2016–17 Golden State Warriors season

2016–17 Golden State Warriors season
The Big Four
Head coach	Steve Kerr
General manager	Bob Myers
Owner(s)	Joe Lacob Peter Guber
Arena	Oracle Arena
Results
Record	17–3 (.850)
Place	Division: 1st (Pacific) Conference: 1st (Western)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Comcast SportsNet Bay Area
Radio	95.7 The Game

The 2016–17 Golden State Warriors season is the 71st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 55th in the San Francisco Bay Area. Golden State will enter the season as runners-up in the 2016 NBA Finals, after a record breaking regular-season in 2015–16. With the acquisition of free agent Kevin Durant in offseason, the Warriors were hailed as a "Superteam" by the media and fans, forming a new All-Star "Big Four" of Durant, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green.^[1][2][3]

Season synopsis

Preseason

The 2016 NBA Draft was held on June 23, 2016, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The Warriors chose center Damian Jones out of Vanderbilt with the 30th pick of the first round. They also acquired the draft rights of swingman Patrick McCaw, the 38th pick of the second round. Warriors forwards Harrison Barnes and Draymond Green and guard Klay Thompson were selected to participate on the 2016 USA Basketball National Team that competed in the 2016 Olympic Games. The Warriors were the only team with three representatives on the Olympic squad. Stephen Curry withdrew from selection due to injury.^[4]

On July 4, seven time All-star forward Kevin Durant announced he was leaving the Oklahoma City Thunder to join the Warriors.^[5][6] To clear cap space for Durant, the Warriors traded Andrew Bogut to the Dallas Mavericks and didn't match offers for five of their out of contract free agents, losing Harrison Barnes to the Dallas Mavericks, Brandon Rush to the Minnesota Timberwolves, Leandro Barbosa to the Phoenix Suns, Festus Ezeli to the Portland Trail Blazers and Marreese Speights to the Los Angeles Clippers. Golden State added veteran big men Zaza Pachulia and David West to their roster and retained Ian Clark, James Michael McAdoo and Anderson Varejao. The Warriors added Mike Brown as assistant coach on July 6, replacing Luke Walton, who left to take over as the Los Angeles Lakers head coach.

On August 21, the United States beat Serbia 96–66 at the Rio Summer Olympics to win the Gold medal. Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green joined Chris Mullin (in 1992), as the only Warriors players to capture Olympic Gold medals. Durant led the team by averaging 19.4 points during Team USA's 8–0 run to victory.^[7]

The Warriors lost their opening preseason game against the Toronto Raptors on October 1, they then beat the Clippers, Kings, Nuggets, Lakers (twice) and Trail Blazers, to finish preparation for the season with a 6–1 record. Kevin Durant led the team in scoring, averaging 20.9 points per game, followed by Stephen Curry (19.7) and Klay Thompson (18.0). On October 20, Golden State finalized their 15-man roster, with the addition of free agent center JaVale McGee.

Regular Season

The Warriors opened the season on October 25th with a 29-point home loss to the San Antonio Spurs in which Kawhi Leonard scored a career-high 35 points.^[8] They would respond by winning their next 4 games, including a 26-point victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder at home on November 3rd. This marked the first and highly-anticipated meeting between former teammates Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. Durant scored 39 points in the win, the most by any player debuting against his former team.^[9]

After having his streak of consecutive games with a three-pointer come to an end the previous game, Stephen Curry set a new record of 13 three-pointers made in a single game during a victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on November 7th. ^[10]

Records

See also: NBA regular season records and NBA post-season records.

NBA records

As of December 3, 2016.

Individual

• Most three-pointers made in a single game: 13 (Stephen Curry, previous record of 12 held jointly by Curry, Kobe Bryant, and Donyell Marshall)^[11]
• Most consecutive regular-season games with twenty or more points: 72 (Kevin Durant, joint-fourth with Michael Jordan on all time NBA streak list. Streak ended November 10, 2016 when Durant scored 18 against the Denver Nuggets)^[12]
• Most consecutive games (regular-season and postseason combined) with a made three-pointer: 196 (Stephen Curry, streak ended on November 4, 2016 against the LA Lakers, with Curry going 0 for 10 from three-point range)^[12]
• Most consecutive regular-season games with a made three-pointer: 157 (Stephen Curry, previous record of 127 held by Kyle Korver)^[11]
• Most consecutive regular-season games with a made three-pointer on the road: 116 (Stephen Curry)^[12]

Team

• Most games without back-to-back losses in regular-season: 105 (dating back to 2014–15 season, previous record of 95 was held by the Utah Jazz)^[12]
• First team to have four different players hit four three-pointers in a single game: Curry, Durant, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green all hit four three-pointers, first time in NBA history a team has done this.^[12]
• Most combined three-point attempts in a single game: 88 (Both the Warriors and the Houston Rockets took 44 attempts each on December 1, 2016.)^[12]

