Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors will miss tonight’s game against
Every rostered player has an off-court Net Rating that is positive, but the two lowest numbers belong to (you guessed it) Curry and Green. “It’s not.” Eight Celtics finished in double figures in a 105-100 victory over Chicago on Wednesday.
The Golden State Warriors look to keep chasing history after a 23-0 start to the year. The team has also been without Harrison Barnes for six games.
Golden State’s phenomenal unbeaten streak will be put to the test Friday night at a surging Boston team, especially if sharpshooter Klay Thompson is unable to participate. The Celtics have a chance to take advantage of these injuries and try to come away with a win.
The streak will not end in Boston even if Thompson is out; the Warriors are on another planet and the Celtics and most of the National Basketball Association are not even close to reaching that planet right now.
The injury isn’t believed to be serious, but the Warriors could still hold Thompson out with the team playing consecutive nights.
The question is: can they make up those five points and hand the Warriors their first loss? Shooting comes and goes, but they own one of the league’s best defenses, and they have won three of their last four games. The Celtics naturally will shoot 40 percent or better if they’re forcing turnovers. “It’s just that number means a little bit more”. Meanwhile, the 27-year-old Curry’s current averages are 32.4 points, 4.9 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 2.2 steals per game.
The Warriors didn’t just come to Christianity as a team during their success. That’s something the Warriors will have to pay attention to. He is also shooting 87 percent from the free throw line. “I don’t have a problem with it. At least we can relate on something, right?”
You have to go back to 2013 to find a bad game he had against the C’s – a 94-86 Boston win that saw him shoot 6-for-22 (hitting just three of his 11 heaves from downtown) and finishing with just (just?) 25 points.
The Celtics’ offense is moving smoothly and all the players are thriving. But making a run at a second straight National Basketball Association title should, and I assume will, be the top priority for everyone involved. Brandon Rush will continue to start in place of Barnes and Ian Clark will replace Thompson in the starting rotation. “‘It is awesome what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.’ That is perfectly applicable to this team, because everyone is genuinely happy for each other when we succeed or when someone is down, everybody picks him up”.
“There’s no doubt that when you get a chance to play at home against the best team in the league you’re excited about it”, Celtics coach Brad Stevens said ahead of the 7:30 p.m. tip.
“We’ve talked about that since the championship run”, Curry said. When we make teams work when we are on the offensive end, it adds to the wear and tear of the other team. Walton likened Curry drawing crowds before road games to a zoo animal at the circus.