ORACLE ARENA, OAKLAND, CA — This is a continuation of the halftime recap of the Washington Wizards at the Golden State Warriors.
The Warriors used a 12-0 run to take a 49-46 lead at the half.
3rd Quarter – Late Buckets By Draymond And Sdot Push Lead
Markieff Morris and Draymond Green traded three-pointers to start the second half, but Klay Thompson hit a runner on Morris, Morris committed a turnover on a bad pass to Andrew Bogut, and Thompson ended that sequence with a triple.
Morris got a dunk then later a three, but Harrison Barnes got a left elbow jumper to drop and Green threw the ball off the backboard for a dunk by Bogut:
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However, Bradley Beal went backdoor on Klay and Warriors head coach Steve Kerr called timeout to stop the momentum as the Wizards cut the Golden State lead to 61-58 with 6:45 remaining.
Both teams threw counterpunches out of the timeout. Barnes hit another jumper, Draymond got a three, but Garrett Temple and Morris hit triples assisted by John Wall.
With 2:07 to play, Leandro Barbosa made a cut and got a layup dished by Green, to put the Warriors up, 74-70.
Curry and Green would commit Golden State’s 12th and 13th turnovers, but the Wizards couldn’t capitalize and, after backup point guard Ramon Sessions missed a floater, Shaun Livingston took the rebound all the way down to the Warriors’ left baseline and popped a jumper over the unsuspecting Nene Hilario.
On the other end, Nene traveled and Draymond hit a confident triple with 6.8 seconds left, Curry’s 6th assist.
That put the Warriors up, 79-72, heading into the final frame.
4th Quarter – Team Effort
To start the fourth quarter, Barbosa found Shaun Livingston cutting who then finished with the slam dunk. Nene and Barbosa missed shots then Mo Speights moved laterally on defense to take the charge, which resulted in a offensive foul for Beal.
Barbosa then got the step on his defender and finished in the paint off of the feed from Speights. Beal missed a shot and then Livingston committed the turnover from an offensive foul. Speights then blocked a shot which led to Leandro Barbosa drawing the shooting foul on Temple – Leandro made both free throws.
The score was 85-72 with 10:20 left in the game with Washington looking for a bucket. Beal got a good look at a three but it wouldn’t drop. Mo Speights looked to be in a good position to putback a Warriors missed shot but offensive interference was called and then on the next possession Speights committed the shooting foul on Nene who split the free throws.
Curry was caught on the bench imitating someone, possibly himself?
Steph Curry dramatically recreating someone on the bench pic.twitter.com/tGLx0YKCUP
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Harrison Barnes made a turnaround hook shot to give the Warriors a 14 point lead before Wall found Nene was the easy lay-up. Barnes then missed a shot and Speights was called for another foul. A timeout was called with 8:57 left in the game with the lead at 12 in favour of the Warriors.
Thompson checked in for Barbosa after the timeout. Beal missed another jump shot, Speights missed one also then he once again fouled Nene who split the free throws again. Marreese Speights then drew a foul on Thornton but unfortunately the continuation was not called – Speights made one free throw.
Nene turned the ball over then Livingston found a wide open Mo Speights who dunked it home.
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Nene then posted up Mo and after a spin move he got the whistle which resulted in Speights’ fourth foul of the quarter. This time Nene missed both free throws.
Barnes posted up John Wall down low and after spinning towards the baseline, John Wall pinned the ball up against the backboard giving him his 4th block of the night. Clark then got a block on Wall and Curry and Draymond checked into the ball game. The score was 90-76 with 6:49 left in the game.
Curry found a cutting Harrison Barnes who after going left finished the mid range off of his right shoulder. Barnes then fouled Wall who missed both free throws then Stephen Curry banked home the top of the key three pointer to give the Warriors a 95-76 lead with 6:07 left.
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Beal and Green both turned the ball over and the Warriors called timeout with 5:51 left on the clock. Thornton missed a three then after checking in James Michael McAdoo got the free throw line but unfortunately missed both shots.
Wall missed a shot, Klay missed one too then the Wizards waved the white flag and took Beal, Wall and Porter out of the ball game. Curry turned the ball over, Dudley drove and got a lay-up to go, James Michael McAdoo got a layup to go then Hickson got an and-one after Draymond committed the foul.
Draymond Green found Curry for a lay-up which gave him his 9th assist of the night, one shy of a triple-double. Oubre Jr. then got a and-one to go with Green once again committing the foul on the reverse layup. McAdoo missed a shot then Hickson drove and dunked it home. Kerr called a timeout with 3:01 to go and the lead at 13.
James Michael McAdoo split a pair of free throws but then after giving up the offensive rebound, he came from behind and blocked Hickson’s jump shot from 3 feet. Curry picked up a foul and then checked out of the ball game.
Thompson missed a corner three, which would’ve given Draymond a triple double then Barbosa missed another shot. Klay fouled Hickson who got the shot to drop but he didn’t convert the and-one. Clark missed a shot, Hickson got a dunk, Klay missed a shot then Draymond blocked a shot but Oubre dunked it home and drew the foul. Stephen Curry then checked back into the game as the lead was only 6 with 41 seconds to go.
Klay missed a tough driving layup then Sessions turned the ball over. The Wizards had to foul which resulted in Barnes going to the free throw line where he made both. The Wizards called timeout with 12 seconds to go but they trailed by 8. Thornton missed a three, Curry got the rebound and the Warriors dribbled the clock out.
FINAL: Warriors (67-7) won 102-94
Draymond finished with 15-16-9, Curry had 26-7-7, Klay had 16 and Barnes had 14.
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