Golden State Warriors<\/strong> (1-0), Game 2 of the Western Conference Semifinals.<\/p>\nQ3: Momentum Lost And Gained<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Jazz got out of the gate on the right foot, drilling two threes and, although Klay Thompson<\/strong> hit a three to answer, and Warriors head coach Mike Brown<\/strong> took an early timeout with 11:16 remaining, his lead trimmed to just 63-53.<\/p>\nThat didn\u2019t cure any of the symptoms, as the Warriors continued not to convert and Shelvin Mack<\/strong> lobbed to Rudy Gobert<\/strong> for a reverse finish, Rodney Hood<\/strong> hit a dribble-and-pop after Stephen Curry<\/strong> threw the ball away, then was short on a scoop.<\/p>\nUtah was back in business, down just two possessions at 63-57 with 9:54 to play.<\/p>\n
Draymond Green<\/strong> then missed a wide-open three up top on a catch from Thompson, but Hood missed a triple and Klay found Green down low on a mismatch with Mack, and he converted to break the tide.<\/p>\nGolden State stepped up its defense, Curry getting a steal on Gordon Hayward<\/strong>, then Mack, drawing a foul on Hayward on the take that Steph tried to sell as a shot as he did anticipate the contact, and after Kevin Durant<\/strong> took a defensive rebound the length of the floor for a left-side righty scoop at the last moment, Curry forcing a jump ball with Mack.<\/p>\nAndre Iguodala<\/strong> came in to go \u201cDeath Lineup\u201d in replacing Zaza Pachulia<\/strong> and he promptly knocked out a drive by Hood, bolted for the front court while Draymond picked up the loose ball, and caught the touchdown pass from Green, feeding a trailing Durant with a behind-the-back pass for a dunk:<\/p>\n[protected-iframe id=”abb8c300947b05acad000e7a2d7906c0-114320562-10106876″ info=”http:\/\/twitframe.com\/show?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FJaeAzizi%2Fstatus%2F860345886114697216″ width=”360″ height=”225″ frameborder=”0″]\nThat push gave the Warriors some breathing room as they took a 71-58 lead with 7:48 to play.<\/p>\n
Later, Thompson missed a three, but Steph stole the rebound from Mack and drew a trip to the foul line as he fell to the floor on a reverse scoop try in the same motion.<\/p>\n
Despite a clear-path call on Curry trying to stop a break on a tap-out rebound near half-court by Hayward, plus a Hayward triple over Draymond at the top, plus a Gobert dunk via another lob by Dante Exum<\/strong>, the Warriors responded as Klay hit a fly-by trey delivered by Steph.<\/p>\nAfter a missed scoop by Curry and a missed three by Hood, Thompson had the ball on the left wing and found a cutting Green, who attack Gobert\u2019s body, drew the foul, and hit the layup, but missed the bonus free throw:<\/p>\n[protected-iframe id=”75504926479324e25211cdbeefdd2a78-114320562-10106876″ info=”http:\/\/twitframe.com\/show?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FJaeAzizi%2Fstatus%2F860347669171941377″ width=”360″ height=”360″ frameborder=”0″]\n
That was Gobert\u2019s fourth personal and the Warriors found themselves up by a comfortable 80-66 cushion with 4:49 to go.<\/p>\n
Durant drew two free throws on a two-hand dunk attempt that got fouled, thanks to a push by Draymond\u2026<\/p>\n[protected-iframe id=”09f3efc3c0450187ce4d43f90dc410e1-114320562-10106876″ info=”http:\/\/twitframe.com\/show?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fbballbreakdown%2Fstatus%2F860348045967347712″ width=”360″ height=”225″ frameborder=”0″]\n
…Hayward continued to hit clutch shots, but Boris Diaw<\/strong> missed a three late in the shotclock, and Durant found Shaun Livingston<\/strong> who found Curry at the left arc for three, forcing Jazz head coach Quin Snyder<\/strong> to call timeout with 2:54 left and the Warriors up, 85-70.<\/p>\nSteph struck again from distance over Derrick Favors<\/strong> as he played tic-tac-toe with Iguodala and Livingston\u2026<\/p>\n[protected-iframe id=”0800c334d9de62aa6fd1f6e27f14a741-114320562-10106876″ info=”http:\/\/twitframe.com\/show?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fbballbreakdown%2Fstatus%2F860350306189590529″ width=”360″ height=”225″ frameborder=”0″]\n…but Raul Neto<\/strong> answered with a three as well and after another Hayward bucket, Livingston dished to Matt Barnes<\/strong>, who gave a touch pass to Iguodala for a jam:<\/p>\n[protected-iframe id=”5d7d1cc507334feff42c33d3e5db5df2-114320562-10106876″ info=”http:\/\/twitframe.com\/show?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FKNBR%2Fstatus%2F860350450851119104″ width=”360″ height=”225″ frameborder=”0″]\nAfter Neto drew free throws against Curry, Barnes went down the lane and tossed in a runner with 0.9 seconds left, thinking he got fouled but with no whistle, and the Warriors took a 92-82 lead into the final frame.<\/p>\n
Q4: <\/strong><\/p>\n[coming soon!]\nClark layup 94-82 \nConsecutive misses by Jazz \nClark 3 97-82 <\/p>\n
Timeout Jazz 10:16 left 97-82 Warriors<\/p>\n
https:\/\/twitter.com\/bballbreakdown\/status\/860352658443345920\/video\/1 \nWest with a great strip of Gobert,Dubs unable to convert on other end \nHayward with a 3 97-87 \nInjury timeout Dray oo ground hit knee to knee with Gobert out of game \nAfter a Jazz miss KD fouled by Hayward makes both 99-87 \nHayward fouled by Thompson missed 1st and 2nd freethrow 99-88 Dubs \nDurant answered with long 2 101-88 GSW \nExum missed 3 KD long rebound fouled by Exum Dubs in the bonus the rest of the way at 6:06 \nKD made 1 of 2 \nExum answered with 3 102-91 Dubs \nWarriors turnover Exum was fouled by Sdot \nDray back in Exum made both ft\u2019s 102-93 \nCurry long 2 104-93 \nGobert scored on a put back 104-95 \nSdot missed on turnaround over Mack Jazz missed on other end, \nKD fouled on lob from Dray fouled by Exum \nKD made both 106-95 \nGobert missed Dray rebound \nSteph bank 3 made 109-95 \nHayward answered w a 3 109-98 Dubs \n3 sec violation on Sdot<\/p>\n
Officials TO 2:52 mark \nWarriors leading 109-98<\/p>\n
Out of TO Hayward with turnaround 2 109-100 \nWarriors missed Hood made a 2 109-102 \nWarriors came back with an Iguodala dunk assisted by KD \nJazz called timeout at 1:45 Warriors leading 111-102 \nHood missed KD missed a fall away \nGobert missed chippy on pass by Hayward \nIguodala missed 3 \nKD fouled he made both ft\u2019s 113-102 \nKD fouled by Gobert again made both ft\u2019s 115-102 \nDray fouled Mack who made both ft\u2019s 113-104<\/p>\n
Final 115-104 Warriors take a 2-0 lead in the series, 6-0 in the playoffs, \nSeries shifting to Salt Lake City Game 3 Saturday 5:30 pm<\/p>\n
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