Ridiculous exhibition of three-point shooting sees Warriors near National Basketball Association record

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And the tickets will only get more expensive if the Warriors stay unbeaten.

Their championship recipe was served piping hot Tuesday night, as Golden State jumped on the Pacers early with a 22-0 first-quarter run, stretched the lead to 32 in the third quarter and then fended off an annoying but otherwise non-threatening fourth-quarter surge to settle for a 131-123 victory in Bankers Life Fieldhouse. With all the Pacers’ attention on Curry, Thompson was able to get great looks from three-point range and when he knocks them down, the Warriors are almost unguardable.

Now that the Dubs are half way to reaching the Lakers’ 33-game win streak in 1971-72, sportsbooks are beginning to wonder, what are the odds that they would match or top the Lakers’ more than 40 years National Basketball Association record of the team that has the most number of consecutive wins in a single season?

Their respective shooting prowess and leadership have led to inevitable comparisons between Miller and the 27-year-old Curry, both considered among the best three-point shooters in National Basketball Association history. The Warriors are 10-4 ATS in the last 14 meetings in Boston and 1-4 ATS in the last 5 meetings overall.

IN was led by Paul George with 33 points. That’s because Klay Thompson was throwing in 10 three-pointers, and the rest of the team was running pick-and-rolls and getting point-blank looks at the rim, as Indiana’s defense struggled to keep track of everyone. That was as close as the Pacers could get. The Warriors caught on, the team quit hitting, and the Pacers had nothing to fall back on – enter the 20+ point run that GSW had in the first quarter. The team’s most important player, Draymond Green, had possibly his worst game of the season, and it didn’t budge the Warriors one bit. It is easy to forget about Thompson because of all the accolades and the popularity Curry has received this season. He finished 10 of 16 from beyond the arc, one short of the career high he had in January against Sacramento. He’s now made at least one 3 in 87 consecutive road games, tying the league record set by Rashard Lewis from 2007-09.

On one hand, you have the Warriors going for back-to-back titles, and Stephen Curry establishing himself as the greatest player on earth, and Luke Walton running the team in place of Steve Kerr, and possibly the Warriors going after the Bulls’ record of 72 regular-season wins. The Pacers a team trying to play small ball themselves this season after dealing center Roy Hibbert. Before the game, Pacers coach Frank Vogel noted Indiana’s new up-tempo style was “light-years” behind Golden State’s, and it showed.

With the 23-0 Warriors coming to TD Garden tomorrow night, Brad Stevens was making no bones about just how impressive he thinks Golden State is.

The Golden State Warriors have won their first 23 games of the 2015-16 season, and will go for a 24th straight win when they face the Boston Celtics at TD Garden here Friday night.

Stephen Curry’s remarkable season has drawn comparisons to Michael Jordan, and the reigning MVP says that MJ’s legacy is part of what drives him. The Golden State Warriors are averaging 115.8 points on 49.6 percent shooting and allowing 101.2 points on 42.6 percent shooting.