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                 Golden State Warriors! The Warriors got a very early spot to the 2016 playoffs on Saturday night. When the Houston Rockets lost to the San Antonio Spurs The Warriors were already guaranteed a spot in the playoffs. It is the earliest that any team has gotten into the playoffs in NBA history, and beating the 1986 Boston Celtics by only one day. Not only have they landed a spot for the playoffs, but they were also the fastest team to 50 wins. That same day the Warriors played against Oklahoma City Thunder, and it was a very intense game. At the end of the first quarter, Oklahoma was ahead by ten points, 30-20. By the end of halftime, Oklahoma was still ahead by eleven points, 57-46. In the third quarter, the score was 83-78 with Oklahoma still ahead. At the end of the fourth quarter both teams tied, 103-103. Stephen Curry made the last winning shot with a big three pointer. It was about 35 feet away from the basket. That is an incredible shot to make with only a few seconds left. The Warriors are doing really good in this season and will continue on playing their hardest.

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                    Last Sunday was the 2016 All-Star game. The winner was the Western Conference. In the first half, most of the time the Eastern Conference was leading the game. There was no defense at all the first half and there was just dunks back and forth. At halftime the score was 52-47, the Western Conference Leading by 5. In the second half of the game it started to get intense. It was harder to score against each other, and there was more defense. This led to the final score of 196-173. On Thursday there was three games. The first one was Utah Jazz VS Washington Wizards, and the final score was 103-89 with Wizards winning. The next game was Chicago Bulls against Cleveland Cavaliers, and the score was 106-95 with Cavs winning. The last game that day was San Antonio Spurs against LA Clippers with the Clippers victory of 105-86. On Friday there was 14 games, but two of those stood out the most. The first one was the loss of the Warriors against Portland Trailblazers,137-105. The score was very surprising for the Warriors considering they haven't lost by this much. The next game that stood out was the LA Lakers VS San Antonio Spurs. Lakers lost by 6 points, 119-113, but that wasn't what stood out. During the game Kobe Bryant dislocated his finger while trying to get the ball. Right after he got it popped back in and immediately started playing. Yesterday, Saturday, the game that stood out was the victory of the Warriors against the LA Clippers. The final score was 115-112, Warriors taking the lead by 3.

All-Star Game

                 Tomorrow, February 14, 2016,  is the 65th edition of the NBA All-Star game. It will be held at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, at 5:00 on TNT. After this game the second half of the NBA season will officially begin. So basically this second half will be even harder and tougher, with the playoffs coming up. In the All-Star game the 24 best players are picked to represent their Conference as All-Star players. So each conference has 12 players representing them. This year's Western conference roster is, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Kawhi Leonard, Stephen Curry, Russell Westbrook, Draymond Green, James Harden, Chris Paul, Klay Thompson, Anthony Davis, DeMarcus Cousins, and LaMarcus Aldridge. These are all extraordinary players that deserve to play for the All-Star game. The Eastern Conference roster is, LeBron James, Paul George, Carmelo Anthony, Dwayne Wade, Kyle Lowry, Jimmy Butler, DeMar DeRozan, Paul Millsap, Andre Drummond, Chris Bosh, John Wall, Isaiah Thomas, Pau Gasol, and Al Horford. These are also amazing players that should be playing. There are many other great players that should play in this game, but these are the best. I personally go for the Western Conference, and I think that they have a high chance of winning this game.

New Record

               We all know that the Golden State Warriors beat the record for most wins to start of a season, but can they beat the next one? The next record to beat is the Chicago Bulls, 72 wins and 10 losses. Micheal Jordan led the bulls to this record in 1995-1996. No other team has ever won 70 games in NBA history. Last season the Warriors ended up with 67-15 before going into the playoffs. Right now they have 46 wins and 4 losses. The Warriors have a good chance of beating this record, but it will be very hard. Yesterday the Warriors played against Oklahoma City Thunder, and was a tough game. Although most of the time the Warriors were ahead, Oklahoma was close behind. The game ended with Warriors wining, 116-108. Following the Warriors close behind is the San Antonio Spurs with 43 wins and 8 losses. I doubt that they will beat the Bulls record because they already have 8 losses, and if they loss three more, then they wont be able to beat it. Who knows they could still get up to 70 wins if they try their best. Next warriors game is on Tuesday February 9 against the Houston Rockets on TNT.