On January 15, Beijing time, the Golden State Warriors back-to-back challenge the Bulls in the East, Klay Thompson took a break, Green continued to be absent due to injury, and Otto Porter entered the starting lineup.
At the beginning, Jordan Poole quickly got into shape, personally hitting 3 consecutive goals to score 8 points, while Porter and Wiggins also hit three-pointers, and the Warriors shot 4 three-pointers in just 4 minutes to stop the Bulls. After the timeout, Curry tried consecutive outside shots without success, followed by a hit, Wiggins also threw into the emergency stop mid-range, Lonzo Ball arced three points to give a response, the Warriors requested a timeout.
Upon returning, the ball brother continued to hit three points, and Wiggins faced Ball's defense and scored a dunk under the basket, and caused a foul to hit a three-pointer. And the Warriors' old general McKinney immediately also used a buckle to return the color. Iguodala also made his first three-point shot, and then made two fouls under the basket, Poole used cover to score another three-pointer, and the first quarter ended, and the Warriors took a nine-point lead 37-28. In a single quarter, the Warriors hit six three-pointers!
Throughout the first quarter, Curry scored only 2 points on 1-of-4 three-pointers and 0-of-3, but Jordan Pooler sent out 11 points on 4-of-7 shooting, and Wiggins also cut 12 points, 2 boards and 2 assists on 5-of-6 shooting. On the Bulls side, DeRozan scored seven points, Lonzo Ball contributed 12 points on 4-of-6 three-pointers, and Vucevic had 6 points and three assists.