NBA 2018-19: Golden State Warriors at Chicago Bulls: 3 Talking points

Final Score: Warriors defeat Bulls, 149-124

The Golden State Warriors were on a 4-game winning streak and visited Chicago to take on the Bulls. The hosts were 2-4 to begin the season and Warriors entered this game as favorites, quite understandably.

While analysts were expecting this to be a blowout game, this went beyond that as Klay Thompson knocked down ridiculous 14 3-pointers to beat the Bulls. The Warriors were up by almost 40 points at one point of time and the dubs were just too hot to handle for the Bulls.

In this article, let us take a look at three talking points from this game at the United Center.

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#3 Stephen Curry fills the stat sheet

Curry was at his best, as always and stuffed the stat sheet

Stat line: 23 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and a block on 77.8 % shooting

Curry has been terrific to start the season and is making a strong case for MVP early in the season. In the game against the Bulls, he was at his best, as always and stuffed the stat sheet at United Center.

He scored 23 points in 25 minutes on a brilliant 7-9 shooting. He was perfect from the free-throw line with 7-7. He was masterfully dishing out dimes and caught Thompson on several occasions for three-pointers.

On a night when Klay was hot, Curry played the second fiddle but affected the game in multiple dimensions. He was sharp on the defensive end which led to three steals. Curry has been carrying the Warriors' offense since the beginning of the season and nights like these will give him some rest so he can take some time off. The two-time MVP only played in 25 minutes and sat the entire fourth quarter.

#2 Alfonzo McKinnie goes for career-high 19 points

The

26 year-old

Alfonzo

McKinnie

Stat line: 19 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist and a block on 46.7 % shooting

The 26-year-old small forward got solid minutes against the Bulls and he made the most out of it and went for a career-high 19 points in 27 minutes. Just like you would expect from a player on a team with full of snipers, McKinnie always looked wonderful shooting the ball as he went 4-6 from beyond the arc.

He had 10 rebounds in this game and also put a lot of effort on the defensive end which led to him securing a block. McKinnie's highest minutes before this game, came against the Phoenix Suns and he had 10 points in that game on 4-6 shooting.

Last year, he has played for the Toronto Raptors and received multiple assignments to the Raptors' G League affiliate, Raptors 905. He was waived by the Toronto Raptors in the off-season and earned a contract with the Warriors.

#1 Klay Thompson's record-breaking night

Klay Thompson with 14 treys. Credit: Complex.com

Stat line: 52 points, 5 rebounds and a steal on 62.1 % shooting

Klay Thompson is finally back to form and he could not be stopped as he made 14 treys and broke Steph's record (13) for highest three-pointers in a game.

Thompson took 24 attempts from beyond the arc and netted 14 of those with a 3-point field-goal percentage of 58.3. The hapless Bulls had no answer to Klay as he was red-hot from distance.

In the third quarter, Klay knocked down a catch-and-shoot three off Curry's assist to equal his record of 13 treys in a single game. His final three-pointer came with 4:55 left in the third quarter, thanks to an assist from Kevin Durant and we have a new record of 14 threes in an NBA game.

Klay finished the game with 52 points in just 27 minutes, to go along with five rebounds and a steal. He did not play the fourth quarter as the Warriors were already up by over 30 points once his carnage was completed.