On February 28, Beijing time, the NBA regular season ushered in a focus battle, the Warriors sat at home to meet the Lone Ranger, the Warriors achieved a 13-point advantage in the first quarter, the Lone Ranger narrowed the point gap in the second quarter, but the Warriors still took a 12-point lead in the half.
The Warriors finished second in the West with 43 wins and 17 losses, and in the first game after the All-Star, the Warriors beat the Blazers and were in excellent shape. The Lone Rangers are no. 5 in the West and are doing very well in the playoffs, losing to the Jazz last game. In the first two meetings of the season, both sides won one game each.
Klay missed the game for non-injury reasons, Curry single-core led the team, the Warriors entered the state very quickly, Curry not only scored his own points, but also passed for his teammates, and the Warriors quickly played a 15-5 start. The Lone Ranger's offense was terrible, Wiggins broke out to score 11 points in a single quarter, the Warriors led by 18 points at most, took a 13-point advantage in the first quarter, Curry gave 4 assists in the first quarter, and the Lone Ranger core Doncic had 4 turnovers.
The Lone Ranger began to chase points at the beginning of the second quarter, Damian Lee's three-pointer stabilized the situation, Kerr used up the challenge authority early, Bullock hit a three-pointer, Brunson singled Curry to score, and the Lone Ranger narrowed the gap to 8 points. The two teams alternately rose in scoring, with the point difference hovering around 10 points, Smith Jr. hit a three-pointer, the Lone Ranger trailed 41-50, and the Warriors called a timeout.
The timeout came back, the two teams hit the iron in succession, the score slowly rose, the Lone Ranger continued to cling to the score, Bullock hit another three points, Doncic broke through to chase 46-52, Curry hit a two-pointer to stop the bleeding, and the Warriors quickly stabilized the situation, scoring 6 consecutive points to widen the point difference to 12 points again. Doncic roared at the referee for his dissatisfaction with the penalty.
At halftime, the Warriors led 60-48. Curry scored 13 points and gave out six assists, Wiggins had 13 points, 2 assists and 2 steals, Payton Jr. scored 9 points and the Warriors scored more points. On the Lone Rangers' side, Doncic had 12 points, but there were 5 turnovers, Dinwiddie 12 points and Bullock 9 points.