2015-16 NBA Thread (feat. the Wives)

Curry's already hit 87 threes this season. By comparison, the League's next closest guy (Harden) has 46.

 

Jason Kidd being Jason Kidd and treating the ref like he's his wife


Bucks' Kidd suspended one game for outburst

 

As a special bonus, it's so great that it's not All LeBron All the Time anymore.

 

And Harden is shooting about 26% from 3

 

Warriors 20-0. Curry 40 points in 31 minutes, sat out fourth quarter (for fifth time in six games).

Next up: a back-to-back at Toronto (Sat) and Brooklyn (Sun).

 

21-0. Hairy at the end, a three-point win in Toronto. Curry is the first player in NBA history to have 40+ points and 8+ three-pointers in back-to-back games. Winning streak is the longest to open a season in any of the four major sports. (Previous record: 20-0 by the 1884 St. Louis Maroons of MLB's Union Association.)

Today could be the toughest test -- back-to-back game in Brooklyn, with everyone having logged heavy minutes today. After that it's Tuesday in Indiana, the toughest game of a six-game trip. Then to Boston and Milwaukee on another back-to-back.

If they streak survives this trip, they head home for five in a row (one of which is against Cleveland on Christmas Day, it would be #29). I think they can go 41-0 at Oracle.

--In his last five games, Curry has 170 points in 167 minutes.

 

I hope people appreciate what they're witnessing here. This is some seriously historically crazy shit, both with Curry individually and the Warriors collectively (I mean, when you've got go all the way back to the 1884 Maroons to find a comparable start in any of our pro sports....).

That said, my prediction is the streak won't last past that Tuesday date in Indiana. Pacers have been playing well, and the Warriors should be flat out spent after this stack of consecutive road games. That date smells like a streak ender to me.

 

I would be more confident in their ability to keep going if Barnes wasn't out, but without him they can't really do the small-ball nitrous oxide afterburners and run a team off the court. So one of these days Curry is only going to hit five threes, and that will be that.

 

I'm amazed every night now. The Ws keep doing the little things needed to get the win (Draymond w reb at end of Jazz game; etc) along with just having Curry doing Curry things (3s to tie it take lead in last 2 mins).

The streak is getting too big; last night Raps playing really tough; 2 starters out; Jazz were really tough; 7 gm roadie (remember when 4-3 was a good one?).

I'm enjoying it but kind of want it to end and have them just prepare for playoffs too (can't believe I just wrote that.).

Thanks Ws.

 

Yet there is still that "The Warriors didn't play the Spurs in the playoffs, nor have the met SA this season, so it's not as good as you think" school of thought out there that I don't understand. So they should be penalized because the Spurs were upset in the playoffs, or the whims of the schedue-maker?

 

Nobody has said that except a couple of clippers , and they are idiots .

 

What you say about Indiana makes perfect sense with one caveat: It will be the Pacers' first home game since a four-game trip out west, and your hardest home games of the year are always the first ones after long road trips.