The Warriors narrowly won to return to the top ten: Curry 30+9 three-pointers and 0.7 seconds quasi-stunner to create two feats
On February 11, Beijing time, the NBA regular season focused on matchups, and the Warriors played against the Suns at home for the fourth meeting of the season. Curry and Durant's former teammates clash with a lot of attention, the two sides started a crazy tug-of-war entanglement, Curry had 0.7 seconds left in the final minute of the three-point quasi-kill, and finally the Warriors narrowly defeated the Suns 113-112 to win four in a row, which is also two major feats. Curry scored 30 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists and 9 three-pointers, leading the Warriors to score 6 double-doubles, Durant 24 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 blocks and Booker 32 points, leading the Suns to score 4 double-doubles.
First, the Warriors finally improved their record to 25-25-5 with a four-game winning streak.
Second, the Warriors seized the opportunity to overtake the Jazz by half a win and return to the top 10 in the West, and they re-ranked 10th in the West, just one win away from the Lakers in the previous place.
First, the Warriors missed an opportunity to improve their record to 25-25-5 and a 5-win percentage, which became 24-26 after the loss.
Second, the Warriors missed the opportunity to return to the top 10 in the West, and if the Warriors win, they will surpass the Jazz to move up to 10th in the West, but after the loss, the Warriors are half a win behind the Jazz and remain in the bottom five of the West.
Curry and Durant have worked together for three seasons, leading the team to the Finals, and achieving two consecutive championships in 2017 and 2018, while Durant won the Finals MVP for two consecutive years. However, in 2019, due to the injuries of Durant and Klay in the playoffs, the Warriors lost to the Raptors and missed the 3 consecutive championships, and Durant also chose to leave in the summer of 2019.
After Durant's departure, Curry led the Warriors to another championship in 2022, and Curry won the Finals MVP for the first time in his career. On the other hand, after Durant left the Warriors, he has not been able to enter the division finals again, and this season Durant teamed up with Booker and Beal to form a big three and lead the Suns to start the championship mode again.
The Warriors have recently won three in a row and are getting better, and this time the Warriors started a tug-of-war with the Suns at home, with the Warriors leading the Suns by five points at 33-28 in the first quarter, but the Warriors only led by seven points at most. The Suns launched a comeback offensive in the second quarter, and the Warriors lost by four points in a single quarter at 26-30, and the Warriors led the Suns by only one point at 59-58 at the end of the first half.
Curry's core matchup with Durant attracted attention, but Curry only had a sluggish shot of 3-of-9 in the first half, including 3-of-6 three-pointers, and his two-pointers were 0-of-3. Curry scored 10 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in the first two quarters, while Durant performed well in the first half of 6 of 13, including 1 of 3 three-pointers, and got 15 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.
He scored 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting in the third quarter, and Curry's 4 shots were all outside three-point shots, and he had 7 three-pointers in the first three quarters and scored 22 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. On the other hand, Durant did not score a point in 5 of 5 in the third quarter, Durant scored 15 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists in the first three quarters, Curry led the Warriors to a net win of 1 point in the third quarter 25-24, and the Warriors only led the Suns by 2 points in the first three quarters at 84-82.
Durant continued to score in the final quarter, leading the Suns to gradually overtake the score and maintain a slight lead. It was only after Durant's sixth turnover that Curry hit his eighth three-pointer to take a one-point lead. Wiggins dunked and Pojemski pressed the whistle to expand the six-point advantage, the Suns continued to chase points, and Kuminga opened up a dunk and a dream rebound to expand the five-point advantage.
In the last 2 minutes and 47 seconds of the decisive moment, the Suns asked for a timeout, Booker chased the score 2+1, and Curry made a layup in return. Booker scored four more points and Beal scored two more points on a mid-range shot, and Curry responded with a throw-back to continue the tie. Booker continued to score on a mid-range shot, Kuminga was blocked by Durant, and Curry grabbed a key rebound in the last 2.8 seconds and the Warriors called a timeout. Curry made a key shot with 0.7 seconds left to make a three-point shot, and the Warriors finally beat the Suns.
(Text/Drunken Sleeping)