Golden State Warriors broke away from home thanks to Stephen Curry's explosive 41-point match
Away has always been a "dangerous" for the Golden State Warriors since the start of the season.If you add another factor, if they play two games in two days (back-to-back), they have not been able to win a game throughout the season. prize.
However, that boot was broken this morning (January 17) when the Warriors made a guest on the field of the Washington Wizards. After the defeat against the Chicago Bulls yesterday, Stephen Curry and his teammates made a strong comeback with a 127-118 victory over the US Capital team.
Without Klay Thompson, who by default would not play in the second half of the back-to-back sequence, Jordan Poole shone to fill the gap in attack. The owner of the $140 million contract had his best game of 2023, scoring 32 points and 7 rebounds with 12-20 FG.
He successfully threw a 3-pointer to seal the victory for the Warriors with more than 1 minute left, bringing the gap between the two teams to 9 points (123-114) after Draymond Green's assist (who had 17 points, 9 assists). , 6 rebounds).
But can not ignore the brightest star of the Golden State Warriors today, which is Stephen Curry. Although "chef" did not have a good finishing feeling in the early game, he revived in the second half before bursting with a total of 41 points, 7 rebounds.
On the Wizards side, bigman Kristaps Porzingis fully exploited the 3-second zone as well as taking advantage of his bodybuilding, finishing the match with 32 points (9-15 FG, 3-7 3PT) and up to 12 steps up the line. free throw.
Unfortunately, that wasn't enough because the Warriors not only had Curry and Poole, they also delivered an even performance from the rest of the names. Anthony Lamb and Donte DiVincenzo played over 24 minutes with impressive defensive performances. Lamb alone has the highest plus/minus efficiency stat on the team with +37.
In their next outing, the Golden State Warriors will begin a long series of guests on Friday (January 20) at TD Garden, the field of the Boston Celtics.
Meanwhile, the Washington Wizards with 5 defeats in 6 games will visit the "mecca" Madison Square Garden of the New York Knicks on Thursday morning, January 19.
