Warriors vs. Clippers: Golden State grinds out comeback win over their sworn
The Clippers will look to make a statement on Wednesday night that they mean business in the Western Conference but it won’t be easy as they have struggled at Oracle Arena recently. “We answered the bell”. In those two quarters, the Grizzlies shot an atrocious 18.8% from the field and 0% (0-9) from 3-point range, which pales in comparison to the Warriors’ 60.9% field goal shooting and an even higher 3-point percentage (66.7%).
It’s important for Luke Walton and the Warriors to take advantage of the “nailbiter experience” when they can, as we can assume it won’t happen too often. The Warriors haven’t lost a regular season home game since January 27th.
As if you needed another reason to buy into Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors, the squad just provided further proof of how good they really are.
Curry’s seventh 3-pointer gave the Warriors a 108-106 lead.
Sports analysts and basketball pundits have been saying that the Golden State Warriors and Curry’s 2014-2015 NBA championship was just luck, but as reported by Sports Illustrated, they are dead wrong. Thompson added four of his own and the Warriors improved to 6-0 for the first time in the team’s West Coast era. Curry then hit back-to-back 3-pointers and after being fouled beyond the arc hit three more free throws to push the lead to 84-42.
“Yeah, I think we can compete with not just them, but anyone”, he said. Yet another player, Kendrick Perkins, injured his pectoral muscles in Saturday’s game and is said to now be out for the rest of the season. This made him the first reigning MVP to score 40 or more points in a season opener. INJURY REPORT:Clippers – N/A. Warriors – C A. Bogut (questionable Wednesday, concussion), SF K. Looney (Late January, hip). Stephen Curry had 30 points, three rebounds and three assists while Ian Clark added 15 points for the Warriors.
Curry, who was limited due to his early foul troubles, rose to the occasion and took the Warriors to a 112-108 victory by nailing down four straight shots down the stretch.
Festus Ezeli started his ideal evening from the field on the game’s very first possession, finishing with one of his several dunks off a nifty dish from Draymond Green. Winning 72 games is hard, but these Warriors came out to play. With that said, the other half of the Splash Brothers, Klay Thompson, was asked if they have the capability to get even more wins compared to a year ago of 67 wins.
“It would have been encouraging if we won”, shooting guard J.J. Redick said.