By: Eric He

The Golden State Warriors remained unbeaten with a 106-94 win over the Chicago Bulls at Oracle Arena on Friday night.

They advance to a perfect 14-0, tying the 1957-1958 Boston Celtics for the best start to a season by a defending champion, and are two more wins away from setting an NBA record for most wins to start a season.

Stephen Curry finished with 27 points. Harrison Barnes added 20 and Klay Thompson had 15.

Up 96-92 with a minute and a half to play, Barnes stroked back-to-back three-pointers, the latter of which gave the Warriors a 102-92 lead and sealed the victory.

The Warriors started the fourth quarter with both Curry and Thompson on the bench, and it allowed the Bulls to climb within two points. They evened the score at 92-92 on a three by Kirk Hinrinch with under six minutes to play, but Curry answered for the Warriors, knocking down a trey in response. Curry had missed a three, but Thompson hustled to grab the rebounds before shoveling it to Curry who stepped into the triple.

A tight first half continued in the second, as the teams remained deadlocked through the third. The Bulls took 70-67 lead on a three by Doug McDermott, but the Warriors responded with a 10-3 run as they held the Bulls to just one field goal in the final four minutes of the quarter. Curry made a jumper with 50 seconds left to give the Warriors a 77-73 lead heading into the fourth.

The Warriors started the game slow, much like Thursday night. The Bulls raced out to a 23-12 lead with an early 9-1 run. Unlike Thursday, the Warriors responded quickly, starting with a three-pointer by Thompson. An 8-2 spurt to finish the quarter capped off by an Andre Iguodala jumper meant the Warriors were only down one at 29-28 after one.

Included in that run was another spectacular play by Curry, who ripped the ball away from Joakim Noah and set up Iguodala for an alley-oop dunk that cut the lead to one.

A back-and-forth second quarter featured strong performances from both benches, save for a 7-0 spurt by the Bulls at the midpoint. A jumper by Mirotic gave the Bulls a 42-40 lead, but the Warriors took the advantage into halftime. Iguodala and Barnes both made threes and Curry connected on a layup to give Golden State a 50-47 lead at the half.