The Golden State Warriors don't just break molds; they remake them in their own image.
The same player can't be both the best shooter and best ball-handler in the NBA? Behold, Stephen Curry.
A small-ball lineup can score a ton of points but can't stop a traditional opponent from doing the same? Tell that to Golden State's fiercest fivesome and its 71.1 net rating.
A team can't win a championship by shooting jump shots and playing at a breakneck pace? The Warriors would beg to differ.
For their latest trick, the Bay Area's finest hoops magicians made a record that's stood for nearly 70 years disappear. With their 111-77 dismantling of the lackluster Los Angeles Lakers, the Warriors did the 1948-49 Washington Capitols and 1993-94 Houston Rockets one better to become the first team in league history to open a season with a 16-0 start.
Curry didn't explode in his usual way, but his 24 points and nine assists were (clearly) more than sufficient. Golden State's lethal small-ball lineup did its part to build what became a 21-point lead in the second quarter—a lead that would reach 41 point ...
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