Stephen Curry lead the Golden State Warriors as it beat the Los Angeles Lakers in a historic win last Wednesday night with a score of 149-106. Luke Walton, the Golden State Warriors former coach, was looking from the other side of the NBA court as his protégés beat his current players.
Stephen Curry scored 31 points with seven three-pointers and nine assists. Kevin Durant was also going strong scoring 28 points. The NBA Golden State Warriors break their record 35 years ago with their 47 assists in 53 baskets, making their win over Los Angeles historic.
Kevin Durant said that the Golden State Warriors' score show that the team are getting comfortable with each other including Stephen Curry, of course. He even called it crazy having more assists than rebounds. Notably in the NBA record, Phoenix had also 47 assists on Nov 29, 1991.
Aside from Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson was commendable with his 26 points with four three-pointer shots, while Ian Clark scored 21 points. Draymond Green was helpful with his 11 assists in making Golden State Warrior its ninth victory in the NBA games.
Luke Walton led the Golden State Warriors since 2014 to 2016, where he started as assistant coach at first. He first got his win as a coach when the Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2014. Fans have considered Luke Walton's relational skills, aside from Stephen Curry and other player's skills of course, to be an important factor in the Golden State Warriors success.
What Luke Walton have learned from and taught to the Golden State Warriors, may be the same skill he will teach the Los Angeles Lakers team. Time and again, Luke Walton has emphasized that human connection is important to play well and achieve victory. It will be interesting to see in the future how Stephen Curry and the rest of Golden State Warrior team do without Luke Walton's secret ingredient.
