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Warriors rout Knicks behind Klay Thompson’s 34

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By: Eric He

The Golden State Warriors jumped ahead in the second quarter and never looked back in a 116-95 win over the Knicks on the road Sunday night.

Klay Thompson led the way with 34 points on 14-of-18 shooting, making up for a subpar evening for Stephen Curry who finished with just 13 points. Draymond Green posted another triple double, putting up 20 points, grabbing 10 rebounds and dishing out 10 assists.

The Warriors trailed 20-18 after one quarter, getting off to a slow start, but outscored the Knicks 37-29 in the second to take control with a 55-49 halftime advantage.

They pulled away in the third, holding the Knicks to just 16 points. The Warriors opened the second half on a 7-0 run, and a jumper by Thompson put Golden State ahead 62-49. Entering the fourth with an 82-65 advantage, the Warriors did not falter in the fourth quarter like in Philadelphia; rather, they kept their foot on the gas pedal put the game away for good.

The Knicks cut the deficit to 13 midway through the fourth, but a three by Curry squashed any hopes of a comeback.

The Warriors advance to 44-4 and 22-4 on the road.

“They’re a championship-level team and that’s what they did tonight,” Knicks rookie Kristaps Porzingis told ESPN. Next up, the Warriors will head to the nation’s capital to play the Wizards on Wednesday night to wrap up a three-game road trip. The game will be nationally televised on ESPN.

Warriors survive in win over 76ers

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By: Eric He

The Golden State Warriors needed a last-second three-pointer by Harrison Barnes to escape with a win over the lowly Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday night.

The Warriors led by 19 points entering the fourth quarter, but the bench squandered the lead and when the starters returned, they were sloppy and lackadaisical. Down 103-90 with under four minutes to play, the 76ers went on a 15-2 run to tie the game when Isaiah Canaan stole the ball at midcourt and Ish Smith evened the score with a lay-up.

The defending champions were bailed out, however, on the final possession when Draymond Green found Harrison Barnes for a corner triple, which he buried with two-tenths of a second left, essentially winning the game.

For the longest time, it seemed like another easy win for the Warriors against a 7-40 Philadelphia squad. They put up 73 points in the first half and held a 19-point advantage at halftime. But it all went awry in the second half, where the Warriors were outscored by 16 points and got away with it.

“If the gods delivered what should have happened, we probably should have lost because that’s what happens when you mess around with the game and the ball,” Steve Kerr said to the media. 

Klay Thompson led the way with 32 points while Stephen Curry added 23.

The Warriors play the Knicks tomorrow in Madison Square Garden.

Golden State Warriors podcast with David Zizmor: Despite all the injuries the Warriors stay hottest team in NBA

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by David Zizmor

photo credit: warriorsworld.net–Festus Ezeli is one of the Warriors players whose been hampered with injuries

OAKLAND–The Golden State Warriors who have struggled with some of the injuries that they’ve had, I won’t say they were kind of dragging a bit and in January it’s the part of the season it happens a bit. Even with the best teams it could be a bit of a problem. The injuries on top of the type of year they’ve had kind of exacerbated the situation.

Even though the Warriors were still getting a lot of wins they weren’t winning by a ton they were playing games that were closer than you think. The W’s needed a little bit of a wake up call and there were a lot of injuries and the Warriors appreciate how healthy the team was and that they didn’t have any truly serious injuries yet this season.

That is a very fortunate thing that could be said for last year and the Warriors Harrison Barnes was out for several weeks and it took him close to a month before he was ready to play. Then Steph Curry had an ankle issue that was later swelling down a little bit. There was Leandro Barbosa and Festus Ezeli who had their issues too.

David Zizmor does the Warriors podcast each week for http://www.sportsradioservice.com hear more of the podcast click below

 

 

The Warriors get a measure of revenge, defeat the Dallas Mavericks by twenty.

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by Jerry Feitelberg

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Well, The Dubs did it again. They won their fortieth straight home Wednesday night at Oracle Arena as they defeated the Dallas Mavericks by twenty points 127-107. While the score looks like it was a runaway, it was not. The Dubs had to work really to beat a very determined Dallas team. The Mavericks defeated the Warriors earlier in the season. However, Steph Curry missed that game due to an ankle injury. The Warriors got off to a good start early in the game and led the Mavericks by ten at the end of the first period 32-22.

