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Timberwolves routs Warriors to even series (117 – 93)

May 10, 2025

After an embarrassing Game 1, the Timberwolves delivered a commanding performance, securing a decisive 117-93 victory over the Warriors. It was the opposite of Game 1, where the Wolves started out strong and ended the first quarter with a 14-point lead.

Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards went down with an ankle injury scare in the second quarter. However, much to the relief of Minnesota fans, Edwards returned after halftime and showed no signs of discomfort, finishing the game with a solid 20 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists.

Julius Randle led the Timberwolves with an impressive 24 points and 11 assists, and grabbed 7 rebounds. The Timberwolves displayed a balanced offensive effort and a stifling defense that limited the Warriors.

Without Curry, the Warriors were searching for a way to generate points. Seldom-used Jonathan Kuminga led Golden State with 18 points off the bench. Jimmy Butler was a non-factor in the game even with his 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 assists. The Warriors also used all 14 available players in the first half, a sign that Warriors Head Coach Steve Kerr was looking for ways to offset the absence of their leading scorer.

Adding to the drama, Draymond Green received his fifth technical foul of the playoffs, putting him in danger of a suspension if he gets two more. Despite a brief moment in the third quarter when the Warriors cut the lead to seven, the Timberwolves responded by going on an 11-0 run to regain control and put the game away for good.

With the series now tied 1-1, the series will head to San Francisco for Game 3 on Saturday. The Timberwolves will try to regain their home-court advantage, while the Warriors will need to find solutions to compensate for Curry’s absence as the series continues.

Warriors push the Rockets to the brink of elimination in a thrilling Game 4 (109 – 106)

April 29, 2025

The Chase Center was raucous as the Golden State Warriors narrowly defeated the Houston Rockets 109-106 in a thrilling Game 4 of the NBA playoffs’ opening round, pushing Houston to the brink of elimination.

It was a close game where the biggest lead was just 12 points in the first quarter by the Warriors, but this lead was immediately erased by the Rockets in the second quarter. Houston even managed to build a 7-point lead before the end of the first half.

The Warriors were forced to sit Draymond Green in the first half due to foul trouble, but he was pivotal on the defensive end, including the last play against Sengun with 6 seconds remaining. Green finished with 6 points, 8 rebounds, and 2 assists, but his presence was more impactful than the numbers on the stat sheet suggest.

After a slow start, Steph Curry primarily played as a decoy for the majority of the game and added 17 points, 3 rebounds, and 3 assists.

Jimmy Butler, back from his hip injury sustained in Game 2, led the Warriors with 27 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. He scored 14 of his 27 points in the final frame, including the Warriors’ last 7 points.

Brandin Podziemski made a significant contribution for the Warriors, scoring 26 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. He was also a major presence on the defensive end down the stretch, blocking Fred VanVleet’s floater with 2 minutes remaining that could have given the Rockets the lead.

Houston’s leading scorer was Alperen Sengun with 31 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists. Fred VanVleet followed up his Game 2 performance with 25 points and 6 assists. Jalen Green was a non-factor, continuing a trend from Game 3, with just 8 points, 3 rebounds, and one assist. This is a stark contrast to Game 2, where Green was the Rockets’ leading scorer with 38 points and 6 assists.

The Rockets will look to extend the series as they head back home, while the Warriors will try to close it out on Wednesday, April 30th.

Harrison Barnes’ 3-pointer buzzer beater gives Spurs a 114-111 win over Warriors

April 10, 2025

Spurs costs the Warriors their playoff seeding by winning on a Harrison Barnes’ 3-pointer buzzer beater. Barnes, a former Warriors, made the 3-pointer with just 3 seconds left in the game.

Harrison Barnes scored 20 points, making 6 of 9 three-pointers, while Stephon Castle and Keldon Johnson both scored 21 points, and a combined 11 rebounds. It was a no bearing game for the Spurs for the lost has a lot of implication for the Western Playoff standings, it moved the Warriors from the 6th seed to the 7th seed, in the NBA play-in tournament.

Stephen Curry led the Warriors with 30 points and 8 rebounds, while Jimmy Butler III added 28 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists. Draymond Green was flirting with a triple-double game with 13 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists. In the post game conference, Warriors Draymond Green said “We messed around with the game and we lost. ”

The Warriors’ last 2 “must win” games against Portland and LA Clippers, in order to avoid being included in the NBA play-in tournament.

Warriors dispatches the Hornet for 3rd straight win (128 – 92)

February 26, 2025

Golden State secured their third consecutive victory since the All-Star break, defeating the Hornets 128-92. The victory was a team effort, with seven players scoring in double figures and a total of 39 assists.

The Warriors built a 10-point lead in the first quarter and never looked back. At one point, the Warriors led by as many as 39 points. This win also marks the 3,000th victory for the franchise since its founding in 1946 as the Philadelphia Warriors.

Buddy Hield led the Warriors with 16 points, followed by Curry and Green, who each added 15 points and 6 assists. Jimmy Butler scored only 6 points, his lowest in a Warriors uniform, but contributed 8 rebounds and 5 assists. The Warriors are now 6 – 1 since acquiring Jimmy Butler.

