On January 12, 2019, Bulls challenged the defending champion Warriors away. With the outstanding performance of the three Tsunami brothers, Warriors defeated the Bulls 146:109 at home, celebrating their third consecutive victory.
At the beginning of the game, the Warriors showed strong dominance. Thompson scored two consecutive three-pointers. The Warriors started with an 11-2 wave. The Bulls were forced to pause. After the timeout, the Warriors still felt hot. Durant hit a three-pointer. The Warriors launched another 20-6 offensive spree. After the first quarter, the Warriors led the Bulls by 26 points. In the second quarter, the Bulls and Warriors started to attack each other. Portis made a steady three-pointer, and Livingston scored 2+1. Thompson made a beautiful change of direction and shot a three-pointer, and LaVine succeeded in an alley-oop dunk. In the second half of the quarter, LaVine hit a three-pointer and Curry also accurately guided the three-pointer. After halftime, the Warriors led by 21 points.
Change sides and fight again. Carter made up for the dunk with both hands. Green assisted Curry to hit two consecutive three-pointers. Curry's total three-pointers surpassed Terry and rose to third place on the league's historical 3-point list. In the second half of the third quarter, Bell With a one-handed dunk, the Warriors continued to open up the score with a 6-0 offensive. After three quarters, the Warriors led by 40 points. In the final quarter, both sides sent out all their substitutes. The game lost suspense early and gave the role players a chance to play. Arcidiacono made a steady three-pointer from the corner, and Cook succeeded in a drift jumper. The score gap between the two sides in the final quarter remained at 30. points or more, in the end the Bulls were unable to recover and lost to the Warriors by a big score.
Before this game, Curry had made 2,280 three-pointers in his career, ranking fourth on the all-time three-point list, only two behind Jason Terry, who ranked third. This season, Curry is averaging 5 three-pointers per game. Not surprisingly, as long as he performs normally, he will reach a milestone and rank among the top three in the history of three-pointers.
Curry did not let accidents happen. He made 5 of 11 three-pointers in this game and scored 28 points and 8 assists. His career three-pointers hit 2,285, surpassing Terry and rising to third in history, second only to Ray Allen and Reggie Miller. If major injuries can be avoided, based on Curry's current status and 300 three-pointers per season, Curry can surpass Miller next season, and he is expected to replace Ray Allen in two more seasons. , becoming the historical three-point king of NBA.
What is more worth mentioning is that among the three Tsunami brothers, Thompson, who has had ups and downs this season, has recently found his hot touch. Today he shot 63.6% from three-point range and scored 30 points on 7 of 11 three-pointers. At the beginning of the game, his three-pointer and three-hit combo helped the Warriors set the tone for the game. After that, he was very accurate in both three-pointers and negative angle shots from mid-range. Thompson has shot over 43% from three-point range in six consecutive games. In five of the last six games, he has hit at least 50% from three-point range. At this pace, Thompson's season three-point shooting percentage is expected to return to 40%.
The three brothers Durant remained stable and efficient. In this game, they made 7 of 11 shots in 28 minutes and easily scored 22 points. Let me ask you, if the three Tsunami brothers who once impacted the entire league are all performing stably, who else in the league can defend them? Not to mention this young bull.
The Warriors had 12 players on the field in this game, and all 12 players scored. Green scored the team's lowest score of 2 points, and all of them were achieved by free throws. Is this performance really considered a giant? Even if the Warriors win, I believe it is not difficult to find a player in the league who can only defend in series. But this is not important anymore. I believe that Green's refusal to vote will not change in a short time. Therefore, focusing on welcoming Cousins' return and striving for three consecutive championships this year is the top priority. Keep people? Who to keep? Then leave it to time!
