The Golden State Warriors were able to withhold a late Dallas Mavericks run, defeating Dallas 119-113 at Chase Center on Saturday night.
The Warriors led by 18 points with 5:28 remaining in the game, but the Mavs stormed back, scoring 13 straight points and cutting the deficit to five with 1:28 to go. A Kevon Looney free throw with 1:00 left ended the run, and two Klay Thompson free throws put the final touches on the Dubs victory, their third consecutive win at Chase Center.
"I think we played three-and-a-half quarters of good basketball," Donte DiVincenzo said. "I think things started slipping away. We started going away from what got us the lead, but those last couple minutes we buckled down and we did what we needed to do.”
Stephen Curry scored a team-high 21 points, but exited the game in the third quarter due to a lower left leg injury. Draymond Green came up just shy of a triple-double, finishing the game with 17 points, nine rebounds and nine assists.
Golden State Warriors Highlights vs. Dallas Mavericks
Team Leaders
GSW
| Points | Rebounds | Assists |
|---|---|---|
| Curry - 21 | D. Green - 8 | D. Green - 9 |
| D. Green - 17 | Curry - 6 | Curry - 7 |
| J. Green - 14 | J .Green - 5 | Jerome - 6 |
DAL
| Points | Rebounds | Assists |
|---|---|---|
| Dinwiddie - 23 | Finney-Smith - 9 | Wright IV - 5 |
| Hardaway Jr. - 19 | Bullock - 6 | Green - 4 |
| Finney-Smith - 18 | Powell - 6 | Bullock/Dinwiddie - 3 |
Draymond Delivers
Draymond Green was all over the court in Saturday's victory. Green recorded 17 points and made a season-high-tying three 3-pointers. He added nine rebounds on the defensive end. Tallied nine assists. And recorded two blocks, including a clutch block on a Dorian Finney-Smith 3-point attempt in the game's closing minutes.
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Early Runs
The Warriors got off to a quick start against the Mavericks on Monday night, opening the game on an 11-2 run. Dallas battled back to make it 24-21, but the Dubs once again went on a run, scoring 16 of the final 18 points of the quarter, including scoring 11-0 straight. The Dubs finished the first quarter with 40 points and their 68 percent shooting from the field was the team’s highest in the opening quarter since Nov. 27.
The Dubs’ offensive firepower continued into the second frame, as the team went into halftime with a 15-point lead. Golden State’s 73 first half points was their fourth most points in a half this season.
Kuminga's One-Hand Slam
Kuminga’s Slams, Plus History
Jonathan Kuminga (20 years, 121 days old) made Warrior history on Saturday. With his 13-point performance, he surpassed 1,000 career points and became the youngest player in franchise history to reach the milestone (prev. Joe Smith; 20 years, 236 days).
"He is a special talent," Draymond Green said of Kuminga postgame. "A very special talent. He is buying into the things that gets him on the floor. Once you get on the floor, you use what you got and I think that he is doing a really good job of that."
Jonathan Kuminga Becomes Youngest Warrior in Franchise History to Reach 1,000 Career Points
Kuminga once again showed he is one of the most athletic players in the league, throwing down two highlight-reel dunks and coming up with a spectacular block on Mavericks center Dwight Powell.
Kuminga Throws it Down... Again
JaMychal Does it All
JaMychal Green made his first six field goals of the night en route to a 14-point performance. Green also added a season-high-tying two blocks and came up just one rebound short of his season-high, finishing a plus-9 in 16 minutes of action.
"I thought JaMychal was probably our player of the game in terms of what he provided in his minutes," Steve Kerr said postgame. "He was — just the toughness inside, the scoring. Made some big defensive plays."
JaMychal Does it All
Jerome, DiVincenzo Key Minutes
After Stephen Curry exited the game in the third quarter, the Warriors bench had to take on a bigger role to close out the game. Seven of Ty Jerome's 18 minutes came in the fourth quarter, and the two-way guard finished with six assists on the night. DiVincenzo also logged over seven minutes in the fourth quarter and was on the court to close out the game for the Dubs. DiVincenzo shot an efficient 5-for-7 from the field, recording 13 points.
Draymond. Donte. Dunk.
Up Next
The Dubs have five games remaining until the All-Star Break. They will host the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday, as the organization celebrates Bruce Lee Night (7 p.m.; NBCSBA). The team will then head to Portland on Wednesday (7 p.m.; NBCSBA) before coming back to San Francisco for a pair of home games against the Lakers on Feb. 11 (5:30 p.m.; ABC) and Wizards on Feb. 13 (7 p.m.; NBCSBA). In their last game before the break, the Dubs will head to Los Angeles and face the Clippers on Feb. 14 (7 p.m.; NBCSBA, TNT).
Postgame Warriors Talk
More Notables:
- After losing the last two road games, the Warriors won their third straight home game to improve to 20-6 at Chase Center this season … Golden State has won four of the last six games.
- The Warriors ended a three-game losing streak against the Mavericks, evening up the regular season series against Dallas (1-1), with each team winning at home… The third and final meeting between the two teams will take place on March 22 in Dallas.
- Golden State shot 54.9 percent from the field, improving to 15-3 this season when shooting at least 50 percent from the field … The Warriors have made at least 50 percent of their field goals in five of the last six games (.507 FG% in that span).
- The Warriors dished out 33 assists, their league-leading 28th 30-assist game of the season.
- This season, the Warriors are 12-2 when recording at least 30 assists and shooting at least 50 percent from the field.
- Golden State recorded its first wire-to-wire game of the season and led by as many as 23 points … This was the fifth straight game in which the Warriors had a lead of 10-or-more.
- The Warriors scored 40 points in the first quarter, their ninth 40-point quarter of the season … The Warriors have a 7-1 record this season when scoring at least 40 points in a quarter.
- Stephen Curry scored a team-high 21 points before exiting the game with a left lower leg injury with 2:01 left in the third quarter … X-Rays were negative, and an MRI will be taken … Curry has scored 20-or-more points in 10 straight games played in … With two 3-pointers, Curry extended his NBA-record 3-point streak to 227 consecutive regular season games.
- Draymond Green recorded 17 points, nine rebounds, nine assists and two steals … It was his second straight game played scoring in double figures … The Warriors are 4-0 this season when Green scores at least 15 points … Greenmade a season-high-tying three 3-pointers.
- Playing in his 164th consecutive regular season game (second-longest active), Kevon Looney tallied 10 points and seven rebounds, his second double-figure scoring effort in the last three games (14th game scoring 10-or-more points).
- Jonathan Kuminga tallied 13 points, scoring in double figures for the seventh time in the last eight games (17th double figure game of the season) … He scored his 1,000th career point, becoming the youngest player in Warriors franchise history to reach the milestone.
- JaMychal Green scored 14 points off the bench, one shy of his season-high 15 points … It was his seventh game this season scoring in double figures.
- Klay Thompson tallied 14 points, his 23rd consecutive game scoring in double figures in games he’s played in.