KJ Simpson led the Charlotte Hornets with 16 points and 6 rebounds. Seth Curry added 14 points, while Wendell Moore Jr. and Mark Williams each scored 12 points.

The Warriors will begin their five-game road trip on Monday night against the Orlando Magic, while the Hornets will play the final game of their nine-game road trip against the Mavericks on Thursday night.

Warriors beat Timberwolves behind Stephen Curry’s 30-point Game

December 9, 2024

The Golden State Warriors beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 114-106, behind Steph Curry’s 30 points, making 5 three-points, and 8 assists. Buddy Heild and Jonathan Kuminga added, 27 and 20 points, respectively.

After building an 11-point lead in the 4th qtr, Timberwolves made an 15 to 3 run to take a 1-point lead with 4:47 remaining in the game. But Curry assisted Jonathan Kuminga for a go-ahead dunk with 2:55 remaining. After making 2 free throws, Curry found Buddy Hield for a corner-three, creating a 6-point lead with 57.1 remaining.

Despite scoring only 6 points, Draymond Green, made a highlight-reel play, by driving past Rudy Gobert for a thunderous dunk, then followed it up with Curry’s signature “NIGHT NIGHT!” celebration. Green also grabbed 6 rebounds and dished out 7 assists.

Anthony Edwards lead the Timberwolves with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, but only made 2 points in the 4th qtr. Julius Randle added 14 points and 11 rebounds, while Mike Conley scored 12 points.

The Warriors will visit the Rockets Wednesday night for the NBA Cup quarterfinals, while the Timberwolves will hosts the Lakers this Friday.

Phoenix Suns win over Golden State Warriors (113 – 105)

December 1, 2024

The Suns just gave the Warriors their 4th straight loss. Phoenix Suns was lead by Devin Booker who scored 27 points and Kevin Durant added 21. Tyus Jones and Grayson Allen added 19 and 17 points, respectively.

This is the 4th straight loss of Warriors after starting the season with a 12-3 record. Stephen Curry led the Warriors with 23 points, Andrew Wiggins added 18 points while Draymond Green had 13 points. Buddy Hield, who was instrumental with the Warriors’ hot start scored 11 points but shot just 3 of 7 from the field, 4 of which are from beyond the arc.

The next seven games for the Warriors will be tough, since they will be facing quality teams including Denver, Houston, Minnesota, Memphis and Indiana.

The Suns will host the surging Spurs, Tuesday evening.

Klay Thompson drops 35-points coming off the bench to lead the win against the Utah Jazz (140-137)

February 16, 2024

After a disappointing performance against the LA Clippers, Klay Thompson came off the bench for the first time since his rookie season, scored a season high of 35 points, knocking down 7 three-pointers in 13 shots, and lead the Golden State Warriors to win against the Utah Jazz, second time this week.

Draymond Green helped on both ends of the court scoring a season high 23 points, with 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks. Steph Curry was having another off-night, scored 16 points but was 2 of 8 from three-point line. Andrew Wiggins and Jonathan Kuminga scored 19 and 13 points, respectively. Brandin Podziemski, who replaced Klay in the starting lineup, chipped-in 13 points, grabbing 6 rebounds and dishing out 8 assist. As a team, six players from Warriors scored in double figures and shot 53.3% from the field.

The Warriors win is also the 500th win of Steve Kerr as a Warriors Head Coach.Here’s what HC Steve Kerr has to say about his 500th win;

For the Jazz, Collin Sexton and Keyonte George lead the Jazz, scoring 35 and 33 points, respectively, while John Collins scored 18 points but made a critical turnover by throwing the ball away ball after rebounding the ball and could potentially gave Utah the lead with just 3 seconds remaining in the game.

This is Utah and Golden State last game before the All Star break, that will take place in Indianapolis on Feb. 16-18, 2024. Next for the Warriors will be against the LA Lakers while Utah will face Charlotte Hornets both games will be on the 23rd after the All Star Break.

Watch the last 5 mins ending of the Warriors versus the Jazz;.

Golden State Warriors win over Philadelphia 76ers behind Wiggins’ 21 point game (127 – 104)

February 8, 2024

Golden State Warriors routs the Embiid-less 76ers behind the most unlikely trio of Wiggins, Kuminga and Thompson. When we talk about the Golden State Warriors, we immediately associate Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green, for this particular game, it was Andrew Wiggins, Jonathan Kuminga and Klay Thompson, the trio scored a total of 57 points, which helped the team since Steph Curry was having an off-night scoring only 9 points with just 2 of 7 from the field.

Even though the 76ers were without Joel Embiid, they kept the game close in the first half, but in the 2nd half the Warriors broke the game open by going on a 27-9 run, that extended their lead to 25 points.