The Mavericks played the Dubs tough in the second period but could only cut the lead to eight points. The Mavs trailed by two with 3:27 left in the half but Golden State wouldn’t yield and built the lead to eight at the half 56-48. Klay Thompson led the Dubs with 26 points. Steph Curry, if you can believe this, had just three points, and Draymond Green didn’t score at all. Green had to sit as he committed three fouls.

Steph finally got it going in the third period. He hit a three-point shot early in the period to, hopefully, jump start the offense. Steph has hit three-point shots in 117 straight games and is closing in on the NBA record of 127 straight. The Mavericks, at this point in the game, refused to wilt. They trailed by just one point 65-64 with 7:29 left. The Dubs increased the lead to seven 71-64 as Steph made two more three-point shots. The Mavs trailed by three 73-70 when Draymond Green scored his first five points of the night. Draymond scored another five points in the period, and Klay Thompson pitched in with another five as the Warriors, now playing an uptempo game, outscored the Mavs 39-29 in the period and they led by eighteen at the end of three.

In the fourth period, Klay Thompson scored fourteen points and finished with 45 for the night. The Mavs could not crack the Golden State defense and the Warriors reserves finished the game. Final score 127-107.

Game Notes- Klay Thompson led the Warrior offense with 45. Draymond Green had ten, all in the third period, but he played terrific defense, as usual. Harrison Barnes pitched in with thirteen. Shaun Livingston and Mo Speights each had eight off the bench. Steph Curry, who scored thirty-seven against San Antonio, scored just thirteen. It is not a misprint. Steph Curry scored just thirteen points. However, there is no ego on this team. The Warriors do not care who score the most points. They care about winning. They move the ball and find the open man. Yes, Curry is the NBA’s MVP. He did not score a lot of points, but they won the game and their record for the year is now 42-4. They have won 40 straight games at home. The NBA record is 44, held by the Chicago Bulls.

The Warriors first-round draft choice, Kevon Looney, made his NBA debut and scored his first two points of his career on his first shot from the floor.

The Warriors will be holding a press conference Thursday morning to announce the J.P.Morgan Chase has secured naming rights for the new arena in San Francisco. J.P.Morgan Ceo Jaime Dimon was seated next to Warrior owner Joe Lacob at Wednesday night’s game.

The Warriors in Philadelphia Saturday at 1pm PT.

Transcendent Warriors Dismantle Spurs

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By Ben Leonard

They say defense wins championships. They said it was going to be the game of the year, if not the millennium. The Warriors’ (41-4) top-ranked offense against the Spurs’ (38-7) top-ranked defense.

But what “they” say doesn’t seem to apply to the Warriors. Behind a yet another standout performance from Stephen Curry, Golden State continued to defy conventional wisdom on Monday night, ripping a historically great San Antonio defense to shreds in a 120-90 win. Everyone around the league took notice — the West is Golden State’s to lose.

Against a Spurs team that had owned the reigning NBA MVP throughout his career, taking 13 of the previous 16 contests, Curry was the Warriors’ go-to guy, dropping 37 points to carry Golden State to the victory. Curry had averaged *just* 18.6 points per game against San Antonio, his second-worst mark against any team, but he stood up to the challenge. Curry had 15 points in the first quarter, sending Oracle Arena into a frenzy.

And it felt like Curry had put the game in the refrigerator by halftime — the Warriors 62-47 lead at the break felt like 162-47, for all intents and purposes.  It was the most points the Spurs had given up at the half all season long– just another day at the office for the Warriors, who shot 58.5% from the field in the first.

While the Warriors’ offense gets bucketloads of hype(no pun intended), its third-ranked defense earned its stripes as well on Monday. Sure, Tim Duncan was out, but the Warriors were lights out, holding San Antonio to shoot just 41.9% from the field. Only one Spur scored more than 12 points — All-Star forward Kawhi Leonard, with 16.

Curry didn’t even need to play in the fourth quarter, logging just 28 minutes while the Warriors coasted to the victory. And turning the ball over just once.

With their 39th straight win at Oracle Arena, Golden State remained undefeated at home, and are now five short of tying Michael Jordan’s 1995-96 Chicago Bulls’ home win streak. 41-0 at home remains well within sight, with one more home showdown with the Spurs remaining.

