Just keep shooting. Utah had done a good job making Stephen Curry work for his points all game long. But after Kevon Looney kept a possession alive by grabbing an offensive rebound, Draymond Green passed behind a defender to Stephen Curry on the wing, and the two-time NBA MVP launched a go-ahead three-point attempt and … SPLASH! The 3-pointer gave the Dubs a one-point lead with 13.4 seconds left in the game, and following a few defensive stops and Curry free throws, the Warriors escaped with 119-116 win over the Jazz, the team with the best record in the NBA, on a thrilling Monday night at Chase Center.
TEAM LEADERS
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GSW |
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| Points | Rebounds | Assists |
| Curry - 36 | Looney - 13 | Green - 10 |
| Poole - 20 | Toscano-Anderson - 7 | Curry - 6 |
| Poole - 19 | Green - 6 | Toscano-Anderson - 5 |
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UTA |
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| Points | Rebounds | Assists |
| Clarkson - 41