Losing both Curry and Klay Thompson, Golden State was defeated by Orlando Magic at home
Golden State Warriors welcome Orlando Magic at home to Chase Center with the return of All-Star Andrew Wiggins and veteran Andre Iguodala.
However, the recently in-form pitcher Klay Thompson was suddenly dropped from the starting lineup. The reason announced by the team was left knee pain after the warm-up.
On the away side, they brought to Chase Center the full main squad and only lacked the service of striker Bol Bol due to injury.
The first half brought the audience a fairly balanced development. Both teams were tit-for-tat and jostled each other for points. Particularly in this first round, the Golden Gate Warriors made 8 successful 3-pointers.
However, with the excellence of the young talent born in 2002 Paolo Banchero, the away team players narrowed the gap to only 1 point before entering the second half. The scenario of the second half was different from the first half. when the away team players started to take the lead.
The Orlando Magic were the better team in this round, taking the lead for most of the half. But the Golden State Warriors still showed the excellence of the individuals and did not let the gap become too far. The first two half ended with a score of 59-62 temporarily in favor of the away team.
Thought the 3rd round would be the trademark boom of the Golden Gate Warriors, but no. The 3rd half just started 2 minutes, Orlando Magic performed a 14-3 run sequence, causing coach Steve Kerr to immediately call time out.
The double-digit point gap was established by the Orlando Magic until the end of the third half. The fourth half started with another 11-2 run from the away team. The gap is now almost touching the threshold of 20 points. The home team's pitchers were no longer as hot as the first half and constantly let the visitors' players dominate the area under the basket.
The match just drifted to the last minutes when there was no strong response from the Golden State Warriors players. Orlando Magic won convincingly right on Chase Center with a score of 115-101.
Two bigman Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner are the best players in the away team with 25 and 24 points, respectively. Not only are they good at close to the basket, these two players also know how to throw 3 with their efficiency reaching over 40%. Wendell Carter Jr also had a pretty round game with his own double (13 points, 10 rebounds).
In addition to the role of player Anthony Lamb, who played well with 26 points and 8 rebounds, the players in the Golden State Warriors main roster all did not play well in this game. Despite scoring 21 points, Jordan Poole had a pretty poor throwing performance of 29% (5/17).
Win this match the Orlando Magic rise above the penultimate group and give a glimpse of play-in hopes. In the next round, which takes place at 10 am on January 10, they will again be a guest on the field of the Sacramento Kings.
After a period of almost no loss at home at the beginning of the season, this was the second consecutive loss of the Golden Gate Warriors on Chase Center. The next round takes place at 10 am on January 11, they will be playing at home again to welcome the Phoenix Suns who are also in poor form.
