Record: 4-0 With victories over the Pistons, Grizzlies, Timberwolves and Nets, the Warriors put together their third consecutive undefeated week and now sit as the 11th team in NBA history to begin a season with an 11-0 record. They’re also the fourth defending champion to begin a season 11-0, and of those previous three, only one team did not repeat as champions. That team was the 1957-58 Boston Celtics who, after losing in the Finals in six games, won the title the next eight years in a row. So, while it’s still far too early to even begin talking about a repeat, this torrid start has placed the Warriors in some very select company.
As perfect as the 11-0 record looks on paper, the Dubs had some not-so-great mixed in with the good this past week. In each of the eventual victories over Detroit, Memphis and Minnesota, Golden State had leads of 17, 15 and 21 points, respectively, before allowing the opposition to cut the deficit to five or fewer points. And, if it weren’t for Andre Iguodala’s clutch three-pointer that sent Saturday’s eventual overtime victory into the extra period, chances are they’d still be looking for that 11th win. But, that shot did go in, and even after allowing those teams back into the game, the Dubs managed to stave off their momentum and get back on track. The fact that I’m nitpicking at these instances just goes to show how comprehensively dominant the Warriors have been over the course of the season thus far. Andrew Bogut, Klay Thompson and Leandro Barbosa have missed a combined total of nine games due to injury or absence, and despite a few hiccups here and there, the Warriors’ performance has been more or less unaffected. The fact that all of the aforementioned players are either already back to full health or anticipated to be so in the near future bodes well for the Dubs’ chances of continuing this strong start into the fourth week of the season.
As thoroughly spectacular as Stephen Curry has been in almost every single game thus far, Draymond Green has been playing at an increasingly high level that, once again, cannot go unnoticed. In the four victories last week, Green averaged 13.0 points, 8.5 rebounds and a remarkable 9.3 assists per game. This is a power forward we’re talking about here, and Green continues to redefine the contemporary expectations of the position. On the season, his per game averages rank fourth on the team in scoring (12.3), second in rebounding (7.9), first in assists (7.1), third in three-pointers made (1.6) and second in three-point percentage (41.9%). To put those numbers in perspective, there has never been a player in NBA history to average at least 12.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 7.0 assists and 1.6 three-pointers made over the course of a full season.
He recorded the second triple-double of his regular season career in Saturday’s victory, and the 12 assists he accumulated in that game made him the first Warriors’ starting forward to have back-to-back games with 12 assists since Rick Barry in 1976. He’s up to 78 dimes on the season, which ranks him ninth in the NBA in assists per game and easily first among all non-guards. In fact, of the top 30 players in the league in assists per game, only one other plays a position other than guard (LeBron James, 6.4 apg). As Curry continues to give opposing teams no choice but to double team him, that intrinsically creates a 4-on-3 opportunity for the rest of the Warriors within a half-court set, which clearly, Green has proven incredibly efficient at exploiting. With the threats Curry poses on the perimeter and Green poses on the interior, it places opposing teams in a pick-your-poison scenario, and as evidenced by the Warriors’ current 11-0 record, nobody has been able to figure it out quite yet.
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