Andrew Bogut: Andrew Bogut returns from back injury

OAKLAND, Calif._Naturally after such a consistently dominant start to the season, the Golden State Warriors refused to fall victim to a trap game.

The veteran Australian centre felt his back tighten up during warm-ups for the previous game but was confident he would be fit to face the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night. The Cleveland Cavaliers are 19-7 and have LeBron James among their roster of stars. They are 26-1, and he is a key cog in the NBA's most well-oiled machine.

The Warriors controlled the game most of the night despite interim coach Luke Walton mixing up his rotations. "Our communication and effort level was more what we are accustomed to from our players". That James has just signed to Nike for life while his putative successor is part of Under Armour's upstart brand adds one more layer of intrigue to the rivalry.

As usual, Green contributed a little bit of everything, with 15 points, nine rebounds, six assists and two blocks.

"I'm saying all this now, and maybe my emotions will take me somewhere else, but for right now, it just feels like we're about to play another game", Green said.

"It's going to be a big game", Warriors center Andrew Bogut said. The Stephen Curry squad has been breaking records, putting them way ahead of basically all the basketball teams in the league. You may have heard that they've had an okay start to the 2015-16 season. Gordon Hayward scored 24 points to lead the Jazz. It was their 13th in a row at home this season and the 31st consecutive win at Oracle Arena dating to last season an ongoing franchise record.

Utah shot 41.3 percent from the floor but went 7 of 20 from beyond the arc.

Speaking about his team's defensive success, Head Coach Quin Snyder related, "When we're precise and committed on defense, usually good things happen the rest of the game". "We got tentative. If we make a couple of those (3-pointers), the game gets tighter".

Said Stephen Curry: "Having Coach kind of test it out, he looks good, he looks energized".

It didn't seem to matter much.

The defending National Basketball Association champions had four starters reach double figures and shot 47 percent from the field. They scored 26 points off of Utah's 20 turnovers, and also finished with 26 points in transition. With his help, the team has been just about unbeatable and they began the season with a historic winning streak.

While there was some speculation that Kerr could be back to manning the bench in the near future, Kerr says there is no timeline, but he is getting closer. "It's just, I'm thinking about it", he said in reply to a question about whether he'll wear the LeBron shoes he dons for every game. NY went scoreless for almost 4 minutes after taking an 82-80 lead. A repeat of last year's NBA Finals match-up is undoubtedly the one we've all been waiting for as the Golden State Warriors put their undefeated home record on the line against the Cavaliers.

That said, Kerr admitted he wasn't particularly happy with the way the Warriors played in their victory over Milwaukee last Friday and called a film session Monday to go over shortcomings he has been spotting.

Utah plays next at home, hosting the Los Angeles Clippers after Christmas.