Golden State Warriors Keep Their Winning Streak Alive

Discounting a possible win over Phoenix, the Warriors are 17 away from matching the record of 33 straight established by the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers.

“We talk about 33”, Curry said in a conference call, via Diamond Leung of the San Jose Mercury News. “Mahal namin sila. We expect to cheer the Warriors on to victory and to make sure (that they feel) that Filipinos in the south of the market love them”, Araullo uttered.

“We’ll look at the tape and we’ll look at things”, Hornacek told the media after the game”.

Green showed off his entire repertoire during a superb fourth-quarter stretch that turned the game into a blowout and sent the Heat to their eighth straight victory over the Knicks, their longest winning streak in the series.

The Golden State Warriors’ 135-116 win over Phoenix was nothing short of a shooting fest, which can be expected when tuning into Warrior basketball, but another expected aspect of the defending NBA champs has surfaced: the dreaded vulnerability to the injury bug. Former Sun Leandro Barbosa was a flawless 5-of-5 from beyond the arc.

The Warriors’ 2012 draft might’ve been the most successful draft by any team over the past five years, as they found three rotation pieces and some depth among their four picks. But they also like easy shots, and this season 29.5% of their shots come in the restricted area (the semi-circle near the basket that typically includes layups and dunks).

Guard Eric Bledsoe had 21 points and seven assists and Brandon Knight had 21 points and five assists in the loss.

In Sacramento, Andrew Wiggins scored 22 points, and Zach LaVine added 19 points and eight rebounds. Tyson Chandler did not return after leaving the game in the first quarter with a strained right hamstring. We’ll wait to hear back from the doctors and we’ll move on if he’s out and we have other guys who’ll be anxious to step up for us.

“Oh God I hope that the Warriors would get to play an exhibition game in the Philippines”.

“We just need to refocus on our defense”, Suns coach Jeff Hornacek said. “So we’ve gotta make strides and get better as a team cutting that out”. “We didn’t do that”.

Hornacek admired the ball movement of the Warriors.

Steph Curry led the charge, scoring 41 points, his fifth game this season of 40 or more. The Warriors tallied 44 points in the first quarter, and 75 by the half.

Curry has scored at least 21 points in a single quarter on four separate occasions this season – more than the rest of the National Basketball Association combined.

“They start blending together after a while”, Warriors interim coach Luke Walton said of the 3-pointers when informed of the records.

In Orlando, Elfrid Payton had 22 points and 10 assists.

In the first quarter, starting center Tyson Chandler left with a hamstring strain. First off, Golden State took forward Harrison Barnes in the lottery at seventh overall. X-rays were negative, Walton said, but it wasn’t known how long Barnes might be out. Phoenix already had dug a hole by then and couldn’t keep pace with Golden State in rhythm, hitting so many 3s.