Stephen Curry scored 30 points and hit a season-high eight 3-pointers in the Warriors 129-118 victory over the Washington Wizards on Friday at Chase Center. The Warriors have won four consecutive games and seven straight at Chase Center.
Jonathan Kuminga (22 points) and Klay Thompson (20 points) also joined Curry in scoring at least 20 points, which Thompson has done in six of the last seven games.
The Dubs led by as many as 23 points and every active Warrior received minutes. Friday's game ended a stretch of 14 straight 'clutch time' games.
Golden State Warriors Highlights vs. Washington Wizards
Team Leaders
GSW
| Points | Rebounds | Assists |
| Curry - 30 | Jackson-Davis - 15 | Paul - 10 |
| Kuminga - 22 | Paul - 7 | Curry - 7 |
| Thompson - 20 | Podziemski - 7 | Podziemski - 5 |
WAS
| Points | Rebounds | Assists |
| Poole - 25 | Kuzma - 9 | Jones - 6 |
| Kispert - 18 | Muscala - 6 | Avdija - 4 |
| Gafford - 15 | Avdija/Gafford - 4 | Butler - 4 |
CURRY'S DUEL-THREAT OFFENSIVE ARSENAL
Stephen Curry opened Friday's contest by dishing out five assists in the opening quarter, resulting in 10 points. Curry generated four open layups or dunks for his teammates in the frame, including a no-look dime to a cutting Dario Saric and an alley-oop to Trayce Jackson-Davis.
Curry was far more aggressive looking for his own shot in the second quarter, including a 92-second span where he hit three 3-pointers, followed by a shimmy celebration. Curry finished the quarter with 14 points on 4-for-6 shooting from the field and 3-for-4 from behind the arc.
KUMINGA STARTS 6-FOR-6
Jonathan Kuminga made each of his first six field goals, five coming in the restricted area. Kuminga scored 16 points in 11 minutes before his first miss. He made timely cuts and took high percentage shots. One play that stood out was when he received a crosscourt pass from Chris Paul for a solid look at a 3-point attempt but instead made the extra pass to a more open sharpshooter in Klay Thompson, who knocked down the trey.
Kuminga finished with 22 points on 9-for-11 shooting — his third game this season with at least 20 points.
A bigtime dunk by Jonathan Kuminga!
CONSECUTIVE DOUBLE-DOUBLES FOR JACKSON-DAVIS
Rookie Trayce Jackson-Davis nearly recorded his double-double in the first half, scoring eight points and grabbing nine rebounds. Jackson-Davis shot 4-for-5 from the field in the half and all four of his made field goals were dunks.
He finished the game with his second straight double-double, scoring 10 points and grabbing 15 rebounds. Jackson-Davis is one of three current rookies to record back-to-back double-doubles with points and rebounds, joining Victor Wembenyama and Chet Holmgren.
Trayce Jackson-Davis throws down the alley-oop!
CURRY ENGINEERS GAME-ALTERING THIRD-QUARTER RUN
The Warriors led by two after the first half (63-61) and opened the third quarter on a 10-2 run. Stephen Curry was involved in all 10 points, with an assist to begin and end the run and hitting back-to-back 3-pointers in between. Curry had some fun with the Warriors bench during the run, admiring his spectacular plays, capped by a no-look lob to Kevon Looney.
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Curry's run set the tone for the rest of the quarter as he finished the frame with 13 points and the Warriors extended their lead to 18 (101-83). Because of how well he and the Dubs played in the third quarter, Curry spent the entire fourth quarter on the bench.
Stephen Curry Feeling it in the Third Quarter
WELCOME BACK, JORDAN POOLE
Former Warriors guard Jordan Poole returned to Chase Center for the first time since being traded this past offseason. In his pregame introduction, the Warriors greeted Poole with a tribute video highlighting his best moments in the Bay, which included a championship with the Warriors in 2022. Dub Nation gave him a standing ovation for his contributions to the franchise over the previous four seasons.
Poole led the Wizards with 25 points in just under 27 minutes.
Jordan Poole Tribute Video
UP NEXT
The Warriors conclude a three-game homestand by hosting the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday (5:30 p.m.) at Chase Center for the second night of a back-to-back.
MORE NOTABLES:
- The Warriors extended their season-long home winning streak to seven games.
- Golden State won the team’s fourth-straight game overall.
- They improved to 8-6 at home and 14-14 overall on the season.
- The Warriors have won eight of their last 10 home games vs. the Wizards, including the last three consecutively.
- The Warriors and Wizards play for the second and final time this season on 2/27 at WAS.
- Golden State improved to 7-2 when dishing out 30-plus assists.
- The Warriors tallied a season-high tying 43 defensive rebounds (three times).
- Tonight snapped the Warriors’ streak of playing in 14 consecutive Clutch Games – score within five points with less than five minutes to play – they lead the NBA with 23-such games this season.
- The Warriors improve to 3-2 in the first game of back-to-back sets this season. The set concludes tomorrow night vs. Portland.
- This was the fifth consecutive game the Warriors recorded less than 15 turnovers (12 tonight, 12.6 turnovers per game in that span).
- Tonight marked the Warriors 491st consecutive sellout, the longest streak in franchise history.
- Stephen Curry sank a season-high eight 3-point baskets (prev. seven, five times).
- He scored a game-high 30 points, marking his 13th outing of 30-plus points this season (Warriors are 10-3 in those games).
- He did not play in the fourth quarter for the first time this season.
- He scored a game-high 30 points, marking his 13th outing of 30-plus points this season (Warriors are 10-3 in those games).
- Trayce Jackson-Davis posted his second consecutive double-double (second career), recording 10 points and a career-high 15 rebounds.
- He’s the first Warriors rookie to grab at least 15 rebounds since Anthony Randolph had 16 on 4/13/09 vs. SAS… He’s the first Warriors rookie to grab that many rebounds off the bench since Antawn Jamison had 16 on 2/26/99 vs. PHX.
- He joins Victor Wembanyama and Chet Holmgren as the only rookies this season to record a double-double in consecutive games.
- Chris Paul recorded 10-plus assists for the third time in his last four games (nine-such games total this season)… He’s averaging 10.3 assists to 1.5 turnovers per game over that span (41 assists to six turnovers total).
- Tonight marked his NBA-high sixth game of 10-plus assists as a reserve, no other player has more than one-such game.
- Brandin Podziemski grabbed seven rebounds, extending his streak of games with five-or-more rebounds to 10… This marks the longest-such streak by a Warriors rookie since Marc Jackson did so in 12-straight games during the 2000-01 season.
- He posted a career-high tying five assists (five times).
- Jonathan Kuminga recorded his third game of the season with 20-plus points and has scored in double figures in nine of the last 10 games (15.2 points per game over that span).
- He tallied a season-high tying three assists (11/30 vs. LAC).
- Kuminga is the first Warrior this season to score at least 20 points on 80%-or-higher shooting from the field (22 points and 81.8 field goal shooting percentage tonight).
- Klay Thompson has scored 20-plus points in six of his last seven games, including the last five consecutively, and is averaging 22.1 points per game on 43.8% from 3-point range over that span.
- Usman Garuba made his Warriors debut.
- Gui Santos scored a career-high seven points (prev. two, twice) and made his first-career three.
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