On January 28, Beijing time, the Golden State Warriors defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 124-115. The two teams played very stiffly in this game, the first quarter of the two teams to a 29-29 draw, the second quarter after the Timberwolves led by 4 points (up to 8 points), the third quarter warriors played a 38-20 climax to surpass 14 points, the timberwolves in the last quarter once shrank to 5 points but Curry scored consecutive points to help the Warriors stabilize the game.
Stephen Curry has been caught in the whirlpool of public opinion in recent days, his competitive form since December has been sluggish, his performance in January is even more deep, he has shot more than 20 times in the lowest game of his career, and 5 games this season, the last four games 84 30, 13 of 52 three-pointers, shooting 35.7%, three-point shooting rate of 25%.
Before this campaign, Curry was still elected as the Western Conference All-Star with the voting scores of fans first, player first, and media first, and Curry's feel finally improved in this game. In the first quarter, he scored 2 of 6, 3 of 3, 6 points, 1 rebound, 4 assists and 2 steals, except for two outside goals, 4 mid-range all hit iron; Curry made 2 of 0 in the second quarter, 1 of 3 points and did not score, 2 of 8 in the half, 2 of 4 from three points, 8 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds and 3 steals, shooting 25% from the field.
NBA officials also counted last night's players whose shooting percentage is not as good as Westbrook's, Westbrook has 43.8% (44.1% after playing against Philadelphia), Curry only has 41.6%, Lillard 40.2%, Curry's 41.6% shooting rate is also a career low.
In the third quarter, Curry scored 6 consecutive points, Wiggins scored 5 points to help the Warriors rebound, Poole also scored 7 points, and then Curry scored a three-pointer, the Warriors opened the point difference to 11 points, and the Timberwolves side could only rely on Norwell and Towns to support bitterly, after the point difference was opened to 2 points, Downs's strong play 2 +1, Curry scored 3 of 5 + 2 of 3 points in the third quarter, scored 9 points and 2 assists, 5 of 13 of 3 + 6 of 3 points in the third quarter, and won 17 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals.
In the last quarter, Curry and Klay led the team to be played by the Timberwolves to 10-2 to narrow the point difference, Kerr was directly stopped, Curry twice retreated to stabilize the game, the Timberwolves three points or did not hit, Curry a five-point mistake sent the Timberwolves an easy layup opportunity, Curry hit another three points to open the point difference to 8 points, Klay three points and then opened up to 11 points, Curry hit the basket again, and the Timberwolves were suspended. Curry hit another three-pointer, the Timberwolves have been powerless to return to the sky, Curry did not pull the crotch for 12 points in the last quarter.
Curry made 10-of-20 in the game, 6-of-9 from three-point range and 3-of-3 from the free throw line for 29 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and three steals.
Text/Yan Xiaobai