Beijing time on December 31, the NBA regular season continues. The Warriors will face the Trail Blazers at home. Wiggins and Curry will continue to miss due to injuries. However, the Warriors have recently defeated the Grizzlies, the Hornets, and the Jazz. In addition, they are playing at home. The Warriors are expected to win a valuable 4-game winning streak. On the other hand, the Trail Blazers have been in poor form recently. They defeated the Hornets in their last game to end their 3-game losing streak.
The whole game was a great success. Both teams played two good quarters each. The points difference between the two teams in the four quarters were all in double digits. In the first quarter, the Warriors blossomed inside and outside. They scored 41 points in a single quarter and established an early lead of more than 15 points.
As a result, the Warriors suddenly misfired in the second quarter and only scored 19 points in a single quarter. The score difference was quickly narrowed to less than 5 points by the Trail Blazers.
As a result, the Warriors regained their form in the final quarter. At the critical moment, the three core players of Clay , Dream Chaser Poole , plus role players such as DiVincenzo, Kuminga and Jerome successively exerted their efforts. The Warriors finally completed the reversal and defeated the Trail Blazers 118-112 to win 4 consecutive victories.
Poole played 36 minutes, making 14 of 23 shots and 5 of 10 three-pointers. He scored 41 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 steal.
scored 41 points in a single game, the second-highest score in Poole's career. The highest score was 43 points against Raptors not long ago. At the same time, the plus-minus value was +18, the highest in the game.
However, Poole, who scored 41 points, is still difficult to praise, because he also made 7 turnovers in the game, and his state was ups and downs. Multiple mistakes at critical moments almost ruined the good game.
In contrast, Clay's performance was more stable. He played 36 minutes, made 11 of 22 shots, 7 of 15 three-pointers and scored 31 points, plus 5 rebounds and 2 assists, including 15 points in the first quarter and 13 points in the third quarter.
At the critical moment of the final quarter, Clay showed his big heart and hit consecutive difficult three-pointers to help the Warriors complete the lead.
Another veteran, Chai Meng, performed equally well. He played 32 minutes and scored 10 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal.
Although the efficiency of 4 of 11 shots was poor, Chai Meng's performance on the defensive end cannot be ignored, especially several tough defenses at critical moments, which directly extinguished the Trail Blazers' hope of counterattack.
In addition to the three core players, a group of role players performed even better. Among them, DiVincenzo performed best. He played for 34 minutes and scored 9 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals. His plus-minus value of +16 was second only to Poole.
In the last 43.6 seconds of the final quarter, Di Vincenzo first intercepted Lillard on the defensive end.
In the next offensive round, DiVincenzo hit a big three-pointer after a pick-and-roll, helping the Warriors expand their lead to 5 points at 23.2 seconds. Since the Trail Blazers did not pause, the game lost suspense.
