Road Warriors hold on to extend winning streak to 25

The game turned into something of three-point shooting contest between Curry and Lowry, with the reigning NBA MVP taking the personal duel and the game. “It’s a great group to be around, a great to be a part of and I don’t think if you went around this locker-room, one to 15, maybe not (rookie Kevon) Looney because he’s young, he don’t know no better, I don’t think anyone takes this for granted”.

Curry has been the ultimate difference-maker for a club that says – and then backs it up with its play – that there has been no crushing weight of pressure owing from this record winning streak to start the season.

The Warriors entered Saturday with a 20-0 record to equal baseball’s St. Louis Maroons of the Union Association in 1884 for the best start to a season among the four major USA sports leagues….

This one was a challenge. Toronto had to rally from 17 points down to earn a 96-86 win at Atlanta on Wednesday and did not have enough gas in the tank to overcome another large deficit on Thursday. Toronto head coach Dwane Casey said he’d drive himself insane if he tried to stop everything Curry can do on the court.

Lowry’s career-high 41 points and seven assists were obscured by Curry’s 44 points and seven assists. DeMar DeRozan recovered from an ugly 1-for-10 shooting performance in the first half and finished with 16 points. And while I’m incapable of caring about a business operation that continues to exploit Seattle as leverage for inciting struggling franchises to build new arenas – see Kings, Sacramento – sometimes you’ve just got to admire a team making, and chasing, history. We’ve kind of got a free roll at it. That’s kind of been our mentality, with Steph and a lot of guys on the team.

Lowry found Lucas Nogueira for an alley-oop dunk with 2:03 to go, tying it at 102. After the Raptors tied it, forward Draymond Green made two free throws for a 104-102 Golden State lead with 1:25 to play. “The warriors” victory showcased Curry’s second consecutive 40-point outing. “Everybody’s staying in the moment and that’s the biggest thing for us”.

Toronto had a hot shooter and held a fourth-quarter lead.

One of Golden State’s toughest tests in its phenomenal 21-0 start was, surprisingly, a home game against Brooklyn earlier this season.

Boris Diaw scored 16 points for the Spurs, and Kawhi Leonard and Manu Ginobili each had 15. Curry has scored at least 40 points in seven of 21 games.2. There are just aren’t many other ways to describe what Curry has done in the season’s first 20 games.

Isaiah Thomas had 23 points for the Celtics.

NUGGETS 108, SIXERS 105 (at Philadelphia) – Danilo Gallinari scored 24 points to lead Denver to a victory over Philadelphia.

This game would once again go down to the wire, with the Raptors trailing 83-79 heading into the 4th quarter. Festus Ezeli, starting in place of Bogut, had eight points and 10 rebounds.

Thursday’s loss snapped Indiana’s six-game winning streak, including four in a row on the road. “Steph’s been on those teams where they scored 120 points and the other team scored 130, guys got their numbers and everyone was talking about individuals”.