The Golden State Warriors go for a ninth straight win tonight at Houston, a run that, according to NBA.com, has no precedent: in the previous 80 NBA seasons, no team had opened 0-3 and then won its next eight games.
The 2026-27 Warriors have done exactly that, NBA.com said, jumping from 13th place to 1.5 games out of first in 16 days. Both the Warriors and the Rockets enter the 6:30 p.m. PT ESPN game at Toyota Center at 8-3. The last time Golden State won eight in a row was from Jan. 21 to Feb. 7, 2022, a nine-game streak that came in a championship season, the league site noted. During the current 8-0 run, the Warriors are shooting 49.7% from the field and making 17.8 threes per game at a 42.6% clip, all league bests in that span, and they lead the NBA in passes per game (323.4), with 30.9 assists and a league-best 123.6 points per game. Steph Curry is averaging 32.6 points and shooting 49.3% from three during the streak, NBA.com said.
Tonight’s opponent is built around Kevin Durant, a two-time champion with Golden State who now faces Curry in their 41st career matchup, the league site said. The statistical portrait is NBA.com’s midseason snapshot of the streak, not a prediction. The Warriors have already been previewed for this game; the new official numbers on the historic 0-3-to-8-0 start, and the league-leading shooting and passing rates during the run, are the reason this matchup is more than just another 8-3 meeting.