Golden Statement: Curry, Warriors demolish Cavaliers 132-98

“You’re going to play these teams sooner or later, and you definitely want to go into a series having known that you’ve played them well during the season and that you got what it takes to beat the team”, Blatt said Sunday.

The Golden State Warriors don’t waste any time jockeying for position, or shuffling across the mat.

Stephen Curry Above the Break Three Update: Stephen Curry has made 158 above the break three pointers this year, more than three teams (back above Miami and Memphis).

The Houston Rockets and New Orleans Pelicans have been massive disappointments, the Dallas Mavericks and Indiana Pacers are shocking the league despite a lack of firepower on the roster, and we’ve seen players around the league ascend into the daily topic of discussion.

In the 2013 offseason, the Warriors got their best perimeter defender by pulling off a $48 million sign-and-trade for Andre Iguodala. The Pistons won 113-95.

While the Golden State Warriors value Harrison Barnes and everything that he brings to the table, they might not feel all that comfortable with putting themselves in financial hardship. They’ve posted only the 18th-best defensive rating in the league since December 30th, allowing 6.6 more points per 100 possessions than they had prior to that date. It wouldn’t be the first time that it’s happened to him either.

However, there are some very important forces at play worth considering. Whoever between Kyrie and Draymond puts up the better performance, expect their team to prevail. If we’re to base the Cavs’ chances off their performances against each team, the outlook isn’t too pretty.

Second, the poor performance of the second unit could be helped by factors other than adding starters to the mix. And when he and his teammates had the ultimate opportunity to respond – you know, on the court – they cowered. “But the next few teams coming in are great teams and we have to make a statement”. They’ll have to get better. 902 and. 857 winning percentages for the Warriors and Spurs respectively, the race for top spot in the West appears to be on.

While Golden State has lost two of its last three, including a surprising 18-point defeat Saturday at Detroit, Cleveland is playing its best basketball of the season.

The player with the most to prove/gain from this game however is Kyrie Irving.

This game was over in the first two minutes of game action. These Spurs may be the best Spurs team yet! Given the fact that they are still getting acquainted with one another look for them to only improve more as the season comes to a end. He won Finals MVP for his hot shooting and incredible defense on LeBron James.

The Warriors didn’t cool off at halftime and kept pressing the tempo, opening a 43-point lead and perhaps sending a message to the Cavs that taking their belt won’t be easy should they meet in the Finals again.