The NBA regular season continues with the Warriors taking on the Knicks on the road. The Knicks previously had a 35-24 record and ranked fourth in the East; The Warriors have a 30-27 record and are 10th in the West. The Warriors have been struggling for the past two months, Kerr has been squeezing the playing time of young players, although Klay has been put on the bench, but the team has also paid a lot, coupled with Green's suspension and Wiggins' indefinite absence for personal reasons, resulting in the Warriors are now a mess. The team's youngsters are still able to play efficiently, including Podzemski, Davies and so on. Clay was reluctant to play as a substitute at first, but eventually accepted the fact that the young man was improving.
The stats can tell the story, with a 23-26 record and a 42%+37% shooting percentage when Klay started this season. However, Klay averaged 19 per game after coming off the bench8 points, the team is 4-1, the shooting rate is 48%+45%, and the plus/minus value has skyrocketed, and Paul's comeback has made Klay play even better off the bench. Wiggins has been sidelined indefinitely for two years in a row for personal reasons, which has left the Warriors to consider whether to keep him in the offseason. Back to the game, the Warriors start: Curry + Podemski + Kuminga + Moody + Dream Green; Knicks starters: DiVincenzo + Brunson + Achiuwa + Hart + Harden.
At the beginning of the game, Curry got into the groove early, received a pass from Green and hit a three-point shot, and then hit another three-pointer with the same tactic. Kuminga singled DiVinsonzo counterattacked, stopped the Knicks, came back from a timeout, Curry continued to hit from the outside, Kuminga singled Harden, and the Warriors opened with a wave of 14-0 offensive climax. The Knicks relied on DiVincenzo to score a layup halfway through the first quarter, and Klay hit a three-pointer after coming on the court, and the Warriors extended the margin to 17 points early. In the second half, Brunson and Hartley burst out to respond to an 11-2 mini-surge. Paul's three-pointer was stable, and the Warriors led by 12 points in the first quarter, and Curry had 11 points and seven rebounds in a single quarter.
In the second quarter, Bogda and Burks led the team to chase down points, Paul and Klay rained three-pointers, and Curry scored a three-pointer that was blown off by the referee. The Knicks relied on Brunson and DiVincenzo to chase down the score. After that, the two teams fell into a tug-of-war, until the end of the quarter, Avachu and Hart led the team to chase the difference back to 6 points, Curry stepped back for three points, Kuminga counterattacked and dunked, and at halftime, the Warriors led the Knicks 55-46, Curry had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and Kuminga had 14 points.
In the second half, the two sides still played back and forth, Kuminga counterattacked a one-stop layup, Curry broke through, and even the two of them completed the wonderful goal of hitting three points by the quarterback, on the Knicks' side, Brunson's efficiency is still very high, the Warriors are always not good at widening the point difference, DiVincenzo and Brunson hit one after another on the outside, and in the second half of the second half, Klay blossomed inside and outside to maintain the lead of the game, and after the third quarter, the Warriors led the Knicks 80-70.
In the fourth quarter, Clay scored three points to take the lead, and Paul expanded the score again from mid-range. However, the Knicks did not give up, Bogda scored three points, McBride + Hartley burst out, and the Knicks narrowed the score to only 4 points. Then Kuminga and Poger seized the opportunity to counter and make layups. At the decisive moment, Curry hit an open three-pointer, Green made a layup, Kuminga made a key steal, and Moody threw to kill the game, and finally the Warriors defeated the Knicks 110-99 and temporarily overtook the Lakers in the rankings.
Knicks stats, Brunson 27 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, DiVincenzo 16 points and 7 rebounds, McBride 14 points, Hart 14 points, 18 rebounds and 7 assists, Simms 10 points and 5 rebounds. Warriors statistics, Curry 31 points and 11 rebounds, Kuminga 25 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, Klay 16 points and 5 rebounds, Paul 11 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals, Moody 8 points and 4 rebounds, Green 7 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists. In this game, all the Warriors are good, Curry is still the team's anchor, Paul is in control, the young people are still efficient, and Klay's bench under the leadership of Paul still works wonders!
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