Instant Replay: Warriors barely escape upset from Jazz

Basketball, when played well, can be handsome. They have stepped up defensively, holding their last five opponents to 95 points or fewer. But of course they will have their off day, and statistics say that day is going to come on this seven-game trip away from the Bay. They play the 18-0 Golden State Warriors at home in Salt Lake. “Nobody thought we could start 19-0”. With the Warriors already drawing comparisons to the “96 Bulls that won 72 games, and the Sixers looking at the similarly lousy Lakers as a chance to break the spell, how do these teams” numbers look when they are compared to each other? In games where Golden State has a TOV% of 16.7% or higher, the team is undefeated (8-0).

They started things off with a 106-103 victory against the Utah Jazz last night, continuing their record winning-streak to 19 games.

Sunday, Dec. 6 at Brooklyn (4-13): Brook Lopez’s baby jumper at the end of regulation on November 14 is still the closest anyone has come to beating Golden State, who held on to win 107-99 in overtime despite not playing their sharpest game. Curry re-entered the game after a timeout and promptly hit nothing but net on a 3-pointer to tie it up at 90-90 with 6:20 left.

The Warriors swept the season series against the Hornets past year, winning by a margin of 15 points.

The Golden State Warriors simply refuse to lose and probably don’t remember what it feels like, now with 22 consecutive wins dating back to last season’s NBA Finals, not letting the stubborn and hard Utah Jazz get in their way of their perfection. His 12 points at halftime were the most of any Warriors player. However, Curry was clutch again late scoring seven points in the final two minutes of the game.

Curry grew up in Charlotte as the son of former Hornets guard Dell Curry. “They don’t shy away from it, and it’s not just Steph”.

Learning of Walton’s comments, the reigning NBA MVP Stephen Curry joked, “I doubt it, I highly doubt it”. So 17 games into the year, he’s on pace to beat his old record (286) by 46.9 percent (via @MikeSGallagher). Utah is even (6-6) when it puts up under 100 this season.

Favors scored 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds while Gobert had 13 points and 11 rebounds.

Curry, who finished with 26 points, then converted a pair of free throws to seal the win.

The two teams went back and forth down the stretch hitting shots in the fourth quarter.

The Utah Jazz rebound 43.1 times per game and are ranked 23rd. If any of the games are like last night’s, sign me up. Elias Sports Bureau research shows that that ties J.R. Smith for the most games with nine or more threes. Kobe Bryant just (predictably) announced his retirement, LeBron and the Cavs continue their quest for revenge, Anthony Davis is struggling with the Pelicans, the East is suddenly respectable as a whole, while the Thunder are seeing how Kevin Durant’s free agent clock is ticking.

Curry has scored 555 points on just 358 field goal attempts in 587 minutes this season.