Curry Scores 25 As Warriors Breeze Past Bulls 125-94

If you had to pick a single member of the Cleveland Cavaliers who was the absolute worst during Monday night’s 132-98 loss to the Golden State Warriors, chances are you’d be more likely to pick Kevin Love than LeBron James.

James finished with 17 points, and rested the entire fourth quarter – the lead was that secure.

The Cavs suffered just their second home loss this season but were never really in it. They trailed by 26 at the half and fell behind by 43 in the second half – their largest deficit of the season. Curry now leads the league in jersey sales and isn’t far behind Kobe Bryant (who is in his last season) in voting for the NBA-All Star Game. The 27-year-old had reportedly angered certain Cavaliers players in the buildup by joking that he hoped the visitors’ locker room “still smells a little bit like champagne”.

Joe Johnson (3 points, 1-of-7) saw his streak of double-digit scoring end at seven games, but the veteran knocked down a three-pointer for the 16th consecutive game, matching the longest streak for a Net this season. Finally, with just 40 seconds remaining in the second quarter Kevin Love drained a 3 making the score 67-40.

It was the kind of beat-down that illustrated, all too vividly, the gulf between the Cavs and the best team in the league. Chicago shot 52.4 percent from the floor against that same Pistons defense that proved to be so much trouble for Golden State on Saturday.

The Cavs didn’t show up to play all night, but their frustration definitely showed. The frustration mounted with shoves and pushes that led to JR Smith being ejected for a flagrant foul 2. Soon after, James was whistled for a technical after he tangled with Golden State’s Festus Ezeli.

Curry quickly reminded an amped-up Cleveland crowd what he did to the Cavs last summer by burying a three-pointer on his first shot. The Warriors Bulls game TV details and how to watch the Bulls vs Warriors live streaming can be found ahead. “It’s a good message that we sent to ourselves this is what we’re capable of”, Curry said.

While it would be easier for the Cavs to fire Blatt than deal with Love, Cleveland should probably take advantage of the situation to get rid of the All-Star forward’s five-year $110 million deal and get a top-talented defensive player from another team, although it would be hard to find takers for such a huge contract. “It looked like it was a bad bounce, and, from there, it’s tough”.

Derrick Rose scored 29 and Jimmy Butler added 23 points after a slow start for Chicago.

Next up: The Utah Jazz will be in town Friday night at 7:30. He was 14 of 15 on free throws.

Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving was on more of a minutes restriction coming off an injury in the December loss. Cody Zeller had 14 points.