By Steven Luker
Game Preview
The Golden State Warriors traveled to Houston to face the zero and two Rockets as they faced them with the highly awaited debut of Draymond Green. During the game in the second quarter Klay Thompson with 56 point seven seconds until halftime Klay Thompson drained a three pointer making him go to 10th all time with three pointers passing Jamal Crawford.
The Return of Draymond Green
Draymond Green is back in action for the Warriors. Green who sat out the whole preseason and the first two games the Warriors played this season. The reason we didn’t see Green during the preseason and the first two games of the regular season is due to a sprained left ankle suffered during offseason workouts. So this meant he was recovering from an offseason injury. In his return he had five rebounds.
Chris Paul on reserve role?
For the first time in Chris Paul or CP3 19 year career he is playing off the bench as a reserve player. This is the first time in one thousand and 365 games that Chris Paul has been a starter since his days at Wake Forest in 2004. Since 1982 there has been no player since Paul doing this. This stat counts Playoffs, and regular season. The last time Paul didn’t start a game was on December 13, 2004 when he was in Wake Forest where he was late for the team bus and he was benched for the first four minutes of the game.
Interesting stats and cool information about the game.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau — since 1970-71 when starters were first recorded — Chris Paul had his streak of one thousand ,216 regular season games started is the longest to start a career, and is ranked fifth all-time and is behind Karl Malone with one thousand and 442 second most is Kevin Garnett one thousand and 424; third is John Stockton with one thousand and 255 fourth most is Reggie Miller one thousand and 244. Paul’s streak of starting in regular season and the playoffs (one thousand and 365 career games) was ranked fifth (first is Karl Malone with one thousand 635)
Late Curry scoring to seal deal
This is the second time this season Stephen Curry has to help the Warriors deliver late points. During the game Curry had two of his first eight three-point attempts. Then later in the game Curry made four straight 3-pointers in a stretch of two minutes.
