The Warriors won their fifth-straight game with a 106-91 victory over the visting Utah Jazz.
GAME LEADERS
The Warriors won their fifth-straight and 12th consecutive home game on Saturday night, defeating the visiting Utah Jazz 106-91. Stephen Curry notched a game-high 24 points, Draymond Green filled the stat sheet with 15 points, seven assists and six boards, while Leandro Barbosa came off the bench to notch 19 points.
After Derrick Favors scored the first points of the game on his first made three-pointer of the season, the Warriors used two separate 7-0 runs to gain a 14-7 lead within the first six minutes. The Dubs defense came to play, as the Warriors held the Jazz without a field goal for a span of 4:19 until Joe Ingles sank a three-pointer with six seconds left in the opening frame to send the game into the second quarter with the Warriors up 19-15. A Marreese Speights’ jumper and a Harrison Barnes three-pointer to open the quarter gave the Dubs a 24-15 lead with 10:55 left. From there, the two teams traded buckets until Rodney Hood and Trevor Booker combined for three consecutive makes to bring the Jazz within one, down 36-35 with 3:38 remaining. Then, Stephen Curry took over. He scored the game’s next six points and 11 of the final 13 Warriors’ points of the quarter as the Dubs went into halftime with a 49-40 lead.