Point guard Steph Curry scored 35 points and center Al Horford hit four big time 3-pointers in Golden State\u2019s fourth quarter comeback win to advance past the Los Angeles Clippers in the play-in tournament, 126-121 on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
Golden State overcame a 13-point deficit in the fourth quarter. With 50.4 seconds left in a tie game, Curry hit a 3-pointer while falling back to give the Warriors a lead that they wouldn\u2019t relinquish. <\/p>\n
Back-to-back steals from forward Draymond Green on the ensuing possessions and free throw shooting sealed the win. Golden State was 15-of-20 from the field and knocked down eight 3-pointers in the final quarter.<\/p>\n
The win snapped the Warriors\u2019 nine game losing streak in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
Forward Gui Santos and center Kristaps Porzingis each had 20 points for Golden State. Green finished the night with nine assists and four steals.<\/p>\n
Los Angeles was led by guard Benedict Mathurin who scored 23 points with five 3-pointers. Forward Kawhi Leonard and guard Darius Garland each had 21 points. <\/p>\n
It was a game of runs all night long as Los Angeles jumped out of a gate hot with a 12-2 run in the first quarter. Out of a quick timeout, the Warriors responded with a 12-2 to get back into the game.<\/p>\n
Both teams traded punches with five lead changes in the opening quarter. Curry exited the game with about 2:40 left in the quarter but returned shortly. He finished the night shooting 52% from the field and made seven 3-pointers. <\/p>\n
The Clippers led 31-22 at the end of the first quarter. Leonard took a seat on the bench for the first time at the start of the second quarter and Golden State capitalized with a 13-0 run. The Clippers answered as the shots began to fall to regain the lead.<\/p>\n
Leonard had a big first half, showcasing his size and physicality with six rebounds and 14 points. The Clippers led 61-53 at halftime. <\/p>\n
There were two ties and seven lead changes in a seesaw of a third quarter. It was an electric 16-point period for Curry who at one point, scored seven straight points to help keep the game within striking distance for the Warriors. <\/p>\n
The Clippers were without Garland for a majority of the third quarter, who picked up his fourth personal foul with just 8:51 remaining in the third quarter. <\/p>\n
Turnovers were an issue all night for the Warriors. Los Angeles scored 35 points off 20 Golden State turnovers.<\/p>\n
Despite trailing for most of the fourth quarter, the Warriors refused to go away. Curry contributed clutch plays including the go-ahead 3-pointer late in the game. He scored 27 of his 35 points in the second half. <\/p>\n
Al Horford knocked four 3-pointers down the line, drilling three-straight shots from beyond the arc at one point. Leonard was shut down in the fourth only scoring two points. <\/p>\n
The loss marks the end of a miracle run for the Clippers, who overcame an abysmal 6-21 start to the year to make the play-in tournament and cap off the year with a 42-40 record.<\/p>\n
Golden State advances to the next leg of the play-in tournament and takes on the Phoenix Suns on Friday at 7 p.m. in Phoenix. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Point guard Steph Curry scored 35 points and center Al Horford hit four big time 3-pointers in Golden…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":711626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3789],"tags":[7,559,4034,192,4032,251,135,4033,4031,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-711625","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-clippers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-clippers","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-la-clippers","12":"tag-laclippers","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-los-angeles-clippers","15":"tag-losangeles","16":"tag-losangelesclippers","17":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116413294403473764","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/711626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}