Dubs Extend Home Win Streak With Win Over Jazz

The Golden State Warriors defeated the Utah Jazz 129-118 at Chase Center on Friday night, extending their winning streak at Chase Center to eight games.

Stephen Curry scored a team-high 33 points in the win, with Klay Thompson and Andrew Wiggins both adding 20 points. Kevon Looney tallied his first double-double of the season, recording 10 points and 12 rebounds.

The Dubs had six players score in double figures on Friday, including the quartet of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Andrew Wiggins and Jordan Poole combining for 92 points. All four players had at least 19 points in the game and made 17 of the team's 20 3-pointers on the night.

"Obviously Klay turning the volume up in terms of his shooting and decision making on offense," Stephen Curry said postgame. "Jordan, just being aggressive. That's all we want him to do. Be aggressive, we'll live with the results of him putting pressure on a defense. Wiggs is shooting the ball at a high level.

"I think we have a little bit more clarity on how we connect defense and offense and then everyone starts to get shots and the flow of the game is a lot better. It all goes together in terms of just making the right, simple play and then usually the ball is going to find the open guy and we have a lot of confidence in whoever that is."

For the first time since Oct. 29, the Warriors are .500, with a 10-10 record. The Dubs opened the season 3-2 before a five-game losing streak on the road put them at 3-7. They have now won seven of their last 10 games to get back to even.

"To go from 3-7 to 7-3 in our next 10, that's a good sign we're trending upward and everything is starting to feel more settled," Steve Kerr said postgame. "Guys are finding roles and doing a good job. Now we have to take it on the road."

The Dubs set the tone early, opening the game on a 7-0 run and held a 37-23 advantage at the end of the first quarter. Stephen Curry scored 15 of his 33 points in the opening frame, playing all 12 minutes in the quarter. The Jazz, which came into the game with the eighth best 3-point shooting percentage in the league, started 1-for-14 from 3-point range and made just two of their first 20 attempts from deep.

Golden State led 59-51 at halftime, but a 8-0 Jazz run in the middle of the third quarter gave the Jazz their first lead of the night. Unfortunately for Utah, that lead was short lived. Andrew Wiggins rattled off the next six points of the game to take back the lead for the Dubs, and Golden State was able to hold the lead for the rest of the night.

With the Dubs leading 83-79 with just under three and a half minutes remaining in the third quarter, Klay Thompson hit fire. Thompson hit four 3-pointers to close the quarter as the Dubs went into the fourth frame up 11 points. Thompson's first triple of the third quarter came on a catch-and-shoot three coming off an Andrew Wiggins screen. Just two possessions later, Thompson recorded a defensive rebound and ran the court on a 3-v-2 with Stephen Curry and Jordan Poole. Thompson found Poole going to the basket, but Poole kicked out back out to Thompson for his second triple of the quarter. Thompson then hit two more 3-pointers in a 16-second span for the Dubs last six points of the quarter.

"I thought that stretch was a key to the game," Kerr said after the win. "I loved Klay's game tonight... Stayed patient and hit those big shots after we had lost the lead."

Thompson made 4-of-5 3-point attempts in the quarter and finished the night with 20 points on 7-for-16 shooting, including hit six triples.

With Stephen Curry on the bench to open the fourth quarter, Jordan Poole got the Dubs off to a fantastic start, scoring the first seven points of the quarter for the Dubs. Poole put on a dribbling clinic, first attacking Jazz rookie Walker Kessler and hitting a pull-up jumper. On the very next possession, Poole got another switch onto Kessler and once again pulled-up for a bucket.

Poole recorded 19 points, six assists and four rebounds on the night.

After a 2-0 homestand, the Dubs return to the road to face the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday, Nov. 27 (12:30 p.m. PT, NBCSBA). The team will then fly south and face the Mavericks on Tuesday, a rematch of the Western Conference Finals.

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