Warriors keep on winning, top Bulls

Sixth man Andre Iguodala added 12 points and was a plus-24 for the game, while Draymond Green had nine points, nine boards and five assists. They are the fifth team in National Basketball Association history to start a season 13-0.

Whoever is in the lineup should take pointers from how the Bulls have defended Curry in recent years. Curry finished with a game-high 40. They converted 15 Lakers turnovers into 21 points.

The Clippers responded with a 9-1 run that included dunks from DeAndre Jordan and Josh Smith.

Of course, it’s early to make predictions, but first impressions matter as they usually indicate what the season might look like come April when the post-season tips off.

“He does such a great job of getting us into our offense and getting our defense organized”, Hoiberg said.

Paul, meanwhile, couldn’t be stopped in the first. G Leandro Barbosa returned from the flu a night earlier and G Shaun Livingston played for the first time in three games after being sidelined with a strained left hip flexor.

Jimmy Butler scored a season-high 32 points in Wednesday’s win over the Suns, with 14 of the 32 coming in the fourth quarter.

Jordan had a putback dunk that gave the Clippers a 34-16 lead that marked the Warriors’ largest deficit of the season. But they they are a top-10 team when it comes to scoring after offensive boards. Marco Belinelli led the Kings with 23 points. Rivers became angry after Andrew Bogut fouled Paul hard while stopping a fast break.

A Curry 3-pointer cut the deficit to 68-54 at halftime.

“Those numbers are insane”, said Clippers star Blake Griffin, who had 27 points. Harrison Barnes added 20 and Klay Thompson had 15. After all, he did lead his team with 27 points.

Coach Steve Kerr made a regular season road trip for the first time and appeared at the Warriors’ shootaround, but his presence doesn’t mean he’s necessarily close to a return to the bench.

Included in the crowd: The San Francisco 49ers defensive line before the team travels Saturday to Seattle.

The victory was only the second in 13 games for the injury-riddled Pelicans and it snapped the Spurs’ six-game winning streak.

“He was there for shootaround, he gave a nice speech to the guys”, Walton said.

The Bulls, despite playing without Derrick Rose and Aaron Brooks, were too for long stretches, mucking the game up, playing physically, limiting the Warriors’ runouts.

The Golden State Warriors appeared on their way to extending their 19-game home winning streak when the Chicago Bulls visited Oracle Arena in January, holding an 11-point lead with less than nine minutes left in the fourth quarter.