{"id":9826,"date":"2015-11-23T09:04:12","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T17:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/thompson-leads-warriors-to-15-0-start-beat-nuggets\/"},"modified":"2015-11-23T09:04:12","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T17:04:12","slug":"thompson-leads-warriors-to-15-0-start-beat-nuggets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/thompson-leads-warriors-to-15-0-start-beat-nuggets\/","title":{"rendered":"Thompson leads Warriors to 15-0 start, beat Nuggets"},"content":{"rendered":"

DENVER<\/strong> \u2014 Klay Thompson scored 21 points and the Golden State Warriors tied the best start in NBA history, beating the Denver Nuggets 118-105 on Sunday night to move to 15-0.<\/p>\n

Golden State matches the start of the 1948-49 Washington Capitols and the \u201893-94 Houston Rockets. The Warriors can break the record Tuesday at home against the Los Angeles Lakers.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s more history: The Warriors surpassed the \u201857-58 Boston Celtics for the best start by a defending champion.<\/p>\n

Thompson hit a 3-pointer with 2:08 remaining in the second quarter and Golden State never trailed again. The reserves built up a sizeable lead and allowed Stephen Curry to rest the entire fourth quarter. He had 19 points, the first time this season Curry didn\u2019t reach 20.<\/p>\n

Darrell Arthur had 21 points for the Nuggets, who\u2019ve lost three straight. Kenneth Faried was sidelined by a sprained left ankle.<\/p>\n

Harrison Barnes scored seven of his 17 points in the third quarter to allow the Warriors to gain some separation. This was the way things went for the Warriors in the third: Festus Ezeli missed a wide-open dunk and it clanged straight to Curry, who drained a 3-pointer.<\/p>\n

When the Warriors played in Denver last March, they rested Curry & Co. That didn\u2019t sit well with fans who were expecting to see the sharp-shooting guard.<\/p>\n

Resting wasn\u2019t an option this time. Not so close to an NBA record.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether or not we get it, it really doesn\u2019t affect our ultimate goal of trying to win a championship,\u201d said interim coach Luke Walton, who picked up a technical in the third quarter. \u201cIt would be something nice to get along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

TIP-INS<\/p>\n

Warriors: Walton said head coach Steve Kerr (back surgery) is \u201cdoing better.\u201d Said Walton: \u201cHe gets really sick of being asked that question. So I\u2019ve stopped asking it.\u201d … The Warriors were 15 of 29 from 3-point range.<\/p>\n

Nuggets: Before the game, coach Michael Malone equated the Nuggets to being the \u201cWashington Generals\u201d \u2014 the usual opponent for the Harlem Globetrotters \u2014 because the television audience wants to see the Warriors and \u201cnobody is here to see us. We\u2019re OK with that. We\u2019re playing against a great team.\u201d … Joffrey Lauvergne (back) and Jusuf Nurkic (knee) didn\u2019t play. … Nikola Jokic had 11 points and 11 rebounds.<\/p>\n

STREAKS<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at consecutive victories to start a regular season in other sports, according to STATS:<\/p>\n

\u2014 In the NFL, the 2007 New England Patriots won 16 straight.<\/p>\n

\u2014 In the NHL, the 1993-94 Toronto Maple Leafs and 2006-07 Buffalo Sabres reeled off 10 straight wins.<\/p>\n

\u2014 In baseball, the 1884 St. Louis Maroons \u2014 who played in the Union Association \u2014 won 20 straight. As far as AL\/NL is concerned, the \u201882 Atlanta Braves and \u201887 Milwaukee Brewers won 13 in a row.<\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/p>\n

Warriors: host the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Nuggets: Host Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DENVER \u2014 Klay Thompson scored 21 points and the Golden State Warriors tied the best start in NBA history, beating the Denver Nuggets 118-105 on Sunday night to move to 15-0. Golden State matches the start of the 1948-49 Washington Capitols and the \u201893-94 Houston Rockets. The Warriors can break the record Tuesday at home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","wds_primary_category":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-9826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9826"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=9826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}