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Warriors Beat Clippers for 7th Straight Home Win

Klay Thompson started hot, Andrew Wiggins finished strong and Stephen Curry and Draymond Green played at a high level all night as the Warriors took it to an undermanned Clippers squad with a 124-107 victory on Wednesday night at Chase Center.

Wiggins knocked down six 3-pointers and finished with a season-high 31 points, Curry had 22 points and nine assists and Draymond Green logged nine points and 12 assists, shooting a perfect 4-for-4 from the floor. The Dubs logged 36 assists on 48 made baskets and shot well over 50 percent for the majority of the game before emptying their bench over the final minutes of the game. Still, the Warriors dropped 124 points on one the league’s best defenses, marking the most points the Clippers have allowed this season.

Golden State Warriors Highlights vs. LA Clippers

Team Leaders
GSW
PointsReboundsAssists
Wiggins - 31D. Green - 7D. Green - 12
Curry - 22Lamb - 7Curry - 9
Thompson - 18Curry/J. Green - 6Poole - 5
NOP
PointsReboundsAssists
Morris - 19Powell - 7Coffey - 7
Mann - 17Brown - 6Jackson - 6
Powell - 17Covington - 6Wall - 3

WIGGINS STAYS HOT
Not only was the 31 points a season-high for Wiggins, he shot 12-for-18 from the floor, setting or matching season-highs in field goals and shooting percentage as well. It was the second straight game with six made 3-pointers for Wiggins, who made two threes in the second, third and fourth quarters. Wiggins scored 13 points in the second quarter, and he wound up knocking down six of his final eight shots from distance.

What a dunk by Andrew Wiggins!

ANOTHER HOT START FOR KLAY
Klay Thompson had the hot hand early, making his first three shot attempts, two of which were 3-pointers. In addition to showing off his range, the Splash Brother attacked the basket, resulting in six free throw attempts in the opening quarter, and he also finished a fast break with a dunk for his 14th and 15th points of the quarter. If Thompson starting strong sounds familiar, that’s because that has been the trend as of late. Over his last three games, he’s averaging 15.3 points in the first quarter while shooting 15-for-20 (75 percent) from the floor and 9-of-13 (69.2 percent) on 3-pointers.

Klay Thompson with the big dunk

CLOSING OUT THE HALF
A five-point game with four-and-a-half minutes left in the second quarter, the Warriors scored on their next seven possessions to spark an 18-3 run. Andrew Wiggins got the run started with two tough takes to the basket, one of which resulted in a three-point play. But perhaps his most memorable shot was a 3-pointer from the wing that rolled around the rim multiple times before eventually falling. Draymond Green assisted that shot for one of his seven first-half helpers, and the Warriors pushed their lead to as many as 20 during that run.

What a shot by Andrew Wiggins

“It was our best first half of the year,” Head Coach Steve Kerr said. “We were defending with a purpose and because we weren’t fouling, we were able to get out and run … Good defense led to good offense and vice versa.”

SAVED BY THE SPLASH
The Warriors took a 19-point advantage into halftime, but the Clippers, playing without perennial All-Stars Paul George and Kawhi Leonard, cut that deficit down to nine in the third period. But Stephen Curry knocked down two straight 3-pointers and Anthony Lamb knocked down the other. The Warriors, who shot 19-for-51 on 3-pointers for the game, made seven treys in the third period to push their lead back to 16 points entering the third quarter, and the Clippers never got closer than that the rest of the way.

Stephen Curry sinks it from downtown

UP NEXT
The Warriors have now won seven straight at home and will look to extend that streak on Friday when they take on the Utah Jazz (12-8).

MORE NOTABLES ...

  • The Warriors won their seventh straight home game to improve to 8-1 at home and 9-10 overall… It marks the longest home-winning streak since an 11-game streak last season (1/21-2/3/22)… Golden State’s eight home-wins are tied for the second most in the NBA.
  • Golden State won its fourth-straight home game vs. the Clippers (18 of the team’s last 22 home games vs. the Clippers).
  • In the second quarter, the Warriors held the Clippers to 18 points, matching the fewest points allowed by the Warriors in any quarter this season (18, third quarter on 10/29 at CHA).
  • The Warriors handed out 36 assists, the fifth time in the last six games and the 11th time this season hitting the 30-assist plateau.
  • Golden State attempted a season-high 51 3-point baskets (prev. 11/18 vs. NYK).
  • The Warriors scored 124 points, improving to 6-2 this season when they score at least 120 points.
  • Golden State blocked a season-high-tying seven shots (10/25 at PHX).
  • The Warriors recorded a season-high-tying 11 steals (10/18 vs. LAL). 
  • Tonight marked the Warriors 439th consecutive sellout (regular season and playoffs), the longest sellout streak in franchise history.
  • Andrew Wiggins has made 12 3-pointers in the last two games he’s played in, the most he’s ever made in his career in that span (prev. 11, 1/25-1/27/20), according to Basketball Reference.
  • Stephen Curry tallied 22 points and made four 3-pointers, extending his NBA-record 3-point streak to 206 consecutive regular season games.
  • Draymond Green dished out 12 assists, his third game this season with 10-or-more assists.
  • Kevon Looney played in his 130th consecutive regular season game, the second-longest active streak in the NBA (Mikal Bridges – 326).
  • Donte DiVincenzo matched season-highs with five rebounds (three times) and two threes (three times).

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