Golden State now 18-0
The offensive deluge came three days after Golden State set the league record at 16-0 by beating the Los Angeles Lakers. But in reality, each shot is a thing of beauty on its own.
The Thunder (11-6) had 22 second-chance points and Drummond’s counterpart, Steven Adams, grabbed 13 rebounds.
Reigning league MVP Curry drained a season-high nine three-pointers and added eight assists and six rebounds at Talking Stick Resort Arena. He made 9-of-16 three-point attempts and has now made a three in 90 straight regular-season games. In order to beat that record by 46.9 percent, a player would have to dish out a total of 1,710 in one season, which would mean that player would have to average 20.9 assists per game over an 82-game schedule.
Said Phoenix forward Markieff Morris, “They shoot threes like layups”. And the lineup of Curry, Thompson, Iguodala, Barnes and Green is the best the Warriors have to offer. But when we take care of the basketball, we are really, really, really good. “They start blending together after a while”. I generally lean towards the points in this type of game, but Golden State is more than capable of ripping off 15 or more three pointers and destroying a team by 25 plus points. “We would like to still get the ball inside and move it side to side”.
“We just need to refocus on our defense”, Suns coach Jeff Hornacek said.
“We talk about 33”, point guard Stephen Curry said last week during a conference call with global reporters. “We didn’t do that”. The Clippers provided a road map for the next teams that will try to ding the ideal Warriors-disrupt lanes, cause turnovers, hit pretty much all of your shots-but even that may not be enough. After his first couple of ridiculous shots, everyone in the crowd – even casual fans – started buzzing and making noise as soon as he touched the ball.
Curry wasn’t the only player in the Golden State uniform to enjoy a successful night of play though, as Draymond Green and Leandro Barbosa also notched big games. He cut to catch dump-off passes from a driving Bledsoe, scored in transition and stepped behind the three-point line to shoot 2-of-3 from deep.
Golden State is 6-0 away from home but dropped its most recent visit to Denver on March 13.
Curry didn’t play in the fourth quarter for the fourth straight game in Saturday’s 120-101 win over Sacramento. Love has now scored in double-digits in all but one game this season and has topped 20 points nine times.
In the first quarter, starting center Tyson Chandler left with a hamstring strain.
Harrison Barnes went down with a left ankle injury and Klay Thompson had four fouls.
“I’m sure Steph doesn’t like it”, interim coach Luke Walton said.
Green and Curry were the only Warriors starters to exceed 27 minutes in a game they led from tipoff to final buzzer in pushing their overall win streak to 21.
After such a scorching start, the Warriors, unsurprisingly, made easy work of the Suns in the game’s second half.