Curry leads Warriors to 14-0 start as they hold off Bulls

To them, it must already feel like they have.

The resilient Warriors chipped away and drew to within 91-85 heading into the final frame on Green’s period-ending three-pointer.

Stephen Curry scored 27 points as defending champions the Golden State Warriors moved within one victory of matching the best start in National Basketball Association history, holding off the Chicago Bulls 106-94 on Friday night to improve to 14-0.

Even though the Warriors travel to mile-high Denver on Sunday to try and tie the best-start record, they might finally be on the downhill side of the quest.

Thompson finished with 25 points, and Harrison Barnes added 21. He splashed a 3-pointer and hit an easy layup. Golden State has records of 10-0 SU and 7-3 ATS against the West. They sport the top-ranked scoring offense in the league, averaging 114.3 points per game.

“One of our things before the game was the team that played the hardest and longest was going to win the game”. “Like I said before the game, we know we’re close, but close isn’t good enough”, Rivers said.

While the Warriors were coming off a thrilling win in Los Angeles the night before, the Bulls were rested and it showed early.

Cleveland: LeBron James scored 27 points, and Kevin Love added 22 points and 15 rebounds as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Milwaukee Bucks 115-100 on Thursday. Look for Curry to drop at least 30 points in this game.

DeAndre Jordan had a putback dunk that gave the Clippers a 34-16 lead that marked the Warriors’ largest deficit of the season.

Golden State righted the ship in the second quarter, outscoring Chicago 22-18 and taking a 50-47 lead into the locker room at halftime. They were already playing short-handed in the backcourt as Shaun Livingston missed a second straight game because of a strained hip flexor and Leandro Barbosa had a virus. That set the stage for Barnes’ heroics at the finish.

Clippers point-guard Chris Paul, who was back after missing two games through injury, dazzled in the first quarter with 18 points, hitting all seven of his shots as reigning MVP Stephen Curry struggled to ignite the Warriors’ offence.

“You just have to tip your hat to them”, said Clippers reserve guard Jamal Crawford, the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year in 2010 and 2014.

Knight scored 17 points in the fourth to lead the comeback. Nikola Mirotic and Butler scored 13 apiece, Pau Gasol had 12, and the only other scorer for Chicago was Kirk Hinrich with nine.

“It’s very impressive”, Walton said. “But it was great having him”. Crawford’s 3-pointer provided the Clippers’ last lead of 115-113. We were thrilled with the effort we had earlier in the season as far as the way we were starting games.

“Andre has been awesome”, Walton said. We’re not going to take them that seriously.’ I think the Lakers will go out there with a sneak attack and surprise and shock the world.