Keys To A Utah Jazz Win Over The Golden State Warriors

He added: “Nobody really talked about the 15-0 record until probably last week when we were around 12 wins, 11, 12 wins, because you can’t really get too far ahead of yourself”. He plans to play in the 2016 Olympics in Rio – he would have a couple of weeks to rejuvenate himself if Golden State gets to the NBA Finals again. It’s prompted debate from current players, former players, coaches, analysts, and fans.

The Warriors have now won 86 of their last 100 regular season games. The Utah Jazz have won seven of their last 10 home games. “So coach (Quin Snyder) has faith in us to put the ball in our hands and make plays for ourselves and others, and that’s what we did”. They have fantastic individual defenders, such as Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, and Ron Harper.

Leandro Barbosa added 21 points, as the former Suns player was 5-for-5 shooting from beyond the arc and 8 for 9 from the field. In many ways, Dallas play similarly to the Warriors. It was simply wonderful to hear the life being sucked out of the Staples Center as it slowly became apparent that the Warriors were rallying and eventually were going to win. Credit Warriors GM Bob Myers for making the moves they did to acquire talent that fits the system they wanted. Then they fired off warning shots to teams seeking to knock them off the pedestal. Both outcomes could simultaneously happen Friday night, but if not, both teams will continue to have questions of how high their ceiling could go (for Golden State) and how low they can sink (for Philadelphia).

With wins over some of the league’s more dominant teams, the Warriors have shown promise thus far in the year in terms of just what they are capable of doing.

Davis finished with a game-high 36 points and 11 rebounds.

The Warriors also had a 53-30 rebounding edge. “Sometimes it’s a little easier when you get someone bigger because you got to get it over top of them”. Aldridge and Duncan are a monster duo, even if Duncan is still inching incrementally towards hanging it all up.

After a three-team trade and salary-dumping deal, the Warriors were without a 2014 first-round pick.

The Warriors (-365) are eight point road favorites tonight in Utah (+305). BetOnline lists the over/under at 201.5 total points, which is the second smallest total point line for the Dubs this season.

But this season could be different for the Cavs. They are young and resistant to injury and when they blow teams out, the starters can rest more. Love is back playing at the high level he was in Minnesota prior to being traded to Cleveland last season, essential to the Cavs’ chances at winning the first professional sports championship Cleveland has seen in somewhere around a million years.

A bigger problem for the Jazz is how few shots they take from deep.

I remember the days when I’d come home from school and have to watch Kobe drop 40 on Mike Dunleavy or when Corey Maggette was the best player on the team and Stephen Curry just couldn’t stay on the court. It was heading into crunch time and the Warriors took control.

Gerald Green scored a season-high 25 points while starting in place of Luol Deng, and the Heat beat NY 97-78 for their second victory over the Knicks this week.