What we learned as Steph wakes up Warriors for third straight win

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What we learned as Steph wakes up Warriors for third straight win originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

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Sweating off the stench of Draymond Green’s 35th birthday celebration, the Warriors clawed their way to a 121-119 comeback win against the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday at Barclays Center for a happy flight home back to San Francisco.

Steph Curry (40 points) and Jimmy Butler (25 points) formed the kind of dynamic duo that has the Warriors dreaming of another NBA championship parade, combining for 65 points.

Curry continued his torrid stretch, dominating the Warriors’ five-game road trip. Behind games of 56, 29, 21, 28 and now 40 points, Curry averaged 34.8 points away from Chase Center. Butler showed why he was the perfect addition for the Warriors, going a perfect 10 of 10 from the free-throw line.

Though he finished with 40 points and made seven threes, Curry was a minus-16 in 36 minutes. However, Butler was a plus-17 in his 35 minutes.

The stars shone brightest, but the Warriors’ role players stepped up as well. Gary Payton II scored a season-high 16 points and came down with nine rebounds. Rookie Quinten Post (plus-13) made two timely threes and finished with 10 points and seven rebounds. Gui Santos provided all the energy, ending as a plus-12 in 24 minutes.

Here are three takeaways from the Warriors finishing their road trip 4-1.

Sluggish Start

There are bad starts, and then there’s the product the Warriors put on the court through the first 12 minutes of the game.

First, Brandin Podziesmki exited the game within the first minute because of lower back soreness. When the Warriors were down 5-0, coach Steve Kerr tried to calm the storm by calling timeout. Then the deficit went to 8-0, and with five-and-a-half minutes remaining in the quarter the Warriors trailed by 20 points, 25-5.

How bad was it? A total of eight Warriors played at least one minute in the first quarter, and only three – Curry, Payton and Moses Moody – scored. The Nets used 10 players, with each seeing the floor for at least four minutes, and just one went scoreless. While the Nets shot 60.9 percent overall (14 of 23) and…

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Publish date : 2025-03-06 19:38:00

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