Warriors beat Heat 111-103 for 36th straight home win

Sure, Stephen Curry’s lower leg contusion seems to still be nagging him from time to time, but when the full strength Warriors play up to their potential, it tends to create plenty of opportunities for Curry & Co.to get some well-deserved rest. “Then Luke brought it up said, ‘Let’s take it.’ But we’re not going to talk about it 40 games out”. So we ran out there and he wasn’t in warm-ups so, realized he wasn’t playing.

As the Heat (22-16) trek through the toughest, most road-heavy segment of their schedule over the next few weeks, the cost of bad losses earlier in the year is underscored. But no change could change things against the Spurs, the latest visiting team to win the crowd and the game in Brooklyn. One of the most critical factors in Golden State’s historically impressive start has been the emergence of third-year forward Draymond Green. Every possession mattered and every player was dialed in. The final score was 111-103 but it never really felt that close, nor did the Miami Heat defense ever really do much to stop the unrelenting waves of movement and cutting the Warriors unleashed on them.

Draymond Green, who had four triple-doubles in his previous six games, fell short of adding to his NBA-leading season total of eight, finishing with 20 points, 12 rebounds and six assists. “You hope to bottle up those emotions as you go through the season, because you can’t fast-forward to April and think about if we’re going to be within striking distance of the record or whatever”.

That pursuit continues Wednesday against the Clippers (10:30 p.m., ESPN and Fox Sports Sun) as the Heat need to win two of their next three to salvage a 3-3 Western Conference tour.

“They have the ultimate confidence in their game”, he said. Tomorrow, the Golden State Warriors head to Colorado where they will take on the Denver Nuggets. Due to the injuries that Miami is fighting through and the attributes that the Golden State bench brings to this contest, advantage Warriors.

Walton also mentioned giving breaks to veterans Andre Iguodala and Shaun Livingston during the back-to-back sequence. “We keep learning how to play with each other and keep getting better”. That’s what we’re working to get back to. Nobody else does that. And while plenty of attention has been paid to their phenomenal ball movement, I believe this is an area where they have not received adequate reverence.

The dominance on display made Wade and Bosh wistful for the days of the Big Three. The Warriors would eventually open up their biggest lead of the night at 92-81 with eight minutes left in the game. I enjoy Dragic’s play, especially those unorthodox drives to the basket, but does it look there’s an outlier there or does Dragic still need more time to learn how to play with Wade in order to revert to his All-NBA Third Team form? They all just stopped in their tracks to see what Curry would do.