Franchise records

Team

• Most assists in a game: 47 (most assists in a game in the NBA since the Phoenix Suns had 47 in the 1991–92 season)^[12]
• Most games in a row with 30+ assists: 10 (the Charlotte Hornets hold the NBA record with 13 set in 1989)^[12]

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School / club team
1	30	Damian Jones[13][14]	C	United States	Vanderbilt

Roster

Golden State Warriors roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 21 Clark, Ian 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1991–03–07 Belmont G 30 Curry, Stephen (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1988–03–14 Davidson F 35 Durant, Kevin (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1988–09–29 Texas F 23 Green, Draymond 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1990–03–04 Michigan State G/F 9 Iguodala, Andre (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1984–01–28 Arizona C 15 Jones, Damian (DL) 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1995–06–30 Vanderbilt G 34 Livingston, Shaun 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 1985–09–11 Peoria Central HS (IL) F 5 Looney, Kevon 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1996–02–06 UCLA F 20 McAdoo, James Michael 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1993–01–04 North Carolina G 0 McCaw, Patrick 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1995–10–25 UNLV C 1 McGee, JaVale 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 270 lb (122 kg) 1988–01–19 Nevada C 27 Pachulia, Zaza 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 275 lb (125 kg) 1984–02–10 Georgia G 11 Thompson, Klay 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1990–02–08 Washington State F/C 18 Varejão, Anderson 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 273 lb (124 kg) 1982–09–28 Brazil F 3 West, David 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1980–08–29 Xavier	Head coach Steve Kerr Assistant coach(es) Ron Adams Jarron Collins Mike Brown (associate HC) Chris DeMarco (player development) Bruce Fraser (player development) Willie Green (player development) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster • Transactions Last transaction: 2016–11–30

Standings

Division

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
Golden State Warriors	17	3	.850	0.0	8–2	9–1	5–1	20
Los Angeles Clippers	16	6	.727	2.0	7–3	9–3	2–0	22
Los Angeles Lakers	10	12	.455	8.0	6–4	4–8	3–2	22
Sacramento Kings	7	13	.350	10.0	4–5	3–8	1–2	20
Phoenix Suns	6	14	.300	11.0	3–5	3–9	0–6	20

Conference

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	Golden State Warriors *	17	3	.850	–	20
2	San Antonio Spurs *	16	4	.800	1.0	20
3	Los Angeles Clippers	16	6	.727	2.0	22
4	Houston Rockets	13	7	.650	4.0	20
5	Oklahoma City Thunder *	13	8	.619	4.5	21
6	Memphis Grizzlies	13	8	.619	4.5	21
7	Utah Jazz	12	9	.571	5.5	21
8	Portland Trail Blazers	11	10	.524	6.5	21
9	Los Angeles Lakers	10	12	.455	8.0	22
10	Sacramento Kings	7	13	.350	10.0	20
11	Denver Nuggets	7	13	.350	10.0	20
12	New Orleans Pelicans	7	14	.333	10.5	21
13	Minnesota Timberwolves	6	14	.300	11.0	20
14	Phoenix Suns	6	14	.300	11.0	20
15	Dallas Mavericks	4	15	.211	12.5	19

Game log

Pre-season

2016 pre-season game log Total: 6–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 3–1)
Pre-season: 6–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 3–1) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 1 @ Toronto L 93–97 Klay Thompson (16) David West (6) Patrick McCaw (4) Rogers Arena 19,000 0–1 2 October 4 L.A. Clippers W 120–75 Klay Thompson (30) Draymond Green (9) Kevin Durant (7) Oracle Arena 19,596 1–1 3 October 6 Sacramento W 105–96 Kevin Durant (25) Zaza Pachulia (6) Green, Curry (5) SAP Center 18,234 2–1 4 October 14 @ Denver W 129–128 (OT) Stephen Curry (22) Looney, Curry (9) West, Curry (4) Pepsi Center 10,104 3–1 5 October 15 @ L.A. Lakers W 112–107 Klay Thompson (24) Kevon Looney (9) Patrick McCaw (5) T-Mobile Arena 15,821 4–1 6 October 19 @ L.A. Lakers W 123–112 Stephen Curry (32) Draymond Green (8) Klay Thompson (8) Valley View Casino Center 13,669 5–1 7 October 21 Portland W 107–96 Stephen Curry (35) Draymond Green (11) Green, Durant (6) Oracle Arena 19,596 6–1
2016–17 season schedule

