Kelly Oubre Jr. chose a great time to receive the warm hand. The Warriors entered Thursday’s clash against the Dallas Mavericks without any of their centers, as James Wiseman, Kevon Looney, Marquese Chriss and Eric Paschall were eliminated due to injuries, but the 40-point night, best of Oubre’s career , won the team over the Mavs in 147- Victory on Highway 116 on Thursday night.
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GSW |
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| Points | Rebounds | Assists |
| Oubre Jr. – 40 | Oubre Jr. / Toscano-Anderson – 8 | Green – 15 |
| Curry – 28 | Bazemore – 7 | Curry – 6 |
| Wiggins – 18 | Green – 6 | Tuscan-Anderson – 5 |
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| Points | Rebounds | Assists |
| Doncic – 27 | Kleber – 7 | Doncic – 6 |
| Porzingis – 25 | Three Draws – 6 | Richardson – 5 |
| Hardaway Jr. – 19 | Porzingis – 5 | Brunson – 4 |
Oubre’s score was embarrassing, but it took a team effort for the Warriors to open the game with 36 points in the third quarter, which included a 21-6 run in five minutes of play. In the meantime there were some huge plays, including a jump pass from Draymond Green to Stephen Curry cutting the back door to a reverse tray, as well as a strong submission from Damion Lee against Luka Doncic and Dwight Powell from Dallas while equalizing the foul.
This Dubs explosion was critical, as the game was tight during the first 24 minutes of the game.
The Mavericks, who entered the game last in the NBA with a percentage of three points (32.7 percent), splashed 15 three over the Dubs in the first two quarters. Jalen Brunson, the 33rd overall choice of the 2020 NBA Draft, had 17 points from three trebles in the first half, while Tim Hardaway Jr. made three of his five trebles in the night in a three-minute break.
The only thing that kept the Dubs in the game were Oubre’s first 23 points and the team’s ability to score a larger Dallas team in the paint by 26-16. The Warriors lost 76-74 to the middle.
But the team came out strong in the second half, beating the Mavericks 73-40 to seal their victory in the first game of their four-game trip.
Green scored his second double of the season with a night of 15 assists and 11 points. Twice in the game he was able to thread the needle to find a cutting Curry: once in the third quarter race mentioned, as well as at the start of the game.
Thursday marked the first game in which Curry did not lead the Warriors in goals this season, but he still managed to add 28 points with four three points.
Speaking of splashes: Damion Lee and Mychal Mulder played a big role outside the bench on the night of Dubs’ high scores, adding 29 points combined with 7 of 11 three points made together.
Juan Toscano-Anderson was transferred to the fifth starting point due to injury problems of the Warriors with his giants. After tying his highest career record of 16 points against the Boston Celtics, he continued to produce with a solid overall line in 40 minutes with 14 points (including two splashes), eight rebounds, five assists and two blocks.
Next: These two teams are back in the game again when they end the consecutive set on Saturday (5:30 pm, ABC). The Warriors split their first two series of two games of the season before winning the last against the Minnesota Timberwolves at home last week.
Most notable …
- The Warriors have improved to 4-5 on the road this season and have won nine of their last 12 games in Dallas.
- Golden State set the season’s record of 147 points (previous: 137, twice) … Before tonight, the last time the Warriors scored more than 147 points in a game was on 1/16/19, a victory 147-140 against. NOP.
- The Warriors recorded season records of 57.3 percent in the field (previous: 0.557, 1/3 vs. POR) and 51.2 percent in the three-point range (previous: 0.535, 1/4 vs. SAC).
- The Warriors used their fifth different starting team of the season, with Andrew Wiggins (6’7 ”) as the tallest player available to play.
- Golden State improves to 10-0 this season by scoring at least 110 points; 6-0 when shooting at least 50 percent of the field and giving at least 30 assists.
- The Warriors overtook the Mavericks, 45-42, and improved to 7-0 this season by beating their opponent.
- Golden State scored at least 35 points in all four quarters of a game for the first time since January 8, 1991 against Denver (ESPN Stats & Info).
- The Warriors’ 74 points in the first half are the maximum they have scored in any half of this season.
- Golden State awarded Dallas 42 points in the second quarter, the maximum of any opponent, in any quarter of this season (previous. 41 by Chicago in the third quarter on 12/27/20) …. Scoring the maximum in a single quarter since the Mavericks scored 45 points in the third quarter against the Warriors on 12/28/19.
- The Warriors committed a season low of eight turnovers (previous low: 10 on 1/21 vs. NYK).
- Golden State improved to 2-0 by giving out more than 35 assists and 7-2 this season by giving out 30 or more assists (37 tonight).
- The Warriors’ 22 trios were shy of their season-high 23 in 1/4 against SAC … Golden State improved to 3-0 this season by hitting more than 20 kicks from three points.
- For the second time this season, all five Warriors holders scored in double digits (previous: 10/1/21 vs. Toronto).
- Kelly Oubre Jr. scored 40 points, his career record (14-21 FG, 7-10 3P, 5-6 FT) … Tonight marked the fifth time of his career with 30 or more points … He scored 22 points in the first half, equaling his career high by points in the middle (22 in the second half, Phoenix vs. Houston, 2/7/20). He made his 450th career of three points, reaching a career high by drawing seven trios (third time) … Oubre Jr. is the fifth Warriors player since 2014-15 to score 40 points in a game, joining Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Kevin Durant and D’Angelo Russell (ESPN Stats & Info).
- Stephen Curry scored 20 points in the first half, marking the 11th time this season when he scored 20 or more points in a semester … Curry also recorded his ninth consecutive game with four or more three (the best career streak is 12)
- Draymond Green scored his second double-double of the season, scoring 11 points and the season record of 15 assists, a shy of his 16 assists mark (done three times) … Tonight marked the third time this season recorded assists two-digit.
- Juan Toscano-Anderson debuted his third game of the season, ninth of his career … In his matches the Warriors are 3-0 this season and 6-3 at all times … Toscano-Anderson finished with 14 points, scoring in double numbers for the second consecutive match (two points less than equaling his career record of 16) …. He equaled his career record in the following categories, rebounds (eight), scored goals (six), assists ( five) and blocks (two).
- Damion Lee added 17 points, the best of the season, leading all reserves … He has averaged 14.3 points per game in the last three games.