Scoring spree: Anthony Davis on historic start to season

It was considered as the 11 highest game score by a big man since the adoption of the three-point line, The Washington Post reports.

The 71st season of the National Basketball Association kicked off on Tuesday (Wednesday for those of us in Phnom Penh) with the Cleveland Cavaliers mowing down a awful New York Knicks squad after hoisting their championship banner before the game.

“I’m going to go with the Warriors just because of [Kevin] Durant, that addition”.

Durant’s Warriors teammate Stephen Curry, who was last season’s scoring leader, added: “Nobody likes getting 50 dropped on them, whether you win or you lose”. “We’re going to have to get so much better”, Kerr said after the game. Lance Stephenson and Dante Cunningham each scored 15 points.

Golden State got plenty of open looks from 3, so it figures to be a matter of time before their shots start dropping. The Warriors made far easier work of the depleted Pelicans, leading by as many as 16 points and trailing for less than a minute in the second half, and by only one point in the third quarter. For instance, past year LeBron James held point guards to an eFG percentage of just 39 percent (versus a league average of 48 percent), shooting guards to 37 percent (versus 51 percent), small forwards to 42 percent (versus 53 percent) and power forwards to 45?percent (versus 49 percent). “We have so much talent, but talent is not going to be enough”. If health holds up, Curry is well on his way of reaching that mark. He’s the 19th player to do so, but none did it faster than Curry, now starting his eighth season.

While it could take some time for him to develop the chemistry needed to succeed with Davis, Hield, who began the season coming off the bench, is a favorite for Rookie Of The Year, though, one probably needs to be able to conveniently forget the team’s first two losses on the schedule because Buddy has failed completely to live up to his famed moniker of Buckets.

“My body feels great”.

“I’m just frustrated that we’re right there every time and we have some mental breakdowns”. “There are certain sets we can go to with his skillset to put him in scoring positions and create mismatches throughout the game”, Curry said. Durant, who finished with 17 rebounds, had his second double-double in as many games with Warriors, whom he joined as a free agent during the offseason, after finishing with 27 points and 10 rebounds in the opener.

Warriors: G Pat McCaw (L ankle sprain) left at halftime and did not return. Zaza Pachulia and David West combined for a pitiful five rebounds in the game against San Antonio. Ibaka, who was sent to Orlando by the Thunder for Victor Oladipo, scored just four points with three rebounds.

Durant missed all three of his attempts.Thompson missed seven 3s and shot 22 percent from beyond the arc.

In one season as the lead offensive assistant under Kerr, Gentry was the architect behind an up-tempo attack that topped the league with 110 points per game.