The Golden State Warriors Can’t Be Stopped

Where the loss leaves the Clippers, who were vocal in the pre-season about how they could beat the Warriors, is anyone’s guess as they slumped to a 6-5 record. It’ll be fascinating to see how the Bulls counter the Warriors’ small-ball attack (Draymond Green at center) when they’ve got the quartet of Taj Gibson, Pau Gasol, Joakim Noah and Nikola Mirotic. Greg Monroe scored 17 points, and Khris Middleton added 15 for Milwaukee.

Shooting guard Klay Thompson added 15 points for Golden State, which made 10 of its 29 3-point attempts and shot 49.4 percent overall against a Bulls team that began the night No. 1 in the league in opponents’ field-goal percentage (40.8).

According to oddsmakers from oddsmakers at MyBookie.ag, the Warriors are favored at home, as they are getting odds of -8.5 points against the Bulls tonight.

During the broadcast, color commentator Reggie Miller called Clips-Dubs the best rivalry in the National Basketball Association, and we have a hard time arguing with him.

As a team, Golden State buried eight of nine three-pointers in the fourth quarter.

Curry, the league’s reigning MVP, has surpassed Paul as the best point guard in the league and he is driving that message home in every match-up between the two All Stars.

Is there anything this Warriors team can’t do? They cooled a bit in the second quarter, though tempers flared a bit when DeAndre Jordan and Doc Rivers picked up technical fouls for complaining, Rivers’ technical coming after he was angry about Andrew Bogut having pushed Paul to the court.

Sacramento’s Rajon Rondo had a season-high 18 assists, 14 points and nine rebounds.

Warriors: G Leandro Barbosa has the flu and watched the game from the locker room….

The Warriors trailed 41-25 after the first quarter, marking the Clippers’ season high in points scored in any quarter this season. 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.

The Clippers were missing J.J. Redick for a third consecutive game because of back spasms. The Bulls and Warriors have split the two-game season series in 11 of the last 14 years.

Clippers: Paul is the only player to have 18-plus points and four-plus assists in a quarter this season…. Going into training camp, the coaching staff wasn’t sure that was going to be the case. “It’s pretty impressive”, interim coach Luke Walton told reporters.

“He looked normal”, Rivers said.