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Well. That was certainly a night of basketball. A whole lot happened on Wednesday. The Golden State Warriors fell behind the Houston Rockets by 15 points at the end of the first quarter, then came roaring back to tie it. Steph Curry missed most of the game with an abdominal injury that required an MRI. Charles Bassey was punched by Marcus Smart. And the Warriors saw their eight-game winning streak come to a halt, losing 115-108 to a Rockets team that was significantly healthier.
So year. Busy Wednesday!
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You can’t fault the Warriors for losing, given all of that. But grades still need to be handed out, so here they are. As is always the case, grades are based on my expectations for each player, with a “B” grade representing the average performance for that player.
Note: True-shooting percentage (TS) is a scoring efficiency metric that accounts for threes and free throws. Entering Wednesday’s games, league-average TS was 57.2%.
Yaxel Lendeborg
36 minutes, 25 points, 10 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 turnovers, 2 fouls, 9-for-19 shooting, 2-for-7 threes, 5-for-8 free throws, 55.5% TS, -15
It’s a testament to Lendeborg that the Warriors lost Curry and still overcame a deficit to give themselves a chance to win. It’s a testament to Lendeborg that, even with Kevin Durant, Amen Thompson, Fred VanVleet, and Alperen Şengün on the other side, he comfortably led both squads in scoring. It’s a testament that, in the on-court post-game interview, ESPN decided to ask Durant about Lendeborg specifically. And it’s a testament that Durant called him a “problem,” meant clearly as a compliment.
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Just another 25 and 10 for Lendeborg, as those numbers are very near his season averages, and mark the third double-double of his young career.
Lendeborg was solid through and through, and then some. The biggest issue with his game was that, for the first time, his jumper didn’t look good. The threes he missed were really clanked, and he didn’t look all that comfortable at the free throw line, either. But as has been the case all year, his resolve, patience, and savvy were stunning. A misaligned jumper neither scared him from…
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