ORACLE ARENA, OAKLAND, CA — This is a continuation of the halftime recap of the Phoenix Suns at the Golden State Warriors.
The Warriors took a 66-57 halftime lead.
Q3: Fireworks
Zaza Pachulia got an acrobatic “and-one” bucket on a nice feed from Draymond Green on the first possession of the second half…
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…but missed the free throw.
Eric Bledsoe continued splashing and got a three to drop.
After a bad pass from Pachulia to a cutting Stephen Curry, Zaza pulled down a miss from Bledsoe and Green found Klay Thompson on the break for a two-handed flush.
Later, Pachulia got another bucket, Curry went past Bledsoe for a goal-tended layup, and Thompson hit a catch-and-shoot from the left corner.
A few sequences after that, Steph went with a step-back on the left arc and Suns head coach Earl Watson called timeout with 7:42 remaining and the Warriors’ lead up to 81-64.
Out of the timeout, both teams traded turnovers, and Jared Dudley’s bad pass to Klay led to a touchdown pass to Kevin Durant for a dunk.
After some more trading of turnovers, Tucker hit a three from the top, then Brandon Knight got a pass stolen by Pachulia, who got the ball to KD, who shoveled a pass backward to Klay for a catch-and-shoot three from the left arc.
On a wild sequence, Knight messed up again, getting a loose ball saved by a diving Draymond. Thompson missed a three in transition, Green rebounded, Pachulia got stuck inside and muffed a point-blank pass to Steph, stolen by Knight.
The ball went upcourt to Tyson Chandler who found Bledsoe, but was then swatted down by Durant.
Klay brought the ball up and dished to Draymond, who found Curry for a left wing triple, and #Roaracle went crazy:
The Warriors pic.twitter.com/PqdBlJsWrZ
— #JaValeAfterDark (@World_Wide_Wob) December 4, 2016
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Curry had a special celebration:
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Watson called timeout as the Warriors went up, 91-67, with 4:42 to play.
Closing out the quarter, Curry hit two and-ones off the dribble, and McGee accidentally tried to take the ball out for the Warriors after a made free throw by Ian Clark:
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He ran back on defense with one finger pointed in the air, though, to the crowd’s delight — as well as the Warriors’ bench:
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Steph hit a three, Draymond dove for a loose ball and got free throws out of it, and Clark scooped in a layup, Green’s 12th assist.
Later, Curry played pick-and-roll with Green and Draymond, on the roll, lobbed to JaVale for a reverse two-handed slam with 38 seconds to go, giving the Warriors a 108-82 lead:
180 off the lob on @CSNAuthentic. pic.twitter.com/Q2W40g2NV9
— GoldenStateWarriors (@warriors) December 4, 2016
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Devin Booker answered with a bucket and Steph’s scoop at the buzzer went off rim with McGee flying in for a missed offensive rebound.
The Warriors took a 108-84 lead into the final frame.
Q4: Mop-Up
Andre Iguodala hit a three and Durant swatted a Booker baseline fade-away, but Marquise Chriss slammed home another baseline miss by Booker and Durant only hit one of three free throws after getting fouled beyond the arc.
Dragan Bender hit a left-corner three, and at a TV timeout with 8:51 remaining, the Warriors held a 116-94 lead.
To close things out, after Chriss missed a three, Klay dribbled in and dished off to David West for a two-handed slam, and Shaun Livingston hit a jumper and got fouled, but missed the free throw.
Kevon Looney subbed in at Livingston’s free throw.
Livingston, Clark, Patrick McCaw, Looney, and Anderson Varejao checked in to close out the game after a timeout, then McGee came back in for Livingston.
Varejao drew a charge during garbage time, and the Warriors (17-3) ended up with a 138-109 victory. They will meet the Pacers at home in two nights.
Curry led all scorers with 31 points on 10-for-15 field, 5-for-7 downtown, while Green tallied 9 points, 13 assists, and 3 steals. Klay collected 26 points on 10-for-17 shooting and 6-for-7 on threes, and Durant finished with 20 points on just 7 shots.
Bledsoe got 27 points with a career-high 5 threes.
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