SOUTH FINLAND: Young, lanky, fit, and profound. The Oklahoma City Thunder’s arsenal of skills was too much for the Warriors to handle on Thursday night, as they lost 128-109 at Chase Center.
With Draymond Green suspended and Steph Curry out with an injury, the Warriors needed a few players to step up to the plate. Their best player, when healthy, did not.
Klay Thompson had yet another difficult shooting night as his season-long struggles continued. Including his scoreless performance in the previous game, in which he was ejected in less than two minutes of action, Thompson scored a season-low five points. Thompson was 1 of 6 on 3-pointers and only made one of his ten shot attempts.
Klay Thompson had yet another difficult shooting night as his season-long struggles continued. Including his scoreless performance in the previous game, in which he was ejected in less than two minutes of action, Thompson scored a season-low five points. Thompson was 1 of 6 on 3-pointers and only made one of his ten shot attempts.
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In the first eight minutes of the third quarter, Kuminga scored eight points, despite only scoring two in the second. Giving Kuminga a head start and an open lane is not good for the opposition. It is precisely this type of athleticism that the Warriors sorely need to showcase.
est offensive players, Dario Šarić, scored 12 points in his second straight start. Kevon Looney, who Šarić started in place of him the previous two games, proved to be Mr. Reliable as well, scoring 13 points and grabbing 11 rebounds off the bench.
For the second time this season, the Thunder scorched the Warriors’ defense, making 50.6 percent of their shots inside the arc and 59.4 percent outside. Oklahoma City in the
In his first year as a pro, Jonathan Kuminga started 12 games; in his second year, he started 16. Since Green was not available on Thursday night, he made his first start of the third season.
During the pregame press conference, Steve Kerr expressed his desire for Kuminga to make easy 3-pointers, citing the young forward’s inconsistent start to the season. Kuminga obviously absorbed what Kerr had to say. During the Warriors’ opening offensive possession, he scored a corner 3-pointer and then scored a fastbreak dunk the next time the ball was in play.
Kuminga recorded eight points on a flawless 3-of-3 shooting performance in the first quarter of his season debut. He also pulled down three rebounds and converted his lone free throw following this incredible circus shot.
