by John Walters

Starting Five

1. “Luke, I Am Your Father”

The Golden State Warriors trailed by 10 midway through the fourth quarter last night in a battle of unbeatens, but of course they won by six, 112-106. I was impressed by interim coach Luke Walton (now 5-0), who during the fourth quarter timeout just reminded his Warriors players to “have fun, this is what it’s all about.”

If you stayed up late to watch, I think it was Mike Breen or Jeff Van Gundy who shared the story of how when Walton was a lad, his dad, the undeniably great Bill Walton, would scrawl aphorisms from John Wooden on his lunch bag (“Failing to prepare is preparing to fail”). How great is that?

Steph had a game-high 31.

And yes, we noticed that Toronto improved to 5-0 with a victory over OKC.

2. Sleeve Me Alone

I had been waiting for some NBA player to do this. Last night the best* player in the NBA tore his sleeves mid-game because they were hampering his shooting form. Duh. Remember when the NBA issued sleeved jerseys for all five Christmas Day games last year and you were like, what’s next, herringbone sweaters? The shoulders need a little free range when you’re shooting, Commish Silver. Black sleeves, green sleeves, it don’t matter: It’s the worst sports fashion idea since Constanza’s all-cotton uniforms.

* We write what we must to keep one of our most loyal readers happy.

3. Spectre-tacular

The new James Bond film Spectre opened in the U.K. last weekend and earned $80 million, which is a record for the British Isles. Last night on Late Show with Stephen Colbert, actor Daniel Craig explained just how his character happens to obtain those cars that he seems to run through so often.

4.FANG Bites

FANG is an acronym, coined by CNBC’s Jim Cramer, for the four mega-market cap tech stocks (excluding the mega-mega one, Apple): Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google.

We’d all do well to pay attention to (and buy) them. While you were off trying to win $300 on FanDuel or DraftKings, here’s where these stocks were last November 10th and here’s what their price was at yesterday’s close:

2014                            2015                         % Up

 Facebook (FB)                       $75                             $104                          38.7%

Amazon (AMZN)                    $300                         $641                          113%

NetFlix (NFLX)                      $55                            $114                            107%

Google (GOOG)                      $540                         $728                           34.8%

That’s not bad. Ah, yes, but should you still buy them or do we return to Rule No. 1 (“Gravity always wins”)? I happen to think there’s still a lot of fuel in those rockets, myself. And all four of those companies are built on the idea of “serial monopoly,” or only getting stronger as they devour more market share.

5. Where In The World?

Yesterday’s Answer: Mount Fuji, Japan

Music 101

You’re The Top

If you like clever word play (hello!) and a plethora of topical references to the Jazz Age, you’ll never find a more satisfying tune than this Cole Porter gem from the breezy 1934 musical Anything Goes. If you ever see it or have seen it, you’ll recognize how James Cameron stole liberally from its love triangle-on-an-ocean liner plot for Titanic. 

Remote Patrol

Baylor at Kansas State

FS1 7:30 p.m.

Seth Russell was lost for the season on October 24 with a fractured cervical vertebra, so what did Baylor and coach Art Briles do? They went to Jarrett. It falls upon true freshman  Jarrett Stidham to lead the No. 6 Bears. Tonight may not be too challenging, but the Waco gang has three Top 15 teams to follow after tonight. Psst: Stidham can play; Russell may be out of a gig.