After the defeat and the expulsions on Memphis, the Warriors had the opportunity to find the direction of the march against Dallas. And, apart from a Texan revolt in the second quarter, the defending champions mastered their end-to-end subject behind Stephen Curry (29 points, 8 assists, 4 steals) and Kevin Durant (25 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists) for good atomization (133-103).
Draymond Green (10 points, 8 assists, 7 rebounds) reached the 10-point mark for the first time this season, while Klay Thompson (21 points) was offensively off. For the Mavs, Wes Matthews (19 points) and Harrison Barnes (13 points, 7 rebounds) could not do anything. The rookie Jordan Bell has created the controversy with a T-Mac in the garbage time. Despite Steve Kerr's apology, Rick Carlisle was very upset.
Dennis Smith Jr. is in the Texan Five to face Stephen Curry and the defending champions. But it goes very badly in the first quarter. From 7-6, the score went to 23-8 with a scathing 16-2 during which the Californian steamroller took everything in its path. 7The Curry - Durant - Thompson trident combines 25 points over the period and the Warriors cast 40 to a defending Mavs (40-24).
Harrison Barnes aggressively attacked the circle and brought his team back to 5 on a muscular layup against Draymond Green. Despite the efforts of Steph Curry who is at 17 points at the break, Golden State is caught up with Wes Matthews who chained two arrows to three points. At the break, the gap of 18 points melted to 3 (65-62).The Mavs are quickly overtaken by the speed of Golden State which starts the 2nd half on an 18-6 punctuated by two 3-points Klay Thompson. Nerlens Noel gets a good shot in the bottom line but the Mavs miss a lot of answers as JaVale McGee comes to bathe JJ Barea. Durant and Green approached the triple doubles and everything was back in order before the last quarter (99-84).
Thompson again opens hostilities by far in the 4th and the gap quickly swells in favor of the visitors. Durant pushed the bill up to +22 while Dirk Nowitzki had a burst of pride to limit the breakage. But, even without Curry resting the last quarter, the Warriors were ruthless. Jordan Bell has even had the luxury of having an alley oop with the board. A move that Rick Carlisle and the Mavs did not like despite Steve Kerr's apology after the game. The Warriors win in the end (133-103).
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