Golden State Warriors – The Numbers Behind Their 15-0 Start

“Congrats on being 15-0”, Curry said, smiling. “You couldn’t ask for a better start, obviously”.

They have outscored the opposition by 14.4 points per game, the most at this point of the season since the 1996-97 Chicago Bulls followed up their record 72-win campaign by outscoring their first 15 opponents by 16.5 points on the way to a 14-1 start the following year.

Both the Washington Capitols in the 1948-49 campaign and the Hakeem Olajuwon-led Houston Rockets in 1993-94 won 15 games in a row before falling to their first defeats.

The Warriors have only really been challenged by two teams, the Los Angeles Clippers and the Toronto Raptors, as they’ve gone on their historic run. The reserves built up a sizeable lead and allowed Stephen Curry to rest the entire fourth quarter.

Deron Williams led Dallas with 20 points, but missed an 18-footer and had his layup attempt blocked by Ibaka on consecutive possessions, and Wesley Mathews’ last-second off-balance heave from three-point range came nowhere close to the basket.

Warriors entered Sunday averaging 29 free-throw attempts per game but shot just 13.

“‘At the end of the day, that’ll all hopefully add up to something historic, ‘ Curry said Wednesday of focusing on winning in the present and the 8-0 Warriors’ game against the Memphis Grizzlies”. But he plays with such confidence, their bigs set great screens to get him open, and he is a threat once he crosses half court.

If Golden State gets through that stretch, during which they’ll likely be double-digit favorites in almost every game, that will put them at 28-0 heading into a Finals rematch with the Cleveland Cavaliers on Christmas Day.

The Warriors are on the cusp of history without head coach Steve Kerr, who is recovering from two offseason back surgeries.

“Those guys and I’ve been saying this, they deserve this”, interim coach Luke Walton said.

“Everyone that played scored while they were in and we had 35 assists”, Walton said.

November 19 vs. Milwaukee: Posted 27 points, nine rebounds and six assists in a 115-100 win over the Bucks.

After missing most of the preseason games, Darrell Arthur has slowly become one of Malone’s favorite players and a mainstay in the rotation. Mychal Thompson, the former National Basketball Association player and also father of shooting guard Klay Thompson, told ESPN radio that he thinks the Lakers will be the team to give the Warriors their first loss.

“Personally, I cared a lot”, Mudiay said.