Andrew Wiggins scored a team high of 21 points and 10 rebounds. Warriors Head Coach Steve Kerr have nothing but positive things to say about Wiggins’ performance;

At the same time, Jonathan Kuminga scored 18 points to helped seal the win for the Warriors, he also grabbed 6 rebounds and dished 5 assists. Klay Thompson bounced back from a bad game against the Nets and scored 18 points, shooting 50% from the field and making 4 of his 5 three-points shots.

For the Philadelphia 76ers, 6 players scored in double-figure led by Ricky Council IV who scored 17 points. Followed by KJ Martin with his 15 points and 5 rebounds. Pat Bev and Tobais Harris both scored 13 points apiece. It also did not helped that the 76ers missed 24 of 32 3-point shot and only grabbing 40 rebounds compared to 52 rebs from the Warriors.

This is the second consecutive win by the Warriors and second win against the Philadelphia 76ers.

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The Warriors will visit the Pacers this Thursday evening, while the 76ers will hosts the Hawks on Friday.

NBA reinstate Draymond Green are being suspended for 12 games

January 7, 2024

Golden State Warriors veteran Draymond Green have been reinstated by the NBA after being suspended for 12 games. The announcement was made from the league’s PR account (NBA Communications.

Last 14th December, Draymond Green was “suspended indefinitely for striking Phoenix Suns center Jusuf Nurkiฤ‡ in the face”, prior to the suspension, Green already received a 5-game suspension for “headlocking” Minnesota center Rudy Gobert.

Green can be back in the lineup during their Toronto game this Sunday but according to NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski, he will “need approximately a week to ramp up for a game return.”

The Golden State Warriors are 7-5 without Green and it’s been a rollercoaster ride for the team considering he is the leading defensive and facilitator of the team. The reinstatement of Green is a welcoming news for the Warriors as well as its fans, as we approach the half-way mark of the season and a chance of Golden State to make a run for the playoffs.

Phoenix Suns defeats Golden State Warriors behind Booker’s 32 points with Green ejected from the game

December 13, 2023

The Golden State Warriors lost to the Phoenix Suns once again, with Devin Booker scoring 32 points and Bradley Beal’s 16 points, his first game from a back injury and just his 4th game this season. Suns are also without Kevin Durant who is missed his second game because of a left ankle sprain.

It was actually a close game in the first half, where the Suns largest lead was only 7 points then Golden State took a 13 points lead early in the 2nd qtr. In the second half, that’s where things took a bad turn for the Warriors when Golden State’s Draymond Green was ejected for receiving a Flagrant 2 foul after hitting Jusuf Nurkic in the face.

All but one Warriors starters are negative (-) in the +/- column and it was the Warriors bench that kept them in the game. Brandin Podziemski was able to cut the lead to just 1 point with 15 seconds remaining but Booker and Beal were able to make all their free throws to give them a 5 points cushion to secure the win.

Steph Curry lead the scoring for the GSW with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists but was 4 of 15 from the 3-point, Klay Thompson was just 7 points and 5 rebounds after playing for 27 minutes. Five Warriors bench players scored in double figure lead by Brandin Podziemski with 20 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists, Kuminga added 16 pts and 6 rebounds with Saric’s 15 points.

Aside from Booker, Suns got a lot of production from their starters including Jusuf Nurkic’s 17 points, 13 rebounds and 7 assists, as well as Bradley Beals’s 17 points and Metu’s 14 points.

The Golden State Warriors will travel to LA to face the Clippers on Thursday, while the Suns will stay at home to host the Nets on Wednesday.

Golden State Warriors defeat Pelicans to avoid play-in tournament (109 – 120)

March 29, 2023

In a Western Conference were every game is important, the Golden State Warrior just got another win to climbed up to the 6th place and out of the play-in tournament. They defeated the New Orleans Pelican (109 – 120) by rallying from 20-down.

It was a close game in the first quarter where both teams are just exchanging baskets, then in the 2nd qtr, the Pelicans were able to build a 20-point lead by the end of the 1st half (63-43). Five Pelican players have 2-digits points led by Brandon Ingram with 26 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, then Trey Murphy III who scored 21 points and CJ McCollum contributed 15 points. The lost snapped NO Pelicans five-game winning streak.

Warriors started their comeback in the 3rd qtr, scoring 29 points and holding the Pelicans to just 26 points. At the start of the 4th qtr, GSW where only down by 4-points (89-85) and the momentum was on their side as they overtake the Pelicans midway through the 4th qtr. At the last 2-min mark of the game, the Warriors was able to built a 12 point lead securing the win. The Golden State comeback was lead by Steph Curry who was flirting with a triple-double; 39 points with eight 3-pointers, 8 rebounds and 8assists, followed by Jordan Poole contributing 21 points, Klay Thompson scored 17, hitting five three-pointers. Draymond Green only scored 8 points but was a big factor in their comeback by dishing 13 assists, 6 reb and 2 steals in 33-minutes.

The win will help Golden State Warrior avoid being in the play-in tournament, which is a very dangerous position to be in.

The New Orleans Pelicans will visit Denver on Thursday night, while the Golden State Warriors will host the Spurs on Friday night, which is one of the remaining home game.