On April 12, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Warriors challenged the Trail Blazers away, before the game, the Warriors ranked 10th in the West with 44 wins and 35 losses, only 0.5 wins behind the Lakers. Trail Blazers starters: Murray + Walker + Henderson + Ruppel + Ayton. Warriors starters: Curry + Paul + Wiggins + Kuminga + Davis, Klay and Green are absent.
In the first quarter of the game, Henderson hit a three-point shot at the beginning, Kuminga threw three non-sticks, Walker dunked with both hands, Wiggins made a foul, Curry hit the iron with three points, Wiggins made a layup and was capped, Curry continued to shoot three-pointers this time, Wiggins also hit three points, Murray tossed, Henderson scored three-point shots, Moody and Ayton scored with each other's shots, Curry missed three-point shots, and Henderson made a layup to make it 2+1, the Warriors are 7 points behind, Curry still doesn't have three points, fortunately, he broke through the layup to stop the bleeding, Kuminga scored three points, Curry continued to fire with three points, Kuminga came back from a pause, Looney blocked Reese, Kuminga dunked and continued to cut points, Pojam made a layup, Hagens hit a three-pointer to stop the bleeding for the Trail Blazers, Henderson didn't score three points, and the Warriors led by 2 points in a single quarter 24-22.
Curry had 8 points and 3 rebounds in the first quarter, Looney hit a shot in the second quarter, Reece scored three points, and then he scored 2+1 on the inside, and Kuminga basket +dunk and scored 4 points in a row, Paul made a shot, Ayton tossed, during this time, the two sides went back and forth, Paul didn't score three points, Ayton shot to help the Trail Blazers overtake, Davis ate cake and dunked, as a result, Ayton shot again, Davis hat Henderson, Wiggins layup, Henderson jumper, Wiggins fired outside, the Warriors overtook 2 points, and then the two sides hit various irons, Davis scored two free throws, and Ayton made a layup to cause 2+1, he played very tough in the face of the Warriors, Davis ate cakes, Curry hit a three-point shot, Ayton shot in the middle, Walker fired outside, Pojem threw a shot, and the Warriors beat the Trail Blazers 49-46 at halftime.
Halftime stats, Wiggins 10 points and 4 rebounds, Kuminga 11 points and 2 rebounds, Davis 4 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks, Paul 2 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Curry 11 points and 4 rebounds, Podzemski 6 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Looney 2 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks. On the Trail Blazers' side, Murray had 3 points, Walker had 5 points and 7 rebounds, Ayton had 15 points and 6 rebounds, Henderson had 12 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals, Hagens had 3 points and 3 rebounds, and Reece had 8 points and 4 rebounds.
Yibian fought again, Curry didn't score three points at the beginning, Ayton didn't shoot in the middle, and Curry threw to cause 2+1, Ayton hooked his hand, Davis caught a violent dunk in the air, Walker responded with a rebound, the two sides played very closely, Ayton shot, Wiggins scored three points, Walker made a basket, Murray made a layup, Wiggins scored on the Warriors' side, Walker made two free throws, Murray fired outside, the score was 62 at this time, Henderson tossed, Curry missed three points from a distance, Looney scored a basket, Paul hit a three-point shot, but the Trail Blazers could still bite the difference, Kuminga made a basket, Walker made a three-point shot, Davis made two free throws to seize the opportunity, Henderson made a layup, Moody made one of two free throws, Ruppel missed three points, Davis made a layup, and the Warriors 75-74 Trail Blazers at the end of the third quarter.
At the beginning of the crucial final quarter, Ruppel made a jumper, Murray made a basket, Kuminga responded with consecutive free throws, Curry hit a three-point shot, Looney dunked, Curry jumped and continued to cut points, on the other hand, the Trail Blazers suddenly lost power, Curry hit three points again, Looney ate cakes, and Pojam was 2+1, the Warriors finally opened the difference, Ayton hooked his hand to stop the bleeding for the Trail Blazers, Kuminga responded with two free throws, Ayton shot to continue his life, Paul God went down to shoot three points in response, the difference was 10 points, the game lost suspense, and finally the Warriors defeated the Trail Blazers 100-92, refused to reverse, and the whole game, the Warriors fell behind 10-20 in the frontcourt, but they still won.
Warriors data: Curry 22 of 8, 5 of 16 three-pointers, 1 of 1 free throws got 22 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 blocks, the first three quarters were not very ideal, but the final quarter exploded and scored 8 points, frankly speaking, Curry is a little stubborn, should reduce outside shots, play more to the basket, increase the success rate of scoring, there are many rounds Curry three-point shots are unreasonable, too reluctant.
Wiggins had 15 points, 5 rebounds, 2 blocks and 3 turnovers, with a decent performance, Kuminga had 19 points, 6 rebounds and 4 turnovers, Davis had 10 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks, and the defensive end was remarkable, Paul hit a key three-pointer with 8 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists. Moody had 8 points, 2 rebounds and 2 turnovers, Podemski had 9 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, which was a wonder soldier on the Warriors' bench, and he had a key 2+1 in the final quarter, Looney had 9 points, 11 rebounds and 4 blocks, and Saric did not score.
After this battle, the play-off pattern changed dramatically, the Warriors' record (45-35) tied the Lakers, but because of the advantage of the regular season, the Warriors overtook the Lakers and rose to 9th in the West, while the Lakers fell to 10th, the gap between the Warriors and the Kings is 0.5 games, they still have 2 games left, and there must be hope of impacting the West 8, although they have to play the play-offs, but the 8th has two lives, and the 9th and 10th play-offs will be completely out as long as they lose one, so the current Lakers are a little helpless, they also have 2 games left, the opponent is the Grizzlies and the Pelicans, the last 2 opponents of the Warriors are the Pelicans and Jazz, the difficulty is basically the same, but as said earlier, even if the two sides have the same record, the top ranking will be the Warriors, so the Lakers cannot afford to lose their last 2 games.
Trail Blazers stats: Ayton had 25 points, 11 rebounds, 3 steals and 1 block on 12-of-24 shooting, Henderson 18 points, 3 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 steals and 9 turnovers, Walker 17 points and 16 rebounds, Murray 14 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, Reece 8 points and 5 rebounds, and Ruppel 2 points and 4 rebounds.