Can the Warriors make it to the New Year undefeated?
Celebrating into the New Year?With each passing game, it seems like the Golden State Warriors will never lose a game. No matter the opponent, they seem to have an answer or scoring ready to go that has allowed them to win 23 straight games to start the season, by over 14 points a game.Last night was no different, as they took on an Indiana Pacers team attempting to replicate the Warriors’ small ball brand of basketball, and the Warriors proceeded to score 79 points in the first half and keep the Pacers at bay the whole game.They are getting contributions from everyone, including Brandon Rush, who has stepped in admirably for the injured Harrison Barnes, and back-up point guard Ian Clark. They are making the game look fun and easy and, most surprisingly, solved, like they know what every next move should be and then they go out and execute it.If the Warriors do win out they will enter the new year 32-0, just two wins from breaking the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers record of 33 straight wins.
#1 Boston Celtics
@ Boston
The Warriors take on the Celtics and their genius young coach, Brad Stevens, this Friday in the sixth game of a seven-game road trip. The Warriors are no doubt getting a little tired after traversing the Eastern part of North America for the past week.
The Celtics boast a top five defense and play with waves of players, something that could affect the Warriors who could be without Klay Thompson, who sprained his ankle mildly on Tuesday, and Harrison Barnes. The Celtics move the ball well on offense that could take advantage of the Warriors tired legs and lead to a multidude of threes that the Celtics knock down.
Will they actually lose?
3.5 out of 10. The Celtics could be said by some to be the Warriors’ style play without nearly the same talent. As the Warriors showed yesterday vs the Pacers, you can’t be a pace and space team and beat the Warriors, they are better at that than you.
Even if Klay is out, I don’t see who Isaiah Thomas guards when the Celtics are on defense. He is too short to greatly affect the Warriors tall guards, especially Steph Curry who can just shoot over him without thinking. The Warriors seem to have their own young coach to counter Stevens in Luke Walton, and he will match wits well with Stevens.