Funviralpark The absence of Stephen Curry and Andrew Wiggins certainly put a damper on things. However, the building was never deflated. A player on both sides brought the kind of energy expected from his chips in the opening, and the Warriors enjoyed his 123-109 win in front of his fans at home, once again the better team.
Jordan Poole led with 32 points, his sixth 30-point game of the season. Donte Di Vincenzo’s return to the Warriors was pivotal, scoring 19 points after missing his previous two games due to non-COVID illness. Klay Thompson gave the Warriors his 24 points and was happy to do the dirty work with his season-high nine rebounds.
Next is the Warriors’ bench.
The second unit, which was considered a minus for most of the season, strengthened in a number of ways. Gained and added 5 rebounds. Jerome had a game-best plus-22. Jonathan Kuminga went plus-21 with 7 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Anthony Lamb scored his 11th, Moses Moody scored his 10th, and James Weisman was eight with five rebounds, although he failed to score.
Here are the three points the Warriors improved to 16-18 on the season and 13-2 at home.
pool toning
What was supposed to be Stephen Curry vs. Ja Morant months ago was quickly turned into a Jordan Poole vs. Morant show. Both are must-see TVs as constant highlight reels. Poole was the one who set the tone for the Warriors.
Poole, who gave Golden State its latest Curry impersonation, scored 17 of 32 points in the first quarter. From the field he went 5-for-9 and from 3-point range he went 3-for-5, and his aggressive play helped him succeed in all his four free throws. Plus, Poole enjoyed every shot at Dillon Brooks.
Poole stayed on three points in the second quarter, but came back to life in the third. After an ugly final minute of the first half, the Warriors needed a strong third quarter as Poole responded with 12 points and a 15-point lead with the Warriors in fourth place. .
Overall, Poole scored 32 points, going 25-for-11 from the field, 10-for-3 across the arc, 8-for-7 on free throws, and plus-six on plus/minus. After receiving his second technical foul of the game, Poole was sent off at the 9:20 mark of the fourth quarter.
Morant scored 36 points with eight assists and seven rebounds, but also had six turnovers, going 3-for-10, 2-for-6, and minus-six.
Merry Splashmas
Sunday night in San Francisco started with an alley-oop for the Grizzlies, followed by a 3-pointer for the Warriors. That’s when he needed to understand what they were going for, given the contrasting styles of the two teams perfectly represented.
The Warriors are the best three-point shooting team in the NBA, leading the league with 16.2 threes per game. Meanwhile, the Grizzlies are in the middle of the pack, ranking 14th with 11.7 threes per game. In the first half alone, the Warriors had five 3-pointers to average. They then discharged five more in the third quarter.
Math may sound boring on a day full of opening presents and eating good food, but 3 is more than 2. The Warriors shot his 18 of his 3-pointers and from distance he finished with a 27-point advantage. They went 44-for-18 and he hit 40%, but the Grizzlies made him only 9 times, from which he only shot 23.1%.
Seven different Warriors made 3-pointers in a group effort with Chase Center at their feet.
game 6 vibes
In Game 5 of the Western Conference Semifinals, the Grizzlies beat the Warriors 134-95 in Memphis, with the Warriors outbounding nearly 20 boards (55-37). starting lineup. result? The Warriors had just 70 rebounds to the Grizzlies’ 44, and Dubs was back in the Conference Finals.
As Sunday’s game began, the Grizzlies led the NBA in averaging 49 rebounds per game. The Warriors ranked 22nd and he had 42.5 rebounds per game. Knowing how big the Grizzlies were and how physically they were trying to play, the Warriors knew how important each rebound was.
By halftime, the Warriors had a 12-rebound lead (31-19). The final totals were 51 rebounds for the Warriors and 44 total for the Grizzlies. His 7-rebound advantage for Golden State helped a lot.
Draymond Green led the Warriors with 13 rebounds along with 13 assists. Four Warriors recorded at least his five rebounds, and his other two Warriors recorded his four.
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From a handful of technical fouls, to the Warriors loving to trash talk every second to the Brooks, to their style of play, this is reminiscent of what we’ve seen between these teams in the playoffs. Let’s run it again. A rivalry is brewing.
Basketball is better for that.
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