« Reply #14 on: December 06, 2016, 05:22:03 PM »
He was just behind Wilt's 100 point pace.
Klay goes on the hottest scoring streaks I've seen. 60 points in 29 minutes. Last year, he had 37 points in a quarter.
Yeah, while I vehemently disagree with the notion stated earlier in the thread that he's the best guy on the Warriors, he's got to be the most combustible player in the league. When he's in a zone, he's automatic.
The question I have -- what will be the highest single game point total for the Warriors this year? Will they get past 150? 160?
Good question.
A just did a quick look on basketball reference and it looks like in the last 25 years, the highest scoring game was in 2006, the Suns beat the Nets 161-157 in double OT. Besides that, no team has scored 150 points in a game since 1990.
I say this GS team hits 162. They hit 142 in Klay's game last night in regular time. If they go into OT or 2OT against a good offensive team, I see them breaking 160.
The Warriors beat the Lakers 149 to 106 earlier this year, and while they pulled the starters their bench still put up 43 4th quarter points. Heck they had 138 2 games ago against the Suns (133 against them earlier in the season) and scored 127 against the Rockets in the double OT game. 3 straight games of at least 127 points.
They will need a team that is just bad to do it but maybe that stays close enough so the starters are actually playing a good way into the second half. I don't see a good team actually playing the style of play that would get the sort of scoring necessary for the Warriors to get a huge point total. I suppose if the Cavs get really hot in the game they might go toe to toe with the Warriors, but that would be about it.
A team that is bad defensively, yes, but I think they need to play another really good offensive team who can stay close enough that the starters have to stay out there. Or, better yet, forced them into an OT situation.
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