Curry, Warriors beat Hawks, fastest team to 50 wins, The Golden State Warriors accomplished 50 wins faster than any aggregation in NBA history.Doesn't beggarly added than that to this group.
With their eyes on added than regular-season records, the Warriors bigger to 50-5 as Stephen Curry denticulate 36 credibility and Golden State bounced aback afterwards abandonment a 23-point advance to exhausted the Atlanta Hawks 102-92 on Monday night.
The Warriors eclipsed the mark set by the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls, who bare one added bold to win their 50th. Of course, that's the aggregation Golden State is chasing, affective accession footfall afterpiece to the almanac 72-10 mark put up by Michael Jordan & Co. at the acme of their six-titles-in-eight-years dynasty.
"Fifty wins is great," Curry said, "but we've got to accumulate active abroad and blockage hungry, because cipher wants to allocution about that in June."
Curry and the arresting NBA champions appeared headed for a beating adjoin the disturbing Hawks, blame out to a 70-47 advance abutting the amid point of the third quarter. Atlanta bankrupt the aeon on a 28-6 run and affective the advance briefly aboriginal in the fourth, igniting the sellout crowd.
But the Warriors would not be denied, bouncing aback to duke the Hawks their fourth beeline home loss.
"I admired our response," drillmaster Steve Kerr said. "They were on blaze in their home building. Everything was traveling adjoin us, and we maintained our address and pulled abroad down the stretch. It was a absolutely acceptable win."
Klay Thompson added 27 credibility for the Warriors. Both he and Curry agape down 5 shots from 3-point range. Draymond Green didn't do abundant offensively, scoring alone six points, but he had 14 rebounds and nine assists.
Al Horford led the Hawks with 23 points.
"The third division is something we can hopefully body off of," said Atlanta drillmaster Mike Budenholzer, whose aggregation had the top almanac in the Eastern Conference a year ago but has slipped all the way to sixth this season.
Curry put on a dispensary in the aboriginal half, thoroughly assertive Hawks point bouncer Jeff Teague.
Perhaps the best arrangement came if Curry swished a aerial 3-pointer from the corner, the brawl appearing to abandon into the rafters of Philips Arena at the acme of its arc. Then, afterwards assuming briefly in foreground of the Golden State bench, he hustled aback to the added end to draw an abhorrent abhorrent on Teague, who looked befuddled by what he was seeing.
At the end of the half, with the alarm active down and Teague appropriate in his face, Curry somehow begin just abundant amplitude to beating down accession amazing jumper from the corner, admitting this one with his bottom on the stripe.
Someone on the Golden State bank threw a white anhydrate top in the air -- partly to celebrate, partly in disbelief.
The Hawks could've befuddled in the anhydrate aboriginal in the third.
Instead, Atlanta assuredly showed some action adjoin the league's best team, authoritative 5 3-pointers and about 60 percent of its shots in the period.
The Warriors regained ascendancy in the fourth, helped by Curry's 3 that larboard him fluctuant his amateur in foreground of the Atlanta bench.
"He senses if he needs to yield over," Kerr said.
SHARING THE BALL
Golden State had 30 assists in a bold for the 29th time this season, a authorization record.
The antecedent mark was set endure division on the way to the championship.
In accession to Green's team-high assists, Curry doled out eight, Andrew Bogut had four and Thompson chipped in with three.
"It's a appropriate group," Curry said.
TIP-INS
Warriors: Bigger to 45-0 if arch afterwards the third quarter. It looked as admitting the Hawks would accept the advance branch to the fourth, but a video analysis showed Thabo Sefolosha's jumper larboard his duke a burning afterwards the alarm expired, abrogation Golden State advanced 76-75. ... Bogut played 29 account with a artificial appropriate Achilles, avaricious 11 rebounds. ... Newly active Anderson Varejao watched the bold from the Warriors bank but didn't play. He was active afterwards getting cut endure anniversary by Portland.
Hawks: Accept absent four beeline home amateur for the aboriginal time back March 21 to April 1, 2007, according to STATS. ... Tim Hardaway Jr. had some able spurts off the bench, scoring 12 points. ... Atlanta fabricated 10 of 34 from 3-point ambit and is 19 of 75 from above the arc in its endure two games.
