Lost again in the 4th half, Stephen Curry and Warriors lost to Brooklyn Nets at the last minute
When the Golden State Warriors defense piled up on Kyrie Irving, of course the gap opened up with another Brooklyn Nets player. Having to play without Kevin Durant, the Barclays Center team needs someone to stand up to take his place. That person today is Royce O'Neale.
Receiving the ball from Kyrie, O'Neale coldly engulfed the defending champion Golden State with an extremely sweet 3-point ball with 28.5 seconds remaining, bringing the Brooklyn Nets to victory with a score of 120-116.
“Kyrie did a lot of things for us, scoring close to the basket, shooting three and having some really tough shots. At that time he was being tutored by two people and I was having a gap.
I received the ball and shot confidently, knowing that I had practiced this pitch many times," Royce O'Neale said of the 3-pointer that led the Brooklyn Nets to victory.
“They pressed me pretty well in the last minute, made me feel the pressure and had to push the ball away. I understand that when I'm marked like this, my teammates will have enough space to finish," Kyrie Irving shared.
“Royce is the person I see in a very comfortable position. That would be a better shot than trying to score hard points on your own. So I dropped the ball, passed it out and trusted my teammates completely."
This result was even more meaningful when the Nets came upstream from a big gap right in the 4th half, namely they were 13 points behind when the last half had about 7 minutes left.
The score was 106-93 as Klay Thompson successfully averaged the six-minute 57-second mark. From then to the end of the game, the Brooklyn Nets ended the heroic battle at Barclays Center with a series of 27-10 points.
This is the third game in a row that the Golden State Warriors have dropped the victory despite leading the opponent by more than 10 points, a performance that coach Steve Kerr could not be satisfied with.
Kyrie Irving led the Brooklyn Nets with 38 points, nine assists and seven rebounds. Right behind him is young bigman Nicolas Claxton with a double-double of 24 points, reaching career-high. The entire Brooklyn Nets team threw in 14 3-pointers with a fairly high success rate, reaching 52.9% (14-27 3PT).
On the Golden State Warriors side, Stephen Curry played the best with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 6 more assists. Jordan Poole added 17 points to the defending champion.
The Warriors were able to break through after the second half when they scored 39 points into the Brooklyn Nets basket, then maintained the advantage until the middle of the fourth half, but all was not enough on the day coach Steve Kerr's army played lacking. focus on the last 7 minutes.
