Thompson, Warriors improve to 23-0, beat Pacers 131-123
On the season, the Indiana Pacers average 103.3 points, 43.9 rebounds and 20.6 assists per game.
The Pacers, who began the game with the second best record in the Eastern Conference, fell to 12-8 for the season.
Tonight’s game features what should be a good matchup with Paul George of the Pacers covering Stephen Curry. Regardless of the missed calls, the Pacers failed to box out in the clutch and the game went to overtime on a missed George three.
They’ve won 12 straight on the road to open the season, giving them a tie for the sixth-longest road streak ever, and equaling the 1969-70 New York Knicks for the best road start to a campaign. If they survive the game against the Cavs, Golden State will need just one more win to reach 30-0 on the season and break the record.
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Cleveland’s LeBron James had 33 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Cavaliers back from the big first-half deficit and to a 105-100 win against Portland.
“I don’t expect the demand for those tickets to be as high as the Warriors game, but you never know”, Harrison said.
Next on the Warriors’ schedule are games against the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks, the final two games of their current seven-game road trip.
“Steph gets a lot of attention because he’s incredible, but they’re a great team”, Vogel said after Monday’s practice. They (Warriors management and Nelson) say we can?
“It’s bitter because Klay sprains his ankle in a game that we felt we had control of, and if we get out to a better start in the fourth, we don’t even have to get him back on the court”.
Standing in the way are the Pacers and Paul George, who has averaged 27.6 points and 8.2 rebounds after missing almost all of last season recovering from a compound fracture of his right leg. George scored a career-high 48 points Saturday night in a 122-119 overtime loss at Utah.
Through the first three quarters Tuesday, when the Warriors led 111-83, Golden State made 44 of 71 field goal attempts (62 percent). Here’s why the undefeated Warriors will seize control of that impressive record. Those games would present challenges without both Thompson and Barnes, but it’s very hard to bet against Golden State after 23 highly impressive wins.
Curry is the type of player that can hit one shot and have the crowd nearly instantaneously believe that it’s over. A 35-point second continued the onslaught and saw Golden State fall just one point short of tying the Pacers’ 37-year-old mark for most points allowed in the first half. “The Lakers are now being out-shot by Golden State fans”.
The Indiana Pacers opened up the week with their second straight game at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, his time against the Los Angeles Clippers.
Warriors interim coach Luke Walton has noticed some not-so-subtle changes around the league. The Pacers had a great defensive effort as they held the Clippers to 38 percent shooting for the game.