The Warriors today won back-to-back against the Heat 118-104 on the road.
It is worth mentioning that in the last game, the Warriors only lost to the Magic of the East, the bottom of the East, but today they defeated the Heat of the East, and the Heat lost to the 76ers without Harden and Embiid in the last game, and today lost to the Warriors without Curry, Green and Thompson.
For the Warriors, it is indeed very good to be able to beat the Heat of the East, who are the first in the East, in the absence of several core players. After losing to the Magic in the last game, the Warriors have trailed the Suns by 11 wins, allowing the Suns to lock in the Pacific Division title ahead of schedule. If they lose any more, the Warriors' rankings will continue to decline. In the case of Curry's injury, they must be able to win the game they deserve.
Curry is still absent from injury today, and Green and Thompson are also on rotation, but the rest of the Warriors players have performed well, Jordan Poole played 39 minutes, 10 of 18, including 7 of 13 three-pointers, 3 of 3 free throws, 30 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists, and 9 assists set a new season high, the previous record was 8 assists.
For Poole, it's just that he has 20+ in a single game for the 11th consecutive game of the season, which is the most consecutive 20+ games in the Warriors' team this season, and even Curry can't compare. In addition, in the past 10 years, the Warriors have only played such performances in Curry and Durant, which shows how well Poole has performed in the past period of time.
Cumminga shot 9-of-17 today and scored 22 points and five rebounds. Wiggins shot 8-of-16 from the field and scored 22 points and three rebounds. Damien Lee played 30 minutes and shot 5-of-10, including 3-of-6 from three-point range and 9-of-9 from the free throw line, with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, 22 points to set a new season high.
On the Heat side, the team had 3 people scoring 20+, Adebayor played 34 minutes, shooting 9 of 16 from the field and 7 of 10 from the free throw line, scoring 25 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists. Butler played 41 minutes, shooting 7-of-15, 2-of-2 from three-point range and 4-of-5 from the free throw line, scoring 20 points, 5 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Lowry played 38 minutes and made 9-of-14 shooting, 6-of-9 three-pointers and 2-of-2 free throws, with 26 points and nine assists without error.