With their eyes on added than regular-season records, the Warriors bigger to 50-5 as Stephen Curry denticulate 36 credibility and Golden State bounced aback afterwards abandonment a 23-point advance to exhausted the Atlanta Hawks 102-92 on Monday night.
The Warriors eclipsed the mark set by the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls, who bare one added bold to win their 50th. Of course, that's the aggregation Golden State is chasing, affective accession footfall afterpiece to the almanac 72-10 mark put up by Michael Jordan & Co. at the acme of their six-titles-in-eight-years dynasty.
"Fifty wins is great," Curry said, "but we've got to accumulate active abroad and blockage hungry, because cipher wants to allocution about that in June."
Curry and the arresting NBA champions appeared headed for a beating adjoin the disturbing Hawks, blame out to a 70-47 advance abutting the amid point of the third quarter. Atlanta bankrupt the aeon on a 28-6 run and affective the advance briefly aboriginal in the fourth, igniting the sellout crowd.
But the Warriors would not be denied, bouncing aback to duke the Hawks their fourth beeline home loss.
"I admired our response," drillmaster Steve Kerr said. "They were on blaze in their home building. Everything was traveling adjoin us, and we maintained our address and pulled abroad down the stretch. It was a absolutely acceptable win."
Klay Thompson added 27 credibility for the Warriors. Both he and Curry agape down 5 shots from 3-point range. Draymond Green didn't do abundant offensively, scoring alone six points, but he had 14 rebounds and nine assists.
Al Horford led the Hawks with 23 points.
"The third division is something we can hopefully body off of," said Atlanta drillmaster Mike Budenholzer, whose aggregation had the top almanac in the Eastern Conference a year ago but has slipped all the way to sixth this season.
Curry put on a dispensary in the aboriginal half, thoroughly assertive Hawks point bouncer Jeff Teague.
Perhaps the best arrangement came if Curry swished a aerial 3-pointer from the corner, the brawl appearing to abandon into the rafters of Philips Arena at the acme of its arc. Then, afterwards assuming briefly in foreground of the Golden State bench, he hustled aback to the added end to draw an abhorrent abhorrent on Teague, who looked befuddled by what he was seeing.
At the end of the half, with the alarm active down and Teague appropriate in his face, Curry somehow begin just abundant amplitude to beating down accession amazing jumper from the corner, admitting this one with his bottom on the stripe.
Someone on the Golden State bank threw a white anhydrate top in the air -- partly to celebrate, partly in disbelief.
The Hawks could've befuddled in the anhydrate aboriginal in the third.
Instead, Atlanta assuredly showed some action adjoin the league's best team, authoritative 5 3-pointers and about 60 percent of its shots in the period.
The Warriors regained ascendancy in the fourth, helped by Curry's 3 that larboard him fluctuant his amateur in foreground of the Atlanta bench.
"He senses if he needs to yield over," Kerr said.
SHARING THE BALL
Golden State had 30 assists in a bold for the 29th time this season, a authorization record.
The antecedent mark was set endure division on the way to the championship.
In accession to Green's team-high assists, Curry doled out eight, Andrew Bogut had four and Thompson chipped in with three.
"It's a appropriate group," Curry said.
TIP-INS
Warriors: Bigger to 45-0 if arch afterwards the third quarter. It looked as admitting the Hawks would accept the advance branch to the fourth, but a video analysis showed Thabo Sefolosha's jumper larboard his duke a burning afterwards the alarm expired, abrogation Golden State advanced 76-75. ... Bogut played 29 account with a artificial appropriate Achilles, avaricious 11 rebounds. ... Newly active Anderson Varejao watched the bold from the Warriors bank but didn't play. He was active afterwards getting cut endure anniversary by Portland.
Hawks: Accept absent four beeline home amateur for the aboriginal time back March 21 to April 1, 2007, according to STATS. ... Tim Hardaway Jr. had some able spurts off the bench, scoring 12 points. ... Atlanta fabricated 10 of 34 from 3-point ambit and is 19 of 75 from above the arc in its endure two games.
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