Golden State lost heavily at home on the day Stephen Curry was unbelievably cool
Golden State lost heavily at home on the day Stephen Curry was unbelievably cool
For the second time in 3 weeks, Stephen Curry “scooped” from outside the 3-point range, even though Klay Thompson played well, he still couldn’t help Golden State win.
For the first time in nearly 4 weeks, Draymond Green returned to Chase Center to watch the match between the Golden State Warriors and the Toronto Raptors.
The pioneer born in 1990 just completed his NBA suspension and was given the “green light” to rejoin the team. The fact that Green immediately took the time to support his teammates is extremely commendable, unfortunately he had to witnessed the match where the Warriors lost heavily.
The competition between the two teams that took each other to 6 games in the 2019 NBA Finals ended with a 133-118 blow-out victory for the Toronto Raptors.
Although the final score was not too far apart (15 points), the Warriors were at times 27 points behind at home. Golden State fans even left the Chase Center midway through the fourth quarter when they knew the team could no longer win.
Golden State still showed their “specialty” which is the explosive third quarter, scoring 38 points compared to 25 of the Toronto Raptors to give hope to fans. However, this effort of the Warriors was stopped at the beginning. fourth quarter after the Raptors tightened their play.
Stephen Curry had one of the worst shooting days of his career, scoring 9 points with just 2-14 FG and 0-9 3PT. This is the second time in the past three weeks that Curry has not had a successful 3-pointer in a game.
On a lackluster leader day, the Warriors had Klay Thompson shine with 25 points (10-15 FG, 5-7 3PT). Rookie Trayce Jackson-Davis pocketed a double-double of 16 points and 11 rebounds. Moses Moody scored 21 points in 22 minutes of play.
Klay Thompson played well with 25 points and 10-15 FGs, but the effort was not enough
Because Chris Paul was injured and had surgery, coach Steve Kerr experimented with bringing Andrew Wiggins back to the starting lineup alongside Jonathan Kuminga, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson.
In addition, striker Kevon Looney returned to the reserve squad, making room for young player Trayce Jackson-Davis. It can be said that this test did not bring the expected results.
Both Kuminga and Wiggins underperformed with a total of 6-19 FGs, especially Andrew Wiggins with only 3 points all game.
Andrew Wiggins returned to the starting lineup and was somewhat confused in his play
One point to point out is that the Golden State Warriors’ defense almost disappeared in this match. They allowed the Raptors to march to Chase Center and have up to 58.5% FG along with 45.5% 3PT (13 successful 3-pointers).
No one on the Warriors side can stop RJ Barrett (season-high 37 points, 13-20 FG, 5-8 3PT), a player who just landed in Toronto in an exchange transfer not long ago from the New York Knicks.
In addition to Barrett, there were five different Raptors players who scored over 13 points, led by former Warriors player Chris Boucher (17 points, 7-7 FG) and Golden State transfer target Pascal Siakam (16 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists).
This defeat pushed the Golden State Warriors out of the top 10 in the Western rankings, surpassed by the Los Angeles Lakers after this team won against their neighbor LA Clippers.
In his next appearance, Stephen Curry and his teammates will play their 7th consecutive home match against the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday (January 11), ending nearly 2 weeks of competition at Chase Center.
The Golden State Warriors will then play four consecutive away games against the Chicago Bulls, Milwaukee Bucks, Memphis Grizzlies and Utah Jazz.
