Warriors match best 50-game start in National Basketball Association history

The Golden State Warriors ended Oklahoma City Thunder’s winning run, while the Cleveland Cavaliers bounced back from their last-gasp defeat.

After Saturday night’s prime time matchup at home against the Thunder, it’s clear Golden State has been up to the challenge against the league’s elite, but can still continue to ideal their game as the Thunder were able to expose aspects of the Warriors roster.

Curry led a balanced Warriors’ effort with 26 points, six rebounds and 10 assists, with Harrison Barnes (19 points), Thompson (18 points), Mareese Speights (15 points) and Shaun Livingston (10 points) all adding their pieces.

“This was very playoff-like, for sure”.

Despite a 20-point second quarter deficit, the Thunder put itself in position to potentially win the game down the stretch, tying the game up at 104 with just under four minutes to go. “It feels good to get that feeling, to execute and not let their run get the best of us, and get the win”.

Kevin Durant had 40 points and 14 rebounds for the Thunder, but that wasn’t enough to post a sixth straight victory.

Kevin Durant scored 40 points for the Thunder, while Russell Westbrook had 27 points and 12 assists in what was just a second loss in their past 14 games. The most memorable of the plays was a jump shot set up by a crossover on Durant, with 33.6 seconds left. Curry then out-hustled the Thunder for a loose-ball rebound and delivered a length-of-the-floor pass to Andre Iguodala for the exclamation-mark dunk. The reigning MVP scored when it counted, however, completing a handful of tough finishes around the rim to ice the game. “On a night when it wasn’t quite his night, I thought Steph was just brilliant the last couple of minutes”.

(AP) – While there’s two weeks of hype before the Super Bowl, more than a week of build-up for an National Basketball Association regular-season game is rare. “Obviously, my fandom will be in full effect”.

The teams have split their last ten meetings with the Thunder going 6-4 ATS with two of the last three going over. The Warriors prevail in a close one.

It’s been said that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, but these two players are pretty special. It was a calm, calculated performance, and knocked the Thunder back on their heels after almost an entire half of seemingly gaining momentum against the Warriors.

“They made plays – you expect it from a good team like that”, he said. But the way we closed it out down the stretch and that was key.

Durant added 14 rebounds to his point total and Russell Westbrook had 27 points and 12 assists, but missed logging his fourth straight triple-double.

Free-agent-to-be Durant doesn’t pretend he can completely ignore his mind drifting to next summer’s decision, but he said where he will play next season does not consume him.

“It’s hard not to enter your mind”. “There’s a lot of uncertainty going on, because I haven’t really thought that far”. Durant even admitted that free agency has at least crossed his mind, although he remains focused on the regular season and upcoming postseason. But hard-fought, last-minute, and yes, dramatic wins like this against Oklahoma City make you wonder if any team could possibly hope to beat Golden State four of seven times comes April, May, or June. I’ll sit down and talk to my closest friends and family and figure it out.

He is the best player in the National Basketball Association playing on the best team – the Warriors were an NBA-best 45-4 before Saturday night – and he is perhaps the best shooter the league has ever seen.