Curry Leads Warriors to Win over Grizzlies
The only other defending champions to open the following season with at least 10 straight wins are the Boston Celtics in 1957-58 and 1964-65, and the Chicago Bulls in 1996-97. The Warriors finished shooting 41 percent from 3-point range, 11 of 27.
Marc Gasol had 26 points, Zach Randolph added 19 and Tony Allen finished with 15 as the Grizzlies lost their fourth straight.
Curry had 21 points after the first quarter and 25 at the half as the Warriors looked to run away with the game early.
It also marked Curry’s third 40-point game of the young season, as the Warriors have picked up right where they left off last year when they won their first National Basketball Association championship in 40 years.
The Warriors are favored by eight points over Minnesota and the Over/Under (O/U) is sitting at 210 points.
On Wednesday, November 4, Curry led the Golden State Warriors to a 112-108 victory over their rival team, the Los Angeles Clippers.
In a league where even the best teams lose dozens of times a season, an individual regular season loss or two isn’t the worst experience.
Stephen Curry is well on his way to a second straight MVP award. Don’t get too excited, though, Minnesota fans: Luke Walton just put Curry, who has 38 points on just 20 shots, back into the game.
Although Mr. Arthur brought up very valid arguments about how the Western Conference has become even stronger and more hard than it was previous year, the Warriors could be an even better team than they were last season. Despite the loss, Karl-Anthony Towns earned his fifth double-double this season with 19 points and 13 rebounds. T.J. Warren matched his career best with 18 points for Phoenix, 14 in the second half.
Paul is the team’s second-leading scorer at 15.7 points per game. “Small ball” would not work as well as it did if no. 30 did not shoot the lights out and have defenders chasing him all the way out the three point line.
Minnesota fought valiantly after trailing by 13 points to end the first quarter.
Curry’s 46 is the highest since firing 53 points against the New Orleans Pelicans on October 31.
Goran Dragic finished with 14 points and Hassan Whiteside grabbed 14 rebounds and added 9 points and 5 blocks for Miami.
Minnesota had a nice comeback spurt with a 12-0 run, and with seven minutes to go it was a seemingly competitive 50-43 game. If not for the Wolves’ bench cutting into the lead, the Wolves would have been staring at a larger deficit.
For the Warriors, Draymond Green was two rebounds shy of a triple double, finishing with 23 points, 12 assists and 8 rebounds. Rookie guard Emmanuel Mudiay added 16 points and 11 assists for his second double-double. According to NBA.com, they’ve outscored the opposition by 153 points in Curry’s 353 minutes, and by just 18 points in the 137 minutes he’s spent on the pine. We kind of got back in, we got a few stops.
With Ricky Rubio, a quick-handed defender, sidelined by a hamstring injury, the reigning MVP erupted from the get-go for 46 points, five rebounds and four assists to propel the Golden State Warriors to a 129-116 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.