Phoenix Suns vs. Golden State Warriors

Luke Walton’s side were 24-0 and poised to end a seven-game road trip unbeaten when they headed to Milwaukee on Saturday but were handed a shock defeat that leaves them in the unusual position of being on a losing run. “What they said was, ‘If you don’t ever grow again, you have to have some guard skills.’ So just them teaching me that early on was important and vital to my game”.

The 25-year-old went down with an ankle sprain, and was held out for the team’s next game, a double-overtime win over the Boston Celtics.

“To live my life, to have played 17 years in the NBA, to have coached for three years for a team, and to have the privilege to call NBA games and announce the NBA Finals, I am absolutely winning”.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (31) and Reggie Jackson (23) did the most damage with 54 points between them, while Andre Drummond had a double-double of 16 points and 12 rebounds.

No drama, comedy, National Football League game or documentary has come even close to topping the type of basketball that the Warriors play that has become so captivating. That allowed Green to repeatedly attack the basket for either layups or foul shots, all while being his usual dominant self defensively.

Butler and Rose shook off recent illnesses, and the Bulls used a big third quarter to tie a season high with their fourth straight win.

In New York, Dwyane Wade scored 10 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter, and Hassan Whiteside had 20 points and 13 rebounds to help Miami beat Brooklyn.

Then, Curry and his teammates chose to put on a show as they closed the second on a 21-4 run over a three-minute stretch to take a 13-point lead at halftime. They can’t start to coast now, although the schedule-makers who were toying with them the last two weeks have flipped the script. After nine games in nine different cities over the last 16 days, now they play only five games in the next 16, all at home.

One thing was evident: The Suns never figured it out. The 27-game undefeated streak that they went on was great, but it wasn’t as pleasing to watch as the Warriors are.

“We try to make a statement every night to be honest”, said Thompson, who poured in 27 points in the third quarter and hit eight 3-pointers in the game.

Now that I’ve laid this out for you, let me explain what it means, and probably more importantly, what it doesn’t mean. “The great teams are the ones that can focus on each individual game”.

With a comfortable amount of practice time at home and perhaps less of a circuslike atmosphere surrounding them, the Warriors can get more detail-oriented and clean up their turnover issue and problems with execution. Walton will have to rest players, especially after the All-Star break, and they need to be prepared to lose some of those games.

Because of the long time from their first loss of the season to their win against the Phoenix Suns, it seemed the Golden State Warriors were in some sort of crisis.

When it came down to it, he wanted individual defenders to know who they were guarding.