ORACLE ARENA, OAKLAND, CA — This is a continuation of the halftime recap of the Indiana Pacers at the Golden State Warriors.
The Warriors held a 64-51 lead at halftime.
3rd Quarter – Iguodala’s Turn For Late Dramatics
After sitting nearly the entire second quarter with three fouls, Monta Ellis got off to a good start, using a Euro-step to draw an “and-one” on Stephen Curry, then hitting a jumper after Klay Thompson lost the ball on a bad pass hanging in the air too long in the paint.
Paul George almost cut the Warriors’ lead to just five, but his shot from the left baseline went in and out.
Klay then missed a jumper from straightaway, but Steph wasn’t being covered on the left side and he corralled the rebound, even dribbling along the baseline to the other side, relatively unmolested, as the Pacers were just waking up from a seeming slumber.
Curry waltzed to the right wing beyond the arc, aided by an Andrew Bogut screen of Jordan HIll who was half-heartedly tracking, and calmly nailed the triple:
https://platform.vine.co/static/scripts/embed.jsThe Warriors went around the horn with Curry eventually missing a right-corner three, but then hit one from the left corner after Harrison Barnes grabbed another miss from Thompson and dished out to Draymond Green, who got the assist. That pushed the cushion for Golden State back to 73-61 and Indiana head coach Frank Vogel called a timeout with 6:26 remaining. Ellis got another “and one” on a jumper, plus another jumper, but Thompson hit a right corner three, his fourth triple and Curry’s tenth assist, a laser lefty from the left baseline. After George hit a step back three, only his ninth point on the night, Curry lasered again, this time an entry pass, to Green for a layup as Draymond screamed, “And one!” but did not get a call in his favor. Leandro Barbosa finished the quarter on a high note, getting a layup on a fastbreak led by Andre Iguodala, then getting a steal of C.J. Miles’ up-pass to Monta. After Miles got a putback to fall in traffic, Iguodala got an outlet with time running down, spun, led another break with the Pacers playing too loose for the last possession, and Iguodala found Barbosa open on the right side. However, the Blur blew the floater, airballed it, and Iguodala got the put-in at the rim just before the buzzer, giving the Warriors an 88-75 lead heading into the final frame: https://platform.vine.co/static/scripts/embed.js
4th Quarter –
The Pacers began the 4th on a 7-0 run capped by Jay Young’s and-one basket, giving him 14 points for the game to make the score 88-82.
Barbosa managed to buoy the bench scoring with a jumper and an and-one layup from the left side, extending the Warriors’ lead back to 93-84 with 8:55 left.
Myles Turner continued to give Harrison Barnes trouble, keeping the pacers in the game. A reverse basket made it 21 point on 10-15 shooting for the night.
With 7:39 left Steph came back after a Livingston FT made it 96-86.
Draymond Green’s putback off an Iguodala miss maintained the Warriors lead 98-88 at the 7:06 mark.
Paul George was caught reaching on Curry again for his 5th foul with 6:42 left, forcing him to leave the game.
Steph immediately took advantage by taking the ball inside for his 28th and 29th points. But the Pacers continued to trade baskets as Ellis first created for Turner then a jumper for himself.
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Curry continued his own one-man show with a pass feint in the lane that sent Turner reeling before putting up a quick tear drop off one leg.
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Dray followed with another basket in the lane, countered by another Monta jumper. Klay then found Livingston under the basket for a two-hand dunk over Turner to make it 106-96 with 4:42 to play.
Draymond helped put the game out of reach, setting up a Steph three on the right wing 3 after a steal from Robinson III, forcing Vogel to call time.
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Another Dray strip of Monta led to Steph back in transition, where Indiana lost track of him after the pass. Barnes dropped the ball back to Steph in the left corner to make it 112-98 with 3:26 to play.
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Dray then disrupted George at rim after a pair of tough missed layups on both ends, leading to a Splash Brother connection that went Steph-Klay-Steph before Curry played it up to push the Warrior lead to 16.
A Monta steal off Dray led to a George layup, forcing a Kerr timeout, but out of the timeout Dray threw down an exclamation point dunk off a pick and roll with Steph to finish off another Dubs victory.
The bench then entered for Steph and Draymond, as Ian Clark dropped a floater and Mo Speights lit a metaphorical victory cigar with a rare 3-pointer to finalize the Warriors win 122-110.
Steph Curry finished 39 points, managing to complete his triple double late in the game with 12 assists and 10 rebounds. Draymond added 22 points and 11 points leading the Warriors to their 3rd-straight double digit victory leading up to their matchup with the San Antonio Spurs Monday.
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