The base Stephen Curry contributed a double-double of 38 points and 11 assists that helped the Golden State Warriors to complete the comeback in front the Los Angeles Clippers, whom they beat 115-105, in a duel of teams from the Pacific Division.
The Warriors trailed by 21 points at the end of the third quarter, but Curry he scored 19 in that span and moved Golden State to six with the final 12 minutes remaining. The fourth period allowed the Warriors (5-4) scoring display to be even more spectacular and they finished it with a 34-18 run.
The victory of the Warriors, who already have a winning record so far this new season, allowed them to break a streak of four consecutive losses they had against the Clippers, who two nights earlier had won on the same stage at the Chase Center in San Francisco.
The Warriors’ star point guard also had the help of his teammates in the fourth quarter by scoring important baskets that the power forward got Eric Paschall, the base Brad Wanamaker and the guard-forward Kent Bazemore.
But it would be the Canadian forward Andrew Wiggins, increasingly integrated and productive, who achieved another 16 points, six rebounds, an assist, a ball recovery and a block, which left him as the Warriors’ second leading scorer.
While Paschall He added 12 and six rebounds as the Warriors’ sixth player.
The eaves Paul George scored 25 points as the Clippers leader (6-4) and Kawhi Leonard added 24, But Golden State improved the defense after the Clippers scored 65 in the first half and the game’s story completely changed.
Leonard he missed a personnel throw in the second quarter and ended a streak of 46 consecutive pitches made by the Clippers at the Chase Center.
While Ibaka, the Congolese-Spanish power forward, reached 19 points as the Clippers’ third highest scorer after playing 30 minutes and being the most effective player in the attack of the Los Angeles team.
Ibaka scored 9 of 12 field goals, including a two-shot triple, did not go to the personnel line, but did play a leading role in the inside game with seven rebounds -four defenders-, gave two assists, put a stopper, lost a ball and committed a personal fault.
The defeat left the Clippers with a 6-4 record and away from the first place in the Pacific Division that now alone dominate the Los Angeles Lakers (7-3) who also staged a comeback in the game they won 117-115 over the Chicago Bulls.
