勇士队观察：斯蒂芬库里在对阵公牛队的比赛中丢了 40 分

The Warriors have the top-ranked defense in the NBA to go with the third-best offense. Steph Curry is still looking like an MVP candidate, Draymond Green has kicked into high gear, and their depth is proving to be lethal.

One knock to the Warriors' eight-game homestand was the strength of schedule -- or lack thereof. Sure, most of their games weren't against competitive teams. But their most recent win over Chicago proved the Warriors have the juice to beat top-caliber teams -- and do so convincingly.

Here are three takeaways from the night:

Wiggins keeps his word

Following his breakout game against the Minnesota Timberwolves a few days ago, Andrew Wiggins said he needs to maintain the level of aggression he played with that helped him catch fire.

We've heard Wiggins say this before, but it doesn't always come to fruition. But against the Bulls, he was a man of his word.

Throughout the night, Wiggins continuously attacked the rim, finishing dunks, getting put-back shots and not shying down from contact. He finished the game with 15 points on 5-of-15 shooting, seven rebounds and two assists. His offense wasn't as fiery as two nights before, but his defense was much-improved.

Wiggins did a nice job on DeMar DeRozan and stayed active on that end of the floor all night, getting two steals and a block

Curry's third quarter

Curry caught fire in the third and helped the Warriors balloon their lead to 19 at one point after leading by just six points at halftime.

But Curry came out scorching -- scoring nine points in the first three minutes, and 15 total in the quarter.

His performance in the third was a nice switch up from his performance in the first half. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't Curry. According to assistant coach Bruce Fraser, it has taken some time for Curry to get acclimated to his new rotation minutes and is still working on it. It's very evident at times.

But, Curry figured it out in the second half, finishing the night with 40 points on 15-of-24 scoring, including 9-of-17 from three, four rebounds and five assists. And his hot third quarter is what helped the Warriors take the reigns of the game heading into the fourth.

Defense still looks more than sound

After facing a number of lower-tiered teams over the past week, there was a question of how the Warriors' No. 1-ranked defense would hold up against a good offensive team.

Well, the Bulls entered Chase Center with the fifth-best offense in the league, and the Warriors held them to under 100 points on 43.6 percent shooting from the field and 29.6 percent from 3-point range, swiped 15 steals and outrebounded the Bulls 47 to 38.

Golden State's defense really locked in in the third quarter, when they held Chicago to just 17 points. The Bulls only scored a combined 33 points in the second and third quarters.

Zach LaVine was Chicago's leading scorer with 23, but the Warriors managed to keep somewhat of a cap on all their other scoring threats, DeMar DeRozan, Lonzo Ball and Alex Caruso.

勇士队观察：斯蒂芬库里在对阵公牛队的比赛中丢了 40 分

勇士队拥有NBA排名第一的防守和第三好的进攻。斯蒂芬库里看起来仍然像一个 MVP 候选人，德雷蒙德格林已经进入高位，他们的深度被证明是致命的。

对勇士队的八场主场看台的一次敲门是赛程的强度——或者说缺乏赛程。当然，他们的大部分比赛都不是针对有竞争力的球队。但是他们最近对芝加哥的胜利证明了勇士队有能力击败顶级球队——而且他们的表现令人信服。

以下是当晚的三个要点：

威金斯信守诺言

在几天前对阵明尼苏达森林狼队的比赛之后，安德鲁·威金斯说他需要保持他的侵略性水平，这有助于他着火。

我们以前听过威金斯说过这句话，但并不总能实现。但是对阵公牛队，他是一个言出必行的人。

整个晚上，威金斯不断地攻击篮筐，完成扣篮，投篮命中，并且从不回避接触。他以 15 投 5 中的 15 分、7 个篮板和 2 次助攻结束了比赛。他的进攻不像前两个晚上那么火热，但他的防守却有了很大的提高。

威金斯在德马尔·德罗赞身上做得很好，整晚都在球场的那端保持活跃，得到两次抢断和一次盖帽

库里第三节

库里在第三节起火，帮助勇士队在半场结束时仅领先 6 分后将领先优势扩大到 19 分。

但是库里表现得很火爆——前三分钟得到 9 分，本节总共得到 15 分。

他在第三节的表现与上半场的表现相比有了很好的转变。这还不错，但不是库里。根据助理教练布鲁斯弗雷泽的说法，库里需要一些时间来适应他新的轮换时间，并且仍在努力。有时非常明显。

但是，库里在下半场发现了这一点，以 24 投 15 中的 40 分结束了当晚，其中包括 17 投 9 中的 3 分、4 个篮板和 5 次助攻。而他火热的第三节帮助勇士队在进入第四节的比赛中占据统治地位。

防御看起来仍然不仅仅是声音

在过去一周面对一些低级别球队后，勇士队排名第一的防守如何对抗一支优秀的进攻球队，这是一个问题。

好吧，公牛队以联盟第五好的进攻进入大通中心，而勇士队以 43.6% 的投篮命中率和 29.6% 的三分球命中率将他们控制在 100 分以下，抢断 15 次，篮板超过公牛队 47到 38。

金州勇士队的防守真正锁定在第三节，当时他们将芝加哥队的分差控制在 17 分。公牛队在第二节和第三节只得到了33分。

扎克·拉文以 23 分成为芝加哥队的头号得分手，但勇士队设法在所有其他得分威胁上保持了一定的上限，德马尔·德罗赞、朗佐·鲍尔和亚历克斯·卡鲁索。