Warriors fight the Lone Ranger again
The Golden State Warriors had a hard time, losing back-to-back losses to the Lone Rangers and Timberwolves, putting the second place in the West in jeopardy. Stephen Curry even named Wiggins in an interview and said that he missed The Dream Green. It can be seen from here that Curry is indeed disappointed with the current situation of the team. However, disappointment turned to disappointment, the schedule continued, this game, the Warriors will be the top five Dallas challenge the Lone Rangers, which is curry, for the Warriors, is undoubtedly a battle of revenge.
Today's Dallas Mavericks are not easy to mess with, they completed a big reversal in the last game with the Warriors, and now rank fifth in the West, just one step away from the Jazz. Klay Thompson returned in this game, and Wiggins came to the fourth position, which shows the Warriors' determination to win.
At one point, he led by 16 points
At the beginning of the first quarter, the Warriors' core players were in trouble, Curry only got 2 shots, got 3 points and 1 assist, Klay although he got 6 points and 1 assist, but the shooting rate was only 7 of 2, Wiggins's attitude did change, 7 shots, 5 times near the box, but the shooting rate was the same as Clay, only got 5 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, the Warriors scored 27 points in a single quarter, and Doncic alone shot 5 of 8, bombed 19 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, leading the team to blast 38 points, Take an 11-point lead.
After returning from the second quarter, Doncic rested off the field, but the Lone Ranger was still constantly pulling apart the point gap, there was no way, Stephen Curry could only take over the game, 10 points on 4-of-7 shooting, helped the team stabilize the situation, and then rested. When Doncic returned, he gave assists and then scored on his own layups, and the Lone Ranger always maintained a double-digit lead. Wiggins staged a flying basket, but Dinwiddie immediately hit a three-pointer, Clay didn't have a three-pointer, and Doncic said you don't go in, I'll go in.
After Doncic hit a three-point shot, the difference between the two teams reached 16 points, and then Poole made a layup, and the half ended, and the Dallas Mavericks led the Golden State Warriors by 14 points 68-54.
Doncic beats the Warriors
Compared with the big reversal of the last encounter, the first half of this game was completely a lone ranger crushing the Warriors, and Doncic was even more ignorant of the opponent, so that the Warriors did not have half the strength to fight back. In the first half, Doncic shot 7-of-11 from the field, 4-of-6 from three-point range, and had 24 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, completely ignoring the Warriors' no. 1 defense. Smith also had 13 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, Powell and Brunson both had 9 points, and Dinwiddie had 8 points and 5 assists, and the Mavericks had only four turnovers in the first half.
The splash brothers' performance in the first half can only be said to be decent, Curry had 13 points and 1 assist on 5-of-10 shooting, and Klay had 6 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist on 2-of-8 shooting, but Poole on the bench ushered in an outbreak, with a team-high 16 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist on 5-of-9 shooting, as well as 2 steals and 1 block. Wiggins is also a strong player, playing 19 minutes to shoot 13 times, unfortunately the shooting rate is not high, hit 5 goals to get 11 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, but it must be admitted that he did not have health this time, really tried his best.