After the Warriors 100-88 semi-easy handling of Utah, it is easy to surmise their days of hiccups against bad teams are over. Not so fast says Stephen Curry.
“It’s too early, it’s only 10 games,” he said after totaling 15 points, 11 assists and zero turnovers. “There’s still a lot of time to keep building our chemistry when it comes to finishing games. We’re a lot more experienced than we were last year, just going through those times where we couldn’t hold the lead. Hopefully we’re better at it, but still not proven yet. We’ve got to continue to stay focused in that area when it comes to finishing games.”
The Warriors didn’t fall for the trap game. Coming off the OKC thriller, they came out of the gates and handled Utah. They had a third-quarter lapse, to be sure, getting their lead cut to eight.
But one good run put away the lowly Jazz. That’s how its supposed to be, right?
The Warriors improved to 5-0 at home this season. They have now held a double-digit lead in all five of their home games, with three wire-to-wire victories, and have trailed for only a combined 15:28 thus far over their home slate.
“It’s something that is very important and I think we’ve handled it well,” David Lee said. “It’s something that we need to do to be a successful team and to reach where we want to reach in this regular season. So far we’ve ‘beaten the teams we’re supposed to beat’ and we’ve won games at home. Now we need to go on the road and do the same thing against a Jazz team that’s going to come back and want a little revenge, so we’ve got a tough task ahead of us in the next couple of days and we’re ready for it.”
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