The Stephen Curry thing has no name, and last night Golden State Warriors fans enjoyed their team’s home debut with an authentic shooting display of their star. With 45 points and 10 rebounds, the point guard starred in and led the 115-113 win over the Los Angeles Clippers.
Curry started the season at home with a unique show: 25 points and a 9 of 9 in field goals, with a 44-27 partial favorable in the fourth for Steve Kerr’s team. The ’30’ finished with extraterrestrial numbers, a 16 of 25 in shots from the field and an 8 of 13 in triples in his second game of the season, his thirteenth in the NBA.
Curry’s feat took on more dimension in the face of the challenge offered by the meeting. The Clippers, far from resigned, battled led by a toned Paul George, author of 29 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists (12-23 TC; 5-11 3P).
After receiving in awe the Curry festival, Ty Lue’s team recovered with a 22-40 partial in the second quarter, which gave them a slight 66-67 lead at halftime.
The meeting went into a give-and-take phase, with Andrew Wiggins improving your performance with 17 points in the match, until it was time for the heavyweights.
One down with a minute to go (108-109), Curry caught the ball from far away, heeled towards the right side of the field and conjugated his favorite verb, that of plugging in. Later, remembering the dynastic warriors, opened the ball to Wiggins, who entered and split the ball to Andre Iguodala, who left the sentence on a tray to Draymond green (10-6-7) to eleven seconds of the conclusion (113-112).
The Clippers, despite the loss, left with their heads held high. Nobody expected them so intoned before Kawhi Leonard’s irreplaceable casualty, patched up with a lot of collective play.
Six players achieved double digits and the nine who entered the court scored for the Angelenos. Eric Bledsoe, with 22 points, and Ivica Zubac, At 14, they stood out to accompany George.
The Clippers expect Serge Ibaka soon, who is still recovering from his sensitive back surgery.
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