Schröder finally gives Warriors what they need in win vs. 76ers

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Schröder finally gives Warriors what they need in win vs. 76ers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

Long before Stephen Curry’s shooting pyrotechnics, before the Warriors completed a tip-to-buzzer victory and indulged in some cathartic postgame revelry, they got what they’ve been wanting and needing for two weeks.

Their first glimpse of Dennis Schröder’s two-way skills.

It appeared Thursday night in the first quarter of Golden State’s 139-105 smashing of the Philadelphia 76ers at Chase Center. It came not when Schröder drained his first 3-pointer barely two minutes after tipoff. Not when he splashed another 58 seconds later. It came when he made a third 3-ball with 1:27 left in the quarter.

The sight of Schröder making three consecutive triples in the first 11 minutes seemed to lift a dark cloud off the offense. It took seven games and 34 attempts for him to make his first seven 3-pointers as a Warrior, and now he’s 3-of-3 in his first seven minutes in his eighth game.

Schröder neither exhaled nor exulted. Not demonstrably, at least. But his shoulders surely felt a lightness he’d not known since joining the Warriors on Dec. 15.

“The last 10 days, 12 days have been tough,” Schröder said in his postgame interview. “But luckily, we won the game today. Played very well, shared the ball, played with force. We stayed aggressive. But most important we had fun.

“We just got to get back to that. And of course, I have to adjust to the team. Yeah, it’s getting there.”

The Warriors traded De’Anthony Melton, who started next to Curry before sustaining a season-ending knee injury, to the Brooklyn Nets for Schröder because they possess similar skills. They offer elite perimeter defense and, on the offensive end, pose a credible scoring threat.

Schröder inherited the role from Melton, who inherited it from Klay Thompson, who in his prime was conceivably the best two-way shooting guard in the NBA.

So, the Warriors needed some offense from Schröder. Needed it when it wasn’t there for his initial seven games, five of which were losses, while he averaged 9.1 points while shooting a ghastly 29.7…

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Publish date : 2025-01-03 15:35:00

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