The outcome of the game was never really in doubt after the Warriors raced out to a 19-point lead at the end of the first quarter Hroniss Grasu Bears Jersey , ultimately cruising to a 111-77 win.


The Warriors' historic win broke the previous record of 15-0 starts held by the 1948-49 Washington Capitols and 1993-94 Houston Rockets.


Warriors point guard and reigning league MVP Stephen Curry led all scorers with 24 points in just 30 minutes of play. With the game in hand, Curry sat out the entire fourth quarter.


The Warriors will now seek to match the record for consecutive victories during an NBA regular season, which is 33 games, set by the 1972 -Lakers.


"They're in the history books," Warriors interim coach Luke Walton said of his team after the win. "But we also reminded them that it's November."


Walton said he does not think the Warriors will reach the 33-win mark now because the team will soon -embark on a long road trip, which will include games against Toronto Jonathan Bullard Bears Jersey , Indiana and Boston.


"I don't see that happening with the upcoming schedule we have," said Walton, who is filling in for injured Golden State coach Steve Kerr. "Eventually we will lose."


Walton praised the performance of forward Draymond Green, who he said had been the best player on the floor Tuesday night. Green, who stuffed the stat sheet with 18 points, seven -rebounds and five assists Hroniss Grasu Jersey , tried to keep the team's achievement in -perspective after the game.


"At the end of the day it's 16 wins in the month of November," Green said.


Though the team downplayed the significance of the milestone, Curry said the victories never get old for the defending NBA champions.


"We are genuinely addicted to the feeling of winning," said Curry.


With the loss, the hapless Lakers move to 2-12. Starting forward Kobe Bryant was held to just four points on 14 shot attempts as the Lakers shot a meager 37.8 percent from the field.


The rapid expansion of Chi-na's Confucius Institutes in the United Kingdom is playing a significant role, not only in helping Western students to learn Mandarin but also by pro-moting cultural understanding between China and the West Jonathan Bullard Jersey , experts said.


Started in 2004 by the Chi-nese government in an effort to help Western students learn the Chinese language and cul-ture, Confucius Institutes are affiliated with Western universities. They generally have a particular focus, such as cul-ture, business or arts and music.


One example is the Business Confucius Institute at the Uni-versity of Leeds, known as the BCIUL, established in Novem-ber 2012. The institute not only offers the standard range of lan-guage and cultural classes Eddie Goldman Bears Jersey , but also helps to make introduc-tions between UK businesses and their counterparts in China through events and networks.


The choice of business focus goes back to the institute's founding director, Peter Buck-ley, a professor of international business at the University of Leeds, who has been instrumental in developing links with Beijing's University of Interna-tional Business and Economics, the Chinese partner of BCIUL.


"The Confucius Institutes are a bridge for mutual learning and understanding," said Hin-rich Voss Kevin White Bears Jersey , executive director of BCUIL.


Voss said one particular highlight for BCUIL this year has been "cultural month", from late September to late October, which features a series of special events to cele-brate the UK-China Year of Culture.


The culture month includes events across the city of Leeds, including a painting exhibition, a British--Chinese fashion show and a play performed in a Chi-nese restaurant.


Since the BCIUL's opening in 2012, student numbers have grown to nearly 400. The insti-tute also works with businesses whose employees want to learn Mandarin.


The BCIUL is just one exam-ple of many Confucius Insti-tutes in the UK.


As of last year Cody Whitehair Bears Jersey , there were 298 Confucius Insti-tutes and Confucius Class- rooms in 38 European countries. Worldwide, the UK, with 115 centers, is the second- largest host country behind the United States.


The increasing popularity of learning Mandarin coincides with an initiative from the Brit-ish government to give Manda-rin more importance in the British education system. After returning from a trip to China in 2013, UK Prime Minister David Cameron urged students to move away from French and German and start studying Mandarin.


"By the time the children born today leave school, China is set to be the world's largest economy Leonard Floyd Bears Jersey ," he said. "So it's time to look beyond the traditional focus on French and German and get many more children learning Mandarin."