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The Wizards take on the Warriors on the road, and this is also the first time Poole has faced his old club on the road. Wizards' starters: Jones, Poole, Avdija, Kuzma, Gafford ;Warriors starters: Curry, Podzemski, Klay, Kuminga, Looney.
At the beginning of the first quarter, the Warriors' shooting percentage was very poor, but the Wizards' starting 5 players were mainly anti-visitors, and after Kuzma's three-point shot, the 15-7 lead to 8 points entered the first timeout. After returning from the timeout, Kerr replaced Paul and Saric with him. After Paul came up, he immediately led the team's offense, and his own mid-range shot plus assists to his teammates, Klay blossomed inside and out, and the Warriors quickly caught up with the score. The two teams played hard, and the difference between 23-22 returned to one point and entered the second official timeout. Back in the game, the Warriors responded with a 6-2 spurt to end the first quarter with a 3-point lead.
In the second quarter, the Wizards continued to keep Poole on the court, but the Warriors played a small climax to pull the difference to the point, Kuminga led to 9 points after 2+1 and then hit the middle, and the Wizards called a timeout. After the timeout, it was the Warriors' turn to attack and lose power, and the Wizards scored three consecutive rounds to play a wave of 6-0 to chase 40-43, and Kerr immediately called a timeout. Back to the game, Warriors rookie Davis scored first to stop the bleeding, and then Curry hit a three-point shot to stop the opponent again, but the Wizards' timeout did not cool Curry's hand, and he hit two three-pointers in a row, but fortunately, the Wizards' own offense could also score without letting the difference be completely widened. Poole hit a layup before halftime, then scored five straight points on a three-pointer to help his team trail by two points at 61-63 into the third quarter.
In the second half, Poole hit two iron shots in a row in the third quarter, but Curry assisted Looney to catch a dunk after hitting a three-point shot, and a wave of 10-4 small climax stopped the Wizards. After the pause, Poole carried the Wizards' offense alone, scoring 5 points in a row with three points + layups, but Looney on the Warriors' side made free throws from 2+1 and Curry, and then the Splash Brothers each hit three points, and Poole struggled to support it, but the Warriors blossomed more, and the point difference came to double digits. Kerr then began to make substitutions, bringing on Paul and Saric for the Splash Brothers, and the game went into a second official timeout after 93-80. After this timeout, the Wizards' offense suddenly went silent, and the Warriors, led by Paul, played a wave of 8-0 and had a lead of 21 points, and Jones hit a three-pointer before the end of the third quarter, and the Wizards trailed by 18 points at 83-101.
At the beginning of the final quarter, Paul assisted Klay to score consecutive points, and 5-2 stretched the difference to 21 points, and the Wizards called a timeout. Poole came back and led the team to play for a while, and seeing that the score was not reduced, the Warriors called a timeout after 115-94, and then both sides switched to pure bench lineups, and the game was reduced to garbage time.
In the end, the Warriors defeated the Wizards 129-118, let's take a look at the specific performance of the players!
Curry was 1-of-6 in the first quarter, scoring just 3 points but dished out five assistsIn the second quarter, Curry was on fire, shooting 4-of-6, 3-of-4 from three-point range, and 3-of-3 from the free-throw line, finishing with 14 points and 3 rebounds.
In the first half, Curry shot 5-of-12 from the field and 4-of-8 from three-point range, finishing with 17 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.
In the second half, he didn't lose his firepower, and in the third quarter, he directly turned on the day-to-day mode, hitting three points in a row and adding assists to stop the Wizards. After Poole responded, Curry hit two more three-pointers to help the Warriors hold on to a double-digit lead. In the entire third quarter, Curry scored 13 points and 2 assists in a single quarter, and then left work early.
In the whole game, he only played 27 minutes, shooting 9 of 18, 8 of 13 three-pointers, 4 of 5 free throws, and scored 30 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists, beating the Wizards.
It can be seen that Poole is very keen to prove himself in front of his old club today. He played 17 minutes in the first half, shooting 4-of-11 from the field, 1-of-6 from three-point range, and 5-of-6 from the free-throw line, finishing with 14 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 steal.
In the third quarter, he was also full of firepower, and he scored 8 points in a row to not let the Wizards be completely destroyed by the Warriors. In the game, Poole shot 7-of-21, 3-of-12 three-pointers, and 8-of-9 free throws, contributing 25 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.
Paul played 15 minutes in the first half, shooting 2-of-5 from the field and finishing with 4 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, with a plus/minus of +16.
In the third quarter, although Paul did not score after coming off the bench, he handed out three assists to help the team lead by more than 20 points at one point.
The veteran only played 25 minutes, 2 of 7, scored 4 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 steal, 1 turnover, and a plus/minus of +27.
Statistically, this is the sixth time Paul has come off the bench this season and has scored a double-double in assists, the most in the league and the most by any other player.
In addition to the veterans, the Warriors' youngsters were also eye-catching in this game, especially Kuminga and Davis, who combined for 32 points, 19 rebounds and 6 assists.
The score is efficient, Kuminga 22+4+3
In this game, Kuminga was quite efficient on the offensive end, playing 13 minutes in the first half, shooting 6-of-7, 1-of-2 three-pointers, 3-of-3 free throws, and scoring 16 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal.
He finished with 22 points, four rebounds and three assists on 9-of-11 shooting, 1-of-2 three-pointers and 3-of-3 free throws.
Coming off the bench with two doubles, Davis was full of energy
In the first half, rookie Davis played 14 minutes off the bench, contributing 8 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists on 4-of-5 shooting, and three violent dunks.
In the whole game, he played 24 and a half minutes, shot 5 of 7, and recorded a double-double of 10 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block.