Game log

2016–17 game log Total: 17–3 (Home: 8–2; Road: 9–1)
October: 2–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 2–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 25 San Antonio L 100–129 Kevin Durant (27) Draymond Green (12) Draymond Green (6) Oracle Arena 19,596 0–1 2 October 28 @ New Orleans W 122–114 Kevin Durant (30) Kevin Durant (17) Green, Curry (7) Smoothie King Center 18,217 1–1 3 October 30 @ Phoenix W 106–100 Kevin Durant (37) Draymond Green (13) Draymond Green (9) Talking Stick Resort Arena 17,011 2–1
November : 14–1 (Home: 7–0; Road: 7–1) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 November 1 @ Portland W 127–104 Stephen Curry (28) Draymond Green (8) Draymond Green (9) Moda Center 19,393 3−1 5 November 3 Oklahoma City W 122–96 Kevin Durant (39) Green, Pachulia (10) Stephen Curry (7) Oracle Arena 19,596 4−1 6 November 4 @ L.A. Lakers L 97–117 Kevin Durant (27) Draymond Green (9) Stephen Curry (11) Staples Center 18,997 4−2 7 November 7 New Orleans W 116–106 Stephen Curry (46) Draymond Green (12) Draymond Green (11) Oracle Arena 19,596 5−2 8 November 9 Dallas W 116–95 Kevin Durant (27) Durant, Green (10) Stephen Curry (6) Oracle Arena 19,596 6−2 9 November 10 @ Denver W 125–101 Stephen Curry (33) Durant, Green (9) Stephen Curry (7) Pepsi Center 17,569 7−2 10 November 13 Phoenix W 133–120 Curry, Thompson (30) Kevin Durant (9) Draymond Green (11) Oracle Arena 19,596 8−2 11 November 16 @ Toronto W 127–121 Stephen Curry (35) Kevin Durant (9) Stephen Curry (7) Air Canada Centre 21,050 9−2 12 November 18 @ Boston W 104–88 Klay Thompson (28) Zaza Pachulia (12) Draymond Green (8) TD Garden 18,624 10−2 13 November 19 @ Milwaukee W 124–121 Kevin Durant (33) Zaza Pachulia (10) Durant, Green, Curry (5) BMO Harris Bradley Center 18,717 11−2 14 November 21 @ Indiana W 120–83 Klay Thompson (25) Kevin Durant (11) Draymond Green (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,923 12−2 15 November 23 L.A. Lakers W 149–106 Stephen Curry (31) Draymond Green (9) Draymond Green (11) Oracle Arena 19,596 13−2 16 November 25 @ L.A. Lakers W 109–85 Kevin Durant (29) Draymond Green (8) Kevin Durant (9) Staples Center 18,995 14−2 17 November 26 Minnesota W 115–102 Stephen Curry (34) Kevin Durant (10) Stephen Curry (6) Oracle Arena 19,596 15−2 18 November 28 Atlanta W 105–100 Durant, Curry (25) Kevin Durant (14) Draymond Green (7) Oracle Arena 19,596 16−2
December: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 19 December 1 Houston L 127–132 (2OT) Kevin Durant (39) Draymond Green (15) Draymond Green (9) Oracle Arena 19,596 16−3 20 December 3 Phoenix W 138–109 Stephen Curry (31) Andre Iguodala (6) Draymond Green (13) Oracle Arena 19,596 17−3 21 December 5 Indiana 0−0 22 December 7 @ L.A. Clippers 0−0 23 December 8 @ Utah 0−0 24 December 10 @ Memphis 0−0 25 December 11 @ Minnesota 0−0 26 December 13 @ New Orleans 0−0 27 December 15 New York 0−0 28 December 17 Portland 0−0 29 December 20 Utah 0−0 30 December 23 @ Detroit 0−0 31 December 25 @ Cleveland 0−0 32 December 28 Toronto 0−0 33 December 30 Dallas 0−0
January : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 34 January 2 Denver 0−0 35 January 4 Portland 0−0 36 January 6 Memphis 0−0 37 January 8 @ Sacramento 0−0 38 January 10 Miami 0−0 39 January 12 Detroit 0−0 40 January 16 Cleveland 0−0 41 January 18 Oklahoma City 0−0 42 January 20 @ Houston 0−0 43 January 22 @ Orlando 0−0 44 January 23 @ Miami 0−0 45 January 25 @ Charlotte 0−0 46 January 28 L.A. Clippers 0−0 47 January 29 @ Portland 0−0
February : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 48 February 1 Charlotte 0−0 49 February 2 @ L.A. Clippers 0−0 50 February 4 @ Sacramento 0−0 51 February 8 Chicago 0−0 52 February 10 @ Memphis 0−0 53 February 11 @ Oklahoma City 0−0 54 February 13 @ Denver 0−0 55 February 15 Sacramento 0−0 All-Star Break 56 February 23 L.A. Clippers 0−0 57 February 25 Brooklyn 0−0 58 February 27 @ Philadelphia 0−0 59 February 28 @ Washington 0−0
March: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 60 March 2 @ Chicago 0−0 61 March 5 @ New York 0−0 62 March 6 @ Atlanta 0−0 63 March 8 Boston 0−0 64 March 10 @ Minnesota 0−0 65 March 11 @ San Antonio 0−0 66 March 14 Philadelphia 0−0 67 March 16 Orlando 0−0 68 March 18 Milwaukee 0−0 69 March 20 @ Oklahoma City 0−0 70 March 21 @ Dallas 0−0 71 March 24 Sacramento 0−0 72 March 26 Memphis 0−0 73 March 28 @ Houston 0−0 74 March 29 @ San Antonio 0−0 75 March 31 Houston 0−0
April : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
2016–17 season schedule

