Today, the Suns challenged the Warriors away, Booker returned, and the Suns started: Booker, Beal, Durant, Allen, Nurkic; Warriors starters: Curry, Klay, Wiggins, Kuminga, Dream.
At the beginning of the first quarter, Wiggins hooked the first shot, and then Durant stepped up and scored 5 points in a row, but Brother Zui and Klay also scored 5 points in a row. The two sides went back and forth to start a battle against each other, and the score rose alternately, and after Beal made a steal, he chased down to only 1 point and entered a timeout. After returning from the timeout, Nurkic and Green had a slight verbal altercation, and the referee gave the Warriors a technical foul. Curry assisted Payton Jr. to score a dunk to take a four-point lead, and then Kerr took the lead off the bench, but Curry was still there, and after hitting an outside three-point shot, he extended the lead to seven points to stop the Suns. Back in the game, Suns bench Eubanks scored back-to-back points inside, trailing by five points at 28-33 at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the two sides rotated the lineup, Durant and Beal led the team, and the two sides still played inseparable, and Bol chased only 2 points after 2+1. But Curry's three-pointer and Pojam's steal assist for Payton's dunk led to seven points, and the Suns took a timeout. After the timeout, Durant first assisted Nurkic to score a basket to stop the bleeding, and then Okogie frantically swiped the screen, and after Durant played 2+1 again, the Suns responded with a wave of small climaxes to overtake the score, and the Warriors paused. But after the timeout, Okogie hit three points again, Wiggins converted fouls on Durant, Kuminga basket stopped the bleeding, and then Wiggins, Dream and Kuminga teamed up to play a wave of 6-0 to regain the lead, Durant shot back, Wiggins three-pointer shot through the heart to lead to 4 points, Beal hit a shot, and the Suns trailed by 1 point at 58-59 at halftime.
In the second half, Curry and Beal exchanged three points in the third quarter, and Nurkic and Allen worked hard to help the Suns lead by five points. However, Curry's three-point shooting in this quarter also improved, and with the rookie Podzemski who came off the bench to provide firepower, the Warriors quickly caught up and overtook him. After Dream Chasing and Nurkic beat each other, they also slapped the floor to demonstrate. The two teams are still very close, but Klay's form is a mess. Fortunately, the Warriors' benches can help him fill in the holes. At the end of the third quarter, 84-82 led by two points.
At the beginning of the final quarter, Durant and Beal led the team, Kenonez and Payton Jr. teamed up, Pojam scored a layup to take the lead to 4 points, and the Suns called a halt. That timeout came back, and the Suns responded with a 6-0 spurt to regain the lead again, and it was the Warriors' turn to take a timeout. Then Curry's three-pointer and Wiggins' dunk stopped the Suns again. However, on the Suns' side, Booker and Durant, the two giants immediately responded with a wave of 5-0, but after Kuminga and Dream scored 4 points in a row, the Warriors led to 5 points, and the Suns took a timeout again. Coming back from the timeout, Booker stepped up and scored seven points in a row to stop the bleeding, and one person carried the Suns offense. After Beal hit a mid-range shot, Curry tied the game, but Booker scored again to help the Suns complete the comeback in the final moments. Kuminga was hatted by Durant, Beal scrambled for the ball, and the Suns missed a three-point shot. The Warriors' final offense was only 33 seconds. Curry is a three-point shot from a distance!
In the end, the Warriors narrowly defeated the Suns 113-112 at home, let's take a look at the specific performance of the players!
All-round warrior, Durant 24+10+7+3
Although the shooting touch is average, Durant is an all-round warrior today. In the first half, he was 6-of-13 from the field, 1-of-3 from three-point range and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line, finishing with 15 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.
In the third quarter, he only scored 2 points in a single quarter, but at the beginning of the final quarter, he grabbed the offense and defense, and once scored 7 points in a row. At the last moment, he even blocked Kuminga's layup, but unfortunately Curry was killed.
In the whole game, Durant played 39 minutes, shooting 10-of-26, 2-of-9 three-pointers, 2-of-2 free throws, 24 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 blocks and 1 steal.
Against the sky, Curry hit a record of 30+9+6.
Curry didn't score a two-pointer in the first half, shooting 3-of-9 from the field, 3-of-6 from three-point range and 1-of-2 from the free-throw line, finishing with 10 points, five rebounds and five assists.
But in the third quarter, he went berserk in a single quarter, making 4 three-pointers and shooting 12 points! In the face of Durant's defense, he hit one-on-one heads-up.
At the last moment of the last quarter, his ultra-long three-point shot completed the stunner! In the whole game, he played 34 minutes, shooting 10-of-22, 9-of-16 three-pointers, and 1-of-2 three-pointers, and finished with 30 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists.
Curry hit 11 three-pointers in the last game, 9 in this game, and Curry made a total of 20 three-pointers in the two games, the only one in the league this season!
Clay pulled his crotch again.
Curry's outside three-point shot is hot, but Klay is another day of hip pulling. In the first half, he shot 2-of-5 from the field and 1-of-4 from three-point range to finish with five points, two rebounds, one steal and one block.
In the third quarter, he was even more criminal, continuously striking iron, breaking through and sending hats, and he couldn't score a single point in 4 of 4. At the decisive moment of the final quarter, Klay was directly abandoned by Kerr.
Booker's last supergod almost dominated the reversal.
Booker also played average in the first half, shooting 2-of-6 from the field and 5-of-5 from the free-throw line to finish with nine points, three assists and one rebound.
However, in the second half, Booker found his offensive form. He scored 11 points in the third quarter. At the critical moment in the final quarter, he scored 9 points in a row plus an assist to Beal, leading the team to a direct wave of 11-2 to lead by 2 points.
In the entire fourth quarter, Booker scored 12 points and 2 assists, but Curry was helpless. For the whole game, he shot 11-of-21 from the field, 2-of-8 from three-point range, 8-of-9 from the free-throw line, and scored 32 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.