NBA: Warriors ward off Rockets for elusive first road win of season
Klay Thompson scored a top 41 of the season, Stephen Curry had his best 15 assists of the season, and the Golden State Warriors scored their first win of the season with a decisive 127- 120 tough ahead of the Houston Rockets on Sunday.
After taking a 20-point lead in the first quarter, the Warriors had to fight hard against the Rockets. Curry and Thompson got the job done, teaming up for three points before the third half ended, giving the Warriors a 97-94 lead into the final round.
In the fourth inning, Thompson made three 3-pointers, including one with 66 seconds left to answer two free throws from Rockets rookie Jabari Smith Jr. and extended the Warriors to a 123-117 lead.
Curry assisted Thompson’s 3-pointer to close the third inning and the 3-pointer pushed the score to six. He followed with a 3-pointer with 34.2 seconds left to deliver the kill. Curry added 33 points and 7 rebounds. He and Thompson are a total of 17 out of 27 words deep.
Andrew Wiggins added 22 points for the Warriors, who shot 53.5% and were 24th out of 47 with 3-pointers.
“Well, it’s been too long,” said Warriors coach Steve Kerr, “but we’re happy to have won.”
🔥 @KlayThompson WENT WILD in @combatant Victory! He won 20 PTS in Q1 on his way to a top 41 PTS of the season and 10 triples! #DubNation
💦 41 points
10 3pm (October 13) pic.twitter.com/qHWVlFTE9d– NBA (@NBA) November 21, 2022
The Rockets did their best, led by Kevin Porter Jr. (30 points, six assists) and Smith, who scored a career-high 22 and won seven rebounds. Fellow rookie Tari Eason added a career-high 19 points with 8 bounces and 3 steals. KJ Martin scored 12 goals from the bench.
It was a rough start for the Warriors and especially Thompson. Golden State led with 18 points in the first quarter behind Thompson, who hit the first six before missing a 3. Thompson had 18 points at the time and had 20 of the Warriors’ 40 points in the range. time was Golden Bang shot 69.6% when he made 6 out of 9 shots from behind the arc.
However, Houston overcame that 18-point deficit to 40-28 in the second half and continued to stretch 18-2 behind his bench, most notably Martin and Eason. Martin overcame the surge with a 9:25 pitch that put the Rockets 41-40 ahead, and Houston extended that to 61-52 on a pair of Green free throws to complete 29 points in the inning. one back.
Curry responded with a 3-pointer, an assist for Thompson’s 3-pointer and two free throws as the Warriors shortened the score to 65-61 after halftime. Eason, Martin and Smith scored a total of 35 points in the inning.
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