 

 

Curry’s triple double helps Warriors to victory in Kerr’s return

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By Joe Hawkes-Beamon

photo credit: The Sporting News–Golden State Warriors assistant coach Luke Walton and head coach Steve Kerr

OAKLAND — Stephen Curry recorded his seventh-career triple double (second of the season), finishing with a game-high 39 points, 12 assists, and 10 rebounds, helping the Golden State Warriors pick up their 40th win of the season with a 122-110 victory over the visiting Indiana Pacers Friday night at Oracle Arena in head coach Steve Kerr’s first game of the season.

Kerr, who missed the first 43 games of the season while recovering from multiple back surgeries, was welcomed back with a thunderous applause from the sold out home crowd of 19,596.

“I’ve been waiting for this for a long time … I really missed the routine,” Kerr said after the game. “It feels like the first game of the season, which it is for me. Fortunately our team’s in a pretty good groove and hopefully we can keep going.”

Curry, who was voted to start in his third-straight All-Star game Thursday, shot 11-of-19 from the floor, including knocking down 8-of-15 three-pointers. Curry drilled two half-court shots (one after the first quarter ended which didn’t count, and the other at the buzzer to end the first half).

For the season, Curry has connected on 204 three-pointers, becoming the first player in NBA history to have four-straight seasons with 200 made three-pointers.

Ray Allen is the only player in NBA history with five seasons of 200 made three-pointers.

Curry shot 9-of-9 from the free throw line as he recorded his sixth 30-plus point game in his last eight contests.

In addition to Curry, Golden State finished with five players scoring in double figures.

Starters Draymond Green had 22 points and 11 rebounds and Klay Thompson scored 18 points, while Leandro Barbosa had 13 points and Andre Iguodala finished with 10 points off the bench.

Golden State raced out to a 25-8 lead in the first quarter by making 10 of their first 14 shots from the floor, before Indiana shot 47-percent from the floor, while limiting Indiana to 17.3-percent on three-pointers.

Rookie forward Myles Turner led the Pacers with a career-high 31 points off the bench. Former Warrior Monta Ellis scored all 18 of his points in the second half, as Golden State swept the season series from Indiana, 2-0.

Pacers All-Star forward Paul George scored just 12 points on 5-of-15 shooting.

Many believed that this could’ve been a trap game for Golden State (40-4), who will put their 38-game home winning streak dating back to last season and 20-0 home record this season on the line when they host the equally hot San Antonio Spurs (38-6) Monday night.

Indiana (23-20) continues its West Coast swing Saturday night at Sacramento.

 

 

 

 

Golden State Warriors podcast with David Zizmor: After Detroit did W’s get good and mad; Kerr travels with club but is he ready to come back?

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On the Warriors podcast the Warriors after loosing to Detroit last week picked up wins in Cleveland and Chicago. Was it a matter of the W’s being a tired ball club in Detroit and just keying in against the Cavs and the Bulls or did the Warriors just get outright mad and demolished Chicago and Cleveland after losing in Detroit.

Warriors head coach Steve Kerr has been traveling with the Warriors. He does get light headed when he sits down. How important is it to have Kerr on this current road trip and how concerned are the team about Kerr’s health?

Dave’s got it all take a listen to the Warriors podcast below at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

Warriors Stay Dominant, Down Bulls 125-94

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By Shawn Whelchel

CHICAGO–The Warriors continued their domination of the Eastern Conference’s best teams, as Golden State followed up Monday’s impressive victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers with a blowout 125-94 victory against the Chicago Bulls at the United Center on Wednesday.

By the conclusion of the first quarter, Golden State’s lead would never drop beneath a double-digit advantage, as a strong night from the Splash Brothers helped to keep a comfortable lead. But Curry- who had 25 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds- and Thompson weren’t alone in their aptitude for scoring. Harrison Barnes followed close behind with 19 points of his own, while the bench scored an additional 49 points for Golden State, led by Leandro Barbosa and Marreese Speights with 12 points each.

Meanwhile, the Bulls couldn’t buy a bucket on their home court, as they finished the game with a dismal 37-percent shooting from the field. Compounding this was an atrocious 1-for-20 shooting from beyond the arc, as the team sunk their chances of staying competitive by their reliance on the long-ball. Some of Chicago’s poor shooting could be attributed to solid Golden State defense, while other open shots just refused to fall for the Bulls on a night in which they suffered their worst loss of the season at 31-points.

What offense Chicago could muster came from stars Derrick Rose-who finished with a game high 29 points but only two assists from the point guard position- and Jimmy Butler, who added 23 of his own points. Chicago’s starting unit would go on to score just seven points on 3-of-22 points, with center Pau Gasol putting up a donut in eight attempts due to solid defense from Andrew Bogut.

