{"id":17873,"date":"2024-12-16T10:33:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T10:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=17873"},"modified":"2024-12-16T10:33:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T10:33:47","slug":"what-we-learned-as-warriors-come-up-short-in-shootout-with-mavs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=17873","title":{"rendered":"What we learned as Warriors come up short in shootout with Mavs.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 Too much Luka Don\u010di\u0107, too little time for the Warriors on Sunday night at Chase Center in a 143-133 loss to the Dallas Mavericks.<\/p>\n<p>What a difference in styles one game makes. A few days after\u00a0a 91-90 early exit\u00a0in the NBA Cup quarterfinals, the Warriors trailed the Mavericks 81-74 through the first two quarters as defense apparently was optional.<\/p>\n<p>Offense wasn\u2019t an issue for the Warriors. For the first time all season, the Warriors had four players score 20 or more points. Andrew Wiggins scored a team-high 29 points, followed by 26 from Steph Curry, 21 from Draymond Green and 20 from Jonathan Kuminga.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Art in the arc<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCSAuthentic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NBCSAuthentic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I4PZVQw05b\">pic.twitter.com\/I4PZVQw05b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Golden State Warriors (@warriors) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/warriors\/status\/1868501452047651255?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Warriors\u2019 3-point shooting kept them in the game all night. It\u2019s also nearly impossible to win when a superstar like Don\u010di\u0107 has a 45-point, 11-rebound, 13-assist triple-double where he misses only seven shots and just two two-pointers.<\/p>\n<p>Klay Thompson in his second game against the Warriors dropped 29 points, including 13 big ones in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Here are three takeaways from the Warriors\u2019 loss to the Mavs.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-nbc-section-heading\"><strong>Cool Hand Luka<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>However the Oklahoma City Thunder corralled Don\u010di\u0107 into scoring just 16 points in Dallas\u2019 previous game, the Warriors didn\u2019t get the memo. From start to finish, Don\u010di\u0107 did whatever he wanted against Golden State\u2019s defense.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u010di\u0107 scored 15 points in the first quarter, 13 in the second and another 13 in the third quarter to give him a season-high 41 going into the fourth. He also already was at a triple-double with 10 rebounds and 10 assists and had only missed three shots \u2013 all being 3-pointers.<\/p>\n<p>He isn\u2019t the fastest, he isn\u2019t the most athletic or explosive, yet Don\u010di\u0107s body control and eye manipulation is second to none. He has been a pro since before he could drive, and it shows every time he steps on the floor.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Count &#39;em up: \ud83d\udc4c\ud83d\udc4c\ud83d\udc4c\ud83d\udc4c\ud83d\udc4c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7pnKph8ZxP\">pic.twitter.com\/7pnKph8ZxP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dallasmavs\/status\/1868490847353983204?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The first time the Warriors faced the Mavs, they held him to 31 points, which sounds comical. He was contained because Don\u010di\u0107 only made two of his 10 3-point attempts. His hot start Sunday night simply was too much to handle.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas has other scoring options, especially in Thompson and Kyrie Irving, but Don\u010di\u0107 is in a league of his own, and the Warriors paid for his greatness.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-nbc-section-heading\"><strong>Klay\u2019s Return, Part\u00a0<\/strong>II<\/h2>\n<p>There were more Santa hats than captain\u2019s hats in the stands. The pregame hype was brought down to a hush. And still, seeing\u00a0Thompson in a No. 31 Mavericks jersey\u00a0at Chase Center will continue to take some time getting used to.<\/p>\n<p>His 3-point shot, however, is something Warriors fans will never forget. Thompson tried three 3-pointers in the first quarter and converted on two. He then shot another three triples in the second quarter, missing all three, and entered halftime with eight points.<\/p>\n<p>In the third quarter, Thompson began heating up, hitting two threes early on and a mid-range jumper that forced a Warriors timeout. After three quarters, Thompson was up to 16 points, three more than his season average of 13.3 points per game.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RINSE &amp; REPEAT \ud83d\udd01 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kzye9p1A2Q\">pic.twitter.com\/kzye9p1A2Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dallasmavs\/status\/1868504780450168887?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Following a disastrous sequence from Brandin Podziemski, Thompson nailed a corner three in the fourth quarter to put the Mavs up by 12 points, and he screamed out in jubilation. Thompson ended with a season-high 29 points on 9-of-14 shooting and was 7 of 11 from long distance, contributing to the game\u2019s NBA-record 48 combined 3-pointers.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no coincidence his two highest scoring games this season have been against his former team.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-nbc-section-heading\"><strong>Sixth Man Draymond<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>For the second time this season, Steve Kerr began the game with Green on the bench. Whenever Green isn\u2019t on the court, the Warriors\u2019 defense is sure to take a hit. The Mavs sure took advantage, too.<\/p>\n<p>They made their first nine shots of the game. As startling as that sounds, it\u2019s not a typo. By the time Green entered the game with seven and a half minutes remaining in the first quarter, the Warriors already were down by 12 points, 23-11.<\/p>\n<p>Behind Don\u010di\u0107\u2019s elite play, the Mavs kept rolling, but Green was great to begin the game. In the first quarter, he had nine points while making three of his four 3-point attempts. His fourth three of the night, this time in the second quarter, set a new Warriors franchise record \u2013 also tying a NBA record \u2013 and Green let the whole building hear about it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Draymond adds his 4th 3PM of the half \ud83c\udfaf<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors&#39; 18 1H threes is a franchise record and ties the NBA record in the play-by-play era (since 1997-98) \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>DAL-GSW | NBA TV &amp; NBA League Pass<br \/>\ud83d\udcf2 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yWuwsOIUUa\">https:\/\/t.co\/yWuwsOIUUa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oRUw7BpBzq\">pic.twitter.com\/oRUw7BpBzq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1868485032756580823?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Another three in the third quarter gave Green five on the night, his second-most ever for a game. It also put him up to a season-high 19 points. Green scored two more points in the fourth and finished with 21 points, seven rebounds and four assists. How he starts games going forward will continue to be a storyline to watch as Kerr still is searching for the right combinations.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors now are 0-2 this season in the two games Green came off the bench.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 Too much Luka Don\u010di\u0107, too little time for the Warriors on Sunday night at Chase Center in a 143-133 loss to the Dallas Mavericks&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17877,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What we learned as Warriors come up short in shootout with Mavs.. - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=17873\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What we learned as Warriors come up short in shootout with Mavs.. - 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