Brooklyn Nets vs. Golden State Warriors – 12/6/15 NBA Pick, Odds, and Prediction

On Thursday, Warriors star Stephen Curry confirmed the Warriors popularity, reaching out to congratulate Barcelona’s Lionel Messi on his 30 million Instagram followers.

The Golden State Warriors extended their NBA-record season-opening winning streak to 21 games with a 112-109 road victory Saturday against the Toronto Raptors.

Curry’s three-pointer with 2:33 to play put the Warriors ahead 102-100. “I thought our effort was there”, said Casey. Klay Thompson scored 15 of his 21 points in the first quarter.

Toronto Raptors’ Kyle Lowry (7) turns into Golden State Warriors’ Marries Speights as he looks to lay off a pass during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Toronto, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015.

After Toronto tied the game, Curry hit a 3-pointer and guard Shaun Livingston scored on a layup to give Golden State a 92-87 lead with 6:31 to play.

This one was a challenge.

However, Lowry did his best to keep the Raptors in the game, scoring a career-high 41 points and dishing out seven assists. DeMar DeRozan recovered from an ugly 1-for-10 shooting performance in the first half, finishing with 16 points. However once again, the Warriors were given a great fight by The Toronto Warriors, much like the fight they received, when the two teams met earlier this season in Oakland. Obviously, like our team plays bigger in the moment, I think Steph really does. “It just shows how good of a team we can be”.

Green’s versatility opens up all sorts of options in Golden State’s offense.

All Curry did was put up 44 points, hitting shot after shot that left most in the crowd wondering how he even got it off, let alone drained it. The times I’ve gotten 40 I’ve been very happy with it, and he just seems to not be content. His skill level and ability to shoot are unparalleled.

Goran Dragic scored 17 points, Chris Bosh added 14 and Gerald Green had 12 for Miami, which held the Cavaliers to 36 percent shooting and sent Cleveland to its third straight loss. Leonard has scored double-figure points in all 20 games he suited up in this season as he now averages 21.9 points per game.

Forward Boris Diaw added 16 points and small forward Kawhi Leonard and guard Manu Ginobili scored 15 apiece.

Lowry poured in nine of the Raptors’ first 11 points of the third, and a dunk by Nogueira with just under three minutes left in the frame cut the Warriors’ lead to three points. No Raptors game and no accompanying FanDuel post.

Nicolas Batum’s 24 points helped the Charlotte Hornets past the Chicago Bulls 102-96, while the lowly Philadelphia 76ers were beaten 108-105 by the Denver Nuggets. He had 4 points in 13 minutes in this one.

In a matter of seconds during his pregame news conference Saturday, Warriors interim head coach Luke Walton said Stephen Curry “could be one of the best scorers in the history of the league” and called the Warriors’ point guard “the best player in the world”.