Two days later, on December 2, the Warriors continued their road trip, this time challenging the Hornets.
Barnes continues to miss this game, the Hornets' Al Jefferson misses due to injury, and Jeremy Lin plays through injury.
After the start of the game, the two teams immediately entered a melee. Thompson's consecutive three-pointers led the Warriors to an 11-0 offensive wave and took the lead. Although Batum scored, Curry also scored two consecutive three-pointers, and the Warriors once again
A 10-2 spurt quickly took a 15-point lead. Batum and Lamb each succeeded and fired a 10-2 attack wave to narrow the gap. However, Ezeli dunked at the last moment, and the Hornets led 23-32 in the first quarter.
Trailing the Warriors, Thompson hit 3 three-pointers in a single quarter and scored 15 points.
Marvin Williams scored the first goal in the second quarter, and the Hornets further narrowed the gap, but the Warriors immediately launched an 11-1 attack wave to open the gap again. Seeing that the team was about to collapse, Kaminsky and Hawes teamed up
The 8-2 offense brought the Hornets back from the death line. The Warriors continued to score in an attempt to widen the gap, and the Hornets immediately scored 6 points in a row to continue their pursuit. When the Warriors' offense stalled, Curry's tough 2+1 finally broke through.
The team's dilemma. The Hornets fought extremely tenaciously and launched a 9-2 offensive wave in the final stage. Thompson scored a goal at the end and the Hornets trailed the Warriors 51-60.
It has to be said that when the opponent is the defending champion who is in the midst of a 19-game winning streak, any team has endless motivation!
At the beginning of the second half, both teams scored. Curry suddenly showed off his power and led the Warriors to a 9-0 attack wave. The point difference quickly expanded to 17 points. Lamb personally scored 7 points in a row, and the Hornets immediately responded with a 9-0 attack wave.
The team was brought back from the brink of collapse. However, Curry performed an extremely violent scoring feast in the final stage of this quarter, scoring 16 points in the last 2 minutes and 34 seconds, including 4 three-pointers!
After three quarters, the Warriors led the Hornets 93-72. Curry scored a crazy 28 points in the third quarter.
The Warriors scored 5 points in a row at the beginning of the last quarter, and the gap quickly widened to 26 points. Jeremy Lin hit a three-pointer and finally scored his first sports goal of the game, but the Warriors immediately launched a 7-2 attack to widen the gap again.
.Just when the game was about to enter garbage time, Kaminsky and Daniels teamed up to launch a 16-5 attack wave, and the Hornets narrowed the gap to 15 points. However, the Hornets' struggle was of no avail, and they finally won 99-99.
116 lost to the Warriors.
In this game, Curry had 40 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, Thompson had 21 points and 3 rebounds, Green had 4 points, 11 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 blocks. For the Hornets, Jeremy Lin had 5 points and 3 assists, and Batum had 17 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.
2 blocks, Walker made only 2 of 16 shots and only scored 4 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Kaminsky scored 16 points, Hawes 12 points, and Lamb 13 points.
Obviously, there are two main reasons for the Warriors' winning streak. One is their excellent defense, and the other is Curry's incredible performance!
Defeating the Hornets, the Warriors ushered in a spectacular 20-game winning streak. The 20-game winning streak also tied the opening-season winning streak record of the four major North American sports leagues - MFB had previously had a crazy record of 20-game winning streak at the beginning.
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On December 5, the Warriors challenged the Raptors away from home. This was their third game of seven consecutive road trips.
Barnes is out for this game, and Bogut is also out due to injury.
Scola and Carroll scored the first five points for the Raptors at the beginning. Curry also scored four three-pointers in a row. The Splash Brothers worked together to score 16-0, and the Warriors took the lead 21-10. The Raptors
The substitutes scored 6-0 before the end of the first quarter, narrowing the point difference to 21-30. Green's layup ended the first quarter, and the Warriors led 32-21.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Raptors Lowry and Terrence Ross cheated. The two teamed up to score 11-2. The point difference between the two teams narrowed to 32-36, and the Raptors fell behind. Lowry was in great form in this quarter and once again led the team to play.
11-2, the Raptors went ahead 43-42. Curry and Thompson promptly used their signature three-pointers to stabilize the situation. The Splash Brothers took over the Warriors' last 17 points in the quarter. Thompson scored two consecutive three-pointers to end the first half.
The Warriors regained the lead 59-49.
Lowry scored 9 points in a row in the third quarter, and the Raptors fell behind 60-64. The Raptors strengthened their defense against Curry, and Joseph successfully blocked Curry. Thompson and Green shared the scoring burden for Curry, and Joseph and
After DeRozan scored, the Raptors reduced the score to 79-81. Curry ended the quarter with a jumper and the Warriors led 83-79.
Lowry took the lead in the fourth quarter and hit a three-pointer. The Warriors' offense was hindered and they only scored one point on free throws in the first four minutes. Tang Shen came on and hit a three-pointer. Lowry responded with a jumper. The two sides tied at 87.
Curry responded with five points in a row, and the Warriors led 92-87. After Scola and Lowry scored five points in a row, Ezeli scored a free throw, and the Warriors led 95-92. DeRozan and Lowry scored four points in a row.
, the Raptors overtook 96-95.
The game became intense. Curry scored two three-pointers in a row to help the Warriors lead 102-100. Raptors Noquila dunked and the two sides tied at 102 again. In the last 1 minute and 25 seconds, Green scored two free throws and the Warriors 104-102.
Leading 102, DeRozan made a free throw, and the Raptors were one point behind. Curry made two fouls and made two free throws, and the Warriors led 106-103. Lowry made a layup and fouled Tang Shen, but unfortunately missed the free throw, and the Raptors 105
-106 behind. Curry and Lowry each scored two more points. In the last 7 seconds, Tang Shen scored two free throws, and the Warriors led 110-107. Curry's free throws were stable, and in the end the Warriors narrowly defeated the Raptors 112-109.
Again, facing the defending champion with 20 consecutive victories, no one wants to win!
At this time, the intensity of every game of the Warriors is very high, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the intensity of the finals!
In this game, Curry made 14 of 24 shots and scored 44 points and 7 assists. He was the main contributor to the Warriors' victory. Thompson scored 26 points, effectively sharing the pressure on Curry. Green had 16 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists, both offensive and defensive.
Ezeli had 8 points and 10 rebounds, which is pretty good.
Lowry of the Raptors scored a season-high 41 points, 7 assists and 4 steals. He was the main contributor in the tight score between the Raptors and the Warriors. DeRozan scored 16 points and performed poorly.
With the victory over the Raptors, the Warriors also ushered in a 21-game winning streak to start the season. The 21-game winning streak set a record for a winning streak in the opening season of the four major North American sports leagues. Previously, MLB had a crazy record of 20 consecutive wins at the beginning of the season. In the distant 1884
In 2006, the St. Louis Exodus of the Baseball League also had a 20-game winning streak at the beginning of the season.
Counting last season's regular season games, the Warriors have won 25 consecutive games in the regular season.
At the same time, the Warriors have scored more than 100 points in each of the first 21 games since the 1966-67 season. This is the first time since the 1966-67 season that they have scored more than 100 points in each of the first 21 games.
In addition, the Warriors won 11 consecutive away games, setting a new record in team history.
The Warriors, who currently have a 21-game winning streak, are heading towards the league's third-longest winning streak at 22 consecutive wins! This was a record set by the Rockets that year, followed by the Heat's 27-game winning streak and the Lakers' 33-game winning streak.