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Final Score: Golden State Warriors def. Memphis Grizzlies 110-93
After eking out a win in the final minutes in Sacramento against the Kings, the Warriors were back to the Oracle Arena and hosted the Memphis Grizzlies. The Grizzlies were on a two-game losing streak and were eager to get back to winning ways.
The Warriors started dominating early in the game and gained a 61-38 lead at halftime. The Grizzlies showed more grit and character in the second quarter but they could not cause any serious problems to the Warriors.
Kevin Durant had game-high 23 points and was impressive once again. The Warriors won the contest 110-93 and now move to a two-game win streak. They will now travel to the Salt Lake City to take on the Utah Jazz.
Grizzlies lost their third game in a row and will now continue their four-game road trip with a game against the Portland Trail Blazers. Let us take a look at three of the talking points from the Warriors' win against the Grizzlies.
#3 Omri Casspi's season-high 20 points performance
Stat line: 20 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and a block on 80.0 % shooting
After an impressive season with the Warriors, he signed with the Memphis Grizzlies in the offseason and has been great in the limited action so far. Last night, he scored career-high 20 points against his former team and had a game to remember.
In the first quarter, with only 54.6 seconds remaining, Casspi had a tough layup to cut the Warriors' lead to seven points. At the 5:06 mark in the fourth quarter, Casspi's three-pointer helped bring down the Warriors' lead to 12 points.
He finished the night with 20 points on red-hot 8-for-10 from the field, including 2-for-4 from behind the arc.
#2 Memphis Grizzlies' struggles from the three-point line
The Memphis Grizzlies are missing their best scorer this season in Mike Conley Jr., who can finish at the rim, fighting all the traffic. What this means is that the Grizzlies need to take a lot of three-pointers and make them, to get points.
However, three-point shooting is not the Grizzlies' strength and playing against a team like Warriors, who are one of the best defensive teams in the league, they could not get it going from the long range.
While the Golden State Warriors went 12-for-31 (38.7%) from the distance, the Grizzlies only shot 7-for-25 (28.0%) behind the arc. The Warriors did a great job of putting bodies on the Grizzlies' players and did not really allow them to take any open shots as they contested a lot of their three-pointer attempts.
#1 Stephen Curry reaches 15,000 career points
Stat line: 20 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals on 37.5 % shooting
Coming off a sensational performance against the Kings, scoring 36 points, Stephen Curry was impressive against the Grizzlies, although he struggled shooting. He scored 20 points and went 6-for-16 from the field, with a field-goal percentage of 37.5.
However, he hit a big milestone and reached 15,000 career points. He became the fifth Warrior to score 15,000 career points. With 7:37 remaining in the second quarter, Curry made a three-pointer to extend the Warriors' lead to 12 points and reached this milestone.
The two-time MVP, however, did not have a great night from the three-pointer as he connected only 3 three-pointers after attempting 9 threes. He finished the night with 20 points, to along with 7 rebounds and an assist.
