JAKARTA – The Golden State Warriors showed their best defense of the season when they won over the Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA continuation, Wednesday, March 9. The victory broke the bad trend of the Warriors, who in the previous five matches had always lost.
The Warriors and Clippers meet in a Western Conference match at the Chase Center Arena. Steve Kerr's squad came out victorious with a score of 112-97.
"Much better defensively, our best defensive effort in a long time. Good ball pressure, good rotation. The Clippers didn't make shots on a nice night; they obviously missed a few open shots," said Steve Kerr, quoted by NBC Sport.
The Warriors had their best defensive stats this season, especially through the first three quarters. In this match, the Warriors' basic defense, which was in disarray and often made fatal errors from last month, rarely surfaced.
Meanwhile, the Clippers, who are in the bottom five in offensive rankings and the bottom 10 in field-goal percentage, made a few mistakes the Warriors could take advantage of.
"Other than the six-minute break in the fourth quarter, we were really solid. We just have to build on that to put the game together," said Stephen Curry.
In the match against the Clippers, Jonathan Kuminga and Jordan Poole contributed a total of 41 points off the bench. The details Kuminga led his team-scorer with 21 points, while Poole scored 20 points.
Then followed by Klay Thompson with the same number of points.
Meanwhile, Stephen Curry scored 15 points and Andrew Wiggins had 14 points to help the Golden State Warriors end a five-game losing streak.
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