The lopsided scoring totals were indicative of what ultimately sunk Chicago’s efforts. While Rose and Butler may have got their points, the contest looked hardly like a team effort from Chicago’s standpoint, as they notched just 14 assists throughout the game, as compared to Golden State’s 38.

The Warriors were also able to force Chicago to run their game, as they broke away for 21 fast-break points on the night as compared to Chicago’s eight.  The loss gave Chicago a three game losing streak at home, as well as leading them to drop the last five out of seven games.

Golden State will return home from their three game road trip to take on the Indiana Pacers on Friday at Oracle Arena.

Warriors dominate Cavaliers on the road

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By: Eric He

The Golden State Warriors laid a thorough beatdown on the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night, winning 132-98 in an NBA Finals rematch in Cleveland.

The Warriors led by 26 at halftime and did not look back, starting the second half on a 9-0 run to essentially put the game away extremely early. It was the largest loss of the season for the Cavaliers as the Warriors led by as many as 43 points.

Stephen Curry poured in 35 points, making 7-of-12 from three-point range and did not need to play the fourth quarter. Andre Iguodala added 20 points off the bench as every player on the active roster played and scored for the Warriors.

Golden State cracked 100 points with still more than a minute to play in the third quarter, and a three by Curry gave the Warriors a 40-point lead at 104-64. They took a 27-point advantage into the fourth.

The Warriors jumped out to a 10-2 lead on a barrage of threes by Curry and Klay Thompson. They played free-flowing offense and dominated the Cavaliers on both ends. Consecutive threes by Curry after drawing an offensive foul on LeBron James put the Warriors ahead 34-19 late in the first quarter.

They continued to outscore the Cavaliers at a furious pace in the second quarter. A 14-1 run midway through the quarter capped off by a Curry layup off a turnover gave the Warriors a 57-32 advantage. The Warriors went up by 30 late in the half on a three by Draymond Green, and took a 70-44 lead into the locker room at halftime.

Warriors Start Road Trip Off With Sluggish Loss To Pistons.

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By Shawn Whelchel

AP photo: Golden State’s Klay Thompson couldn’t encourage the Warriors enough to get over the hump with the Pistons on Saturday night

The Golden State Warriors continued to look less and less like the once dominant offensive NBA team that they were at the beginning of the season, as a cold shooting night handed them their second loss in the last three games.

After posting an impressive 30-point first quarter, the Detroit Pistons defense hunkered down on the reigning NBA champions, holding them to just 95 total points on 38 percent shooting on the night, handing them just their fourth loss of the season in a 113-95 loss for the visitors.

The Warriors night was filled with unremarkable moments from the usually solid team. From anyone not named Steph Curry or Klay Thompson struggling to find the basket, to frustrations spilling over in the form of multiple technical fouls called on Golden State, Saturday night’s effort was a forgettable affair amidst a historic season.

Curry did his part to keep his team in the game, netting 38 points on 13-of-26 shooting from the field, including seven makes from beyond the arc. Thompson trailed behind him with 24 of his own points in 32 minutes.

But beyond the splash brothers, no other Golden State starter cracked double digits in points, with the rest of the starting squad-including a healthy Harrison Barnes- combining for just 16 points on the night. Curry and Thompson dominated the touches, taking 44 of the total 67 shots from the starting unit. Festus Ezeli saved a sluggish bench performance as well, being the only other Warrior aside from Curry and Thompson to score in double digits with 10 points.

Golden State lost in nearly every major statistical category, going on to yield less rebounds, steals, blocks, assists, points in the paint and giving up more turnovers than the Pistons did on the night, effectively sinking their chances to gain momentum at the start of their road trip.

Meanwhile, the normally solid Warriors defensive effort was just as absent as their scoring, with all five starters scoring in double-digits for Detroit. Reggie Jackson and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope led the Pistons with 20 points a piece. Aron Baynes had a solid night for Detroit down low, as the center put in 12 points on a perfect 6-of-6 shooting to lead the Pistons’ reserves.

The night was a tough start to a three-game road stretch for the Warriors. In a rematch of the NBA finals, the Warriors will have to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers at Quicken Loans Arena on Monday in order to avoid their first two-game losing streak of the season. The team will then follow that up with a meeting with the 23-16 Chicago Bulls.