What to Watch For: Bulls-Warriors

They just played three tough teams with winning records – Toronto, the Los Angeles Clippers and the Bulls – and closed strong in each game to win all three. He also led the Warriors with nine rebounds.

The Thunder rallied from a 16-point deficit in the fourth quarter, but Dion Waiters’ potential tying shot rattled out at the buzzer.

This dissection of the Clippers was slower and more precise. Curry hit a 3-pointer with 5:26 to go and followed up a Chicago timeout with a layup with 3:48 remaining to give Golden State a 94-89 advantage.

A sloppy pass from Curry to forward Harrison Barnes at the right elbow of the three-point line sailed out of bounds. And yet, the whole affair still felt inexorable, that of course this was really going to happen and what could anyone do to stop it? The Denver Nuggets are averaging 100.2 points on 43.5 percent shooting and allowing 103.9 points on 45.5 percent shooting. I mean, who does that? Missing two starters, Chicago Bulls had still managed to bring the match to a nail biting finish at the end.

The Warriors became just the fourth team to open season at 13-0, and are within two victories of matching the 1948-49 Washington Capitols and the 1993-94 Houston Rockets for the best start in league history. If they beat Denver and move to 15-0, they’ll have a chance to ensure the best start of all time against the diarrheal Lakers on Tuesday.

Stephen Curry scored 40 points in the Warriors’ improbable comeback Thursday in Los Angeles.

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

Denver is 19-5 SU in its last 24 games when playing at home against Golden State.

Right now, there is not a better team in basketball than the Warriors. “We have to get them off the line, get them inside the three-point line and we didn’t do that”.

In the first quarter, Paul returned from a groin injury to provide a hot start to give the Clippers a lead that they held for the majority of the game. They did it to the Clippers and ran through the last half of the fourth quarter on a 28-12 run. However, Curry, Thompson, Iguodala and center Andrew Bogut all sat out to rest for the stretch run.

Five players scored in double digits for the defending Atlantic Division champions, off to an 8-6 start that began with five straight wins. So according to Bleacher Report, the Warriors probably will not go undefeated.

Curry struggled against Chicago previous year.

Again, the Warriors will lose eventually, and they may even lose ugly at some point this season.

After last season, the victory over the Spurs in the playoffs looked to be a turning point for the franchise as they overcame arguably the most dominant team in the west of the past several years.