Viewers’ Guide: Can Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors get back into groove?

Curry had 23 points, and Thompson 25 as the Warriors’ 10-game home winning streak was snapped – almost a year after Boston ended a 54-game home win streak for the Warriors.

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It was clear that Kevin Durant’s knee injury would create problems for the Golden State Warriors as soon as the severity was announced last week.

“It also was important tonight that we got off to a good start, and then we really got it going in the third quarter”, said in coach Nate McMillan.

“We’re moving in the right direction”, Thibodeau said after the game. The Warriors’ poor shooting from deep wasn’t the only reason they lost this game – just like Harrison Barnes’ poor shooting wasn’t the only reason they lost the last three games of the Finals. With KD, they eclipsed a playoff spot but was on track to finish worse than a season before. The same thing that enables his prodigious range – the use of his whole body in his shooting motion – also makes his shot more susceptible to the impact of fatigue.

Stephen Curry hit a buzzer-beater to end the 3rd quarter against Boston on Wednesday night.

As time expired in the third, Curry pumped fake and Brown flew by him as Curry drilled a three. “So I’m OK. My spirits are good, my family’s good, I’m doing what I love to do every single day”. After struggling with elite teams earlier in the year, Boston now owns numerous signature wins, and maybe they’d have more if the C’s didn’t have so many injuries in the opening months.

This isn’t something the two-time MVP usually does during games. Amir Johnson, Jonas Jerebko, Gerald Green, and James Young are all about to expire and have all played regular rotation minutes recently. He tried to go through shootaround to no avail.

But the Celtics emerged because of a connected defense, which held Golden State to its third least-efficient scoring performance, according to Basketball-Reference.com.

The Celtics are a young team looking to make a splash in the playoff picture and a win on the road against the Warriors would let the league know this team is for real. Boston’s next five games are against teams that are beneath.500, and out of their remaining 17 contests, only four of them feature above-.500 opponents. The Golden State Warriors have split their last six road games. Curry (2 for 9) and Klay Thompson (2 of 8) were major contributors to that unsightly performance.

At 52-12, the Warriors only lead the 50-14 Spurs by two games, with a showdown in San Antonio coming up on Saturday night on ABC.

“We still want the No. 1 seed”, Kerr said Thursday night.