Warriors Advance to 14-0 with Win Over Bulls

Assistant coach Luke Walton has guided the team in Kerr’s absence.

Curry scored 27 points and the defending champions moved within one victory of matching the best start in National Basketball Association history, holding off the Chicago Bulls 106-94 on Friday night to improve to 14-0.

As a recent example, I watched Curry and the Golden State Warriors comeback win over the Los Angeles Clippers live and felt compelled to text a friend of mine at almost 4 a.m. urging him to tune in and watch.

The Warriors will seek to better the Celtics on Sunday night in Denver. The Warriors started off in transition and Andre Iguodala got the ball to Steph Curry who casually flicked a behind-the-back pass to Draymond Green, who passed up a three and gave it back to Curry.

The Bulls were the last team to win at Oracle Arena last January and looked like they had a chance to repeat the feat on Friday night, jumping out to a 10-point first-quarter lead. “That’s what we’d be doing anyway”.

With their next game against the Nuggets coming up, Stephen Curry finally spoke about it would mean for the team to extend their winning streak to 15-0.

“We were in a position to get our first win and we just couldn’t get into anything at the end of the game”, Brown said.

Every team has an off day every now and then, especially teams that play several games a week, like in basketball.

The Warriors’ win resulted from a 17-5 finish after point guard Stephen Curry’s third 3-pointer broke the game’s 17th tie and put Golden State up for good at 92-89 with 5:26 to go. “When it’s winning time, it’s incredible how good they’ve gotten at locking in and getting the job done”.

The Warriors and Clippers have had a bristling rivalry with Andrew Bogut roughing up Griffin and Green, who also leads them in attitude, responding to a Rivers jibe with, “Cool story, Glenn”.

Russell Westbrook led Oklahoma City with 34 points, seven rebounds and seven assists, but the NBA’s No. 3 scorer made just 11 of 29 shots and went 2 of 10 on 3-pointers.

“We know going small for too long doesn’t work because it takes so much energy to guard bigger players”, Walton said. “For us it’s something special”. A championship is the ultimate goal but other markers of history are too close to ignore.

“It’s awesome, that’s history right there”, he said.

I don’t think they’ll post another 67 wins – this is still the West – much less make a run at the Bulls’ record of 72.

_The Bulls, who came into the game having won five straight, were without point guard Derrick Rose (sprained left ankle), as well as his backup, Aaron Brooks (left hamstring strain). The night before the Warriors came back from 20 down against the L.A. Clippers. The last tie occurred with 5:33 left in the fourth quarter. Last year though, it was a complete doubt whether he could succeed in it, as it was his first season, after many years of absence from his hometown, in Cleveland Cavaliers. It was encouraging to see the Bulls play well with the champs (even in the SEGABABA for Golden State), but it does make you wonder if the bench could gotten a few more shots to drop. They are scheduled to spend most of the weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area before flying north Sunday….

In particular, Griffin’s struggles in the fourth quarter, coupled with Jordan’s inability to impose his will on the game this season have critics claiming that the squad does not have enough talent to challenge the upper-echelon of the western conference.