Defeating Phoenix, Klay Thompson and Golden State give Stephen Curry's birthday present
In the three meetings this season, the Phoenix Suns have won the Golden State Warriors all three games with a difference of more than 10 points.
This led to a funny image that was circulated by the online community about the Warriors being completely helpless against the Phoenix team. But when the last meeting at the Regular Season took place this morning (March 14), Golden State changed the match scenario.
Starting with the extremely "burning" hands of Klay Thompson - who scored 33 points in the first half - Golden State Warriors created the longest gap of up to 25 points. 100% 3-point throw rate before finishing the first 2 innings with 5-7 FG.
The third half was when the away team Phoenix Suns rose up in the hope of coming back. Golden State's lead was nearly erased when Devin Booker and his teammates shortened the score to 82-85.
But thanks to the home field advantage and the enthusiastic cheers of the audience, 5 different Warriors players spoke up in a series of 15-5 points to help coach Steve Kerr's teachers and students control the game.
When the final whistle blew, the Golden State Warriors left the field with a 123-112 victory over the Phoenix Suns, ending the Regular Season series with their regional rivals.
Very explosive in the first half of the game, Klay Thompson "cooled" clearly in the second half and finished the game with 38 points, 8-14 3PT and 5 rebounds, Stephen Curry was right behind with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 5 rebounds. assists Jordan Poole was the standout name remaining with 20 points and 6 assists despite coming on as a substitute.
DeAndre Ayton (27 points, 12 rebounds) and Devin Booker (32 points, 12-20 FG) lead the visitors from Phoenix. Chris Paul completed the double-double with 11 points, 11 assists, 5 rebounds and 1 steal.
Every time the Golden State Warriors face the Phoenix Suns, fans see two interesting extremes in basketball when one side specializes in the long throw, the other dominates the middle distance.
Warriors today threw 39 3-pointers and succeeded 19 times (19-39 3PT). This number of Suns is only 4 shots in the basket in 21 attempts (4-21 3PT).
In the middle range, Golden State has 9 shots and 4 shots in the basket, while Phoenix has 21 midrange phase all game, successful 10 times.
To sum up, three points is still a higher damage throw than midrange shots, so the difference of up to 15 3PTM between the two teams has given the advantage to Golden State.
This victory helped the Golden State Warriors improve their record to 36-33, holding the 5th place in the Western rankings. Standing right above is the Phoenix Suns, the team has 37 wins in 68 games played (37-31).
Another special thing is that this win comes just 2 hours before Stephen Curry's birthday (US time). This is considered the perfect gift for the "chef" before turning 36 years old.