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Regular season

Bold – Leaders (Qualified)

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Curry, StephenStephen Curry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thompson, KlayKlay Thompson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Durant, KevinKevin Durant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Green, DraymondDraymond Green	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iguodala, AndreAndre Iguodala	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pachulia, ZazaZaza Pachulia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Livingston, ShaunShaun Livingston	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
West, DavidDavid West	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
McGee, JaValeJaVale McGee	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clark, IanIan Clark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
McAdoo, James MichaelJames Michael McAdoo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Varejão, AndersonAnderson Varejão	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Looney, KevonKevon Looney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jones, DamianDamian Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
McCaw, PatrickPatrick McCaw	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transactions

Trades

June 23, 2016	To Golden State Warriors Draft rights to Patrick McCaw[15][16]	To Milwaukee Bucks Cash considerations
July 7, 2016	To Golden State Warriors Future 2nd round-pick[17]	To Dallas Mavericks Andrew Bogut Future conditional 2nd round-pick

Free agency

Re-signed

Player	Signed
Ian Clark[18]	1-year contract worth $980,431
James Michael McAdoo[19]	1-year contract worth $980,431
Anderson Varejão[20]	1-year contract worth $980,431

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Kevin Durant[21]	2-year contract worth $54.3 million	Oklahoma City Thunder
David West[22]	1-year contract worth $980,431	San Antonio Spurs
Zaza Pachulia[23]	1-year contract worth $2.9 million	Dallas Mavericks
JaVale McGee	1-year contract worth $1.4 million	Dallas Mavericks

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team
Harrison Barnes[24]	4-year contract worth $94 million	Dallas Mavericks
Festus Ezeli[25]	2-year contract worth $15.2 million	Portland Trail Blazers
Brandon Rush[26]	1-year contract worth $3.5 million	Minnesota Timberwolves
Marreese Speights[27]	1-year contract worth $980,431	Los Angeles Clippers
Leandro Barbosa[28]	2-year contract worth $8 million	Phoenix Suns

Awards

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Kevin Durant	Western Conference Player of the Week	November 28, 2016	[29]
Steve Kerr	Western Conference Coach of the Month (October/November)	December 2, 2016	[30]

References

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2. "How Kevin Durant lived long enough to see himself become a villain". The Guardian. July 6, 2016.
3. "Kevin Durant makes the Warriors the villain the NBA needs". Fox Sports. July 4, 2016.
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14. "Warriors sign rookie center Damian Jones to contract". nba.com/warriors. July 13, 2016. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
15. "Golden State acquires draft rights to Patrick McCaw from Milwaukee for cash considerations". nba.com/warriors. June 23, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
16. "Warriors sign rookie guard Patrick McCaw to contract". nba.com/warriors. July 6, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
17. "Warriors trade center Andrew Bogut to Dallas". nba.com/warriors. July 7, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
18. "Warriors re-sign free agent guard Ian Clark". nba.com/warriors. July 8, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
19. "Warriors re-sign free agent forward James Michael McAdoo". nba.com/warriors. July 13, 2016. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
20. "Warriors re-sign free agent center Anderson Varejao". nba.com/warriors. July 17, 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
21. "Warriors sign free agent forward Kevin Durant". nba.com/warriors. July 7, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
22. "Warriors sign free agent forward David West". nba.com/warriors. July 9, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
23. "Warriors sign free agent center Zaza Pachulia". nba.com/warriors. July 12, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
24. "Mavs sign Harrison Barnes to offer sheet". mavs.com. July 7, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
25. "Trail Blazers sign Festus Ezeli". nba.com/blazers. July 8, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
26. "Timberwolves sign guard/forward Brandon Rush". nba.com/timberwolves. July 8, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
27. "Clippers sign Marreese Speights". nba.com/clippers. July 12, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
28. "Suns sign Leandro Barbosa to multiyear deal". nba.com/suns. July 19, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
29. Durant named Player of the Week
30. Steve Kerr Named Western Conference Coach of the Month

External links

• Golden State Warriors official site