
The NBA regular season continued on Jan. 6, and in the end, the Lone Ranger won 99-82 against the Warriors, and the Lone Ranger won four straight.
At the beginning of the first quarter, Doncic scored consecutive points to help the Lone Rangers start 10-4. Not to be outdone, the Warriors also played a 13-4 rebound! Hardaway's three-pointer and Bullock's layup regained the lead, but damian Lee's free throw ended the first quarter with a 21-21 draw between the two teams.
In the second quarter, doncic, Finney Smith and Powell scored separately to play a 12-4 lead to open the score difference! Curry made a layup to stop the bleeding, but the Lone Ranger was another wave of 7-0 to continue to extend the lead! The Halftime Lone Ranger led by 11 points at 50-39. Curry continued to slump, scoring five points on 1-of-10 at halftime.
Easy side to fight again, the Warriors came up to play a wave of 21-3 rebound score! Finney Smith quickly scored 8 consecutive points to lead the team back to a 10-0 lead! After four points each, the Three Quarters ended, and the Lone Ranger led by three points at 70-67.
The final quarter kicked off, Brock's three-pointer pulled slightly apart, and the Warriors quickly hit a 6-1 approach! But Finney Smith and Hardaway combined to make it 13-0 to open the score gap! Wiggins quickly scored five straight points to stop the bleeding, and after each of them hit the iron, Brunson scored four points in a row and then led to 13 points! Time was running out, and the warriors were powerless to return to heaven.
On the Warriors side, Curry scored 14 points, 9 boards, 5 assists and 5 turnovers on 5 of 24, Wiggins 17 points, Payton 11 points and 11 boards
On the Lone Rangers, Finney Smith had 17 points and 9 boards, Brunson 15 points, Doncic 26 points, 7 boards, 8 assists and 6 turnovers, and Hardaway had 14 points