Draymond Green knocked down an off-balance 3-pointer in the final minute of overtime to help lift the Dubs to a 109-105 win over the Hawks on Tuesday.
GAME LEADERS
Andrew Bogut saved a ball from going out of bounds, Draymond Green fielded the low pass and hoisted up an off-balanced 3-pointer and … SPLASH. Green’s shot clock-beating trey in front of the Warriors bench was the biggest shot of the game, putting the Dubs up by four in the final minute of overtime of a 109-105 win over the Hawks in Tuesday night’s homecoming.
It wasn’t officially a game-winner, but it might as well have been. It was the signature moment in a game with an endless supply of big shots and momentum shifts. With Stephen Curry and Andre Iguodala each sitting out the game, the Dubs had to grit and grind their way to their second straight overtime victory.
It wasn’t always pretty – the Warriors shot less than 40 percent from the field – but the Dubs found a way, and seemingly every player with a Hardwood Classics jersey on contributed to the win. There was Andrew Bogut, finishing lob after lob and hitting three clutch free throws in the fourth quarter to finish with his Warriors career-high of 19 points. And of course there was Klay Thompson, whose last of six 3-pointers gave the Dubs an overtime lead they would not lose.
Thompson finished with a game-high 26 points, Green came within two assists of a triple-double (15 points, 13 rebounds, 8 assists) and Leandro Barbosa came up huge with 11 points off the bench, including a buzzer-beating jumper to end the third quarter. Marreese Speights added 10 points and set Dub Nation into a frenzy with a pair of 3-pointers in the fourth quarter.
Playing their first home game in a span of three weeks, the Dubs improved to 5-0 in overtime games this season and won their 43rd straight regular season home game. They will look for that home magic to continue with seven of their next eight games being played at Oracle Arena, starting with Thursday’s nationally televised showdown with the Thunder.