month.
“He emphasized to them how proud he was watching them because we’re hitting all four”, Walton said.
The Warriors had 10 assists in the first quarter.
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Other stars have taken on lesser roles later in their career, but not Bryant. Green wears Richardson’s No. 23. “You can see that he was getting frustrated at himself”.
“Maybe they’re just giving him the 3s”.
The Lakers outscored the Warriors in the second and cut the Warriors’ lead to 14 points in the third. Get through that dozen and the Warriors are at 28-0 and the Lakers’ record is within shot.
With Tuesday night’s victory, the defending champions also extended their Western Conference lead over the second-place San Antonio Spurs (11-3) to four games.