Although Stephen Curry “turned off”, the Golden State Warriors still denied Luka Doncic a 30-point triple-double to win a narrow victory over Dallas at home.
It seemed that the Golden State Warriors would have a hard time stopping Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving and the Dallas Mavericks team, who are in high form (7 matches unbeaten) in the encounter on April 3.
Combined with Stephen Curry having a bad day, scoring 13 points with 5-18 FG and leading the team in turnover index (4 TO), not many fans believe in the Warriors’ ability to win.
Stephen Curry missed shots 13 times this match, scored 13 points and had 4 turnovers all match
Even so, the home team at Chase Center still denied Luka Doncic’s triple-double of 30 points and Kyrie Irving’s 27 points, winning with a narrow score of 104-100 to break the Dallas Mavericks’ unbeaten streak.
Andrew Wiggins shined for Stephen Curry on offense, scoring 23 points (8-16 FG, 3-5 3PT) along with 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal. Not stopping there, Wiggins also played very well on defense when taking on the role of directly defending Luka Doncic.
Andrew Wiggins confronts Luka Doncic
Although he couldn’t really stop the Dallas Mavericks star, the pressure created by the Warriors striker somewhat made it difficult for Luka.
“Holding a strong offense like Dallas down to 100 points is not easy. We are proud to have done that ,” coach Steve Kerr shared after the match.
“I think it was Wiggins who led the way, spreading the energy to his teammates to create an even and united defensive effort. This is the key to helping the whole team win.”
Klay Thompson and Draymond Green celebrate
The two teams played an attractive tug-of-war in all four quarters with the Warriors twice taking the lead by large margins, the first time by 13 points in the second half and the second time by 11 points in the final half.
However, the Dallas Mavericks showed the strength of the team in the Playoffs group by closing the gap twice, bringing the match to balance with a score of 92-92 with more than 4 minutes left.
Here, Warriors hero Draymond Green suddenly spoke up with 3 consecutive points scored, interspersed with a beautiful block to show the value of the former Defensive Player of The Year.
Luka Doncic was still excellent as always, pocketing 30 points and a triple-double with 12 rebounds and 11 assists. This is Doncic’s 20th triple-double of the season, and the 48th game in which Luka has scored 30 points since the beginning of the season.
Kyrie Irving is right behind with 27 points (10-19 FG, 4-8 3PT). But besides the duo Luka – Kyrie (9-19 3PT shooting) and center Daniel Gafford (5-8 FG), the rest of Dallas did not play really effectively.
On the Golden State Warriors side, 6 different players scored over 11 points to bring uniformity in attack. Klay Thompson and Chris Paul each scored 14 points. Stephen Curry did not have a good feeling but still contributed with 7 assists leading the team.
Andrew Wiggins is in a group of 6 players who reached the double-digit mark in scoring this match
The result of this match does not affect the position of the two teams in the Western rankings. Dallas Mavericks (45-30) still ranked 5th and in the Playoffs group, while the Golden State Warriors ranked 10th with a record of 41-34, taking the last place in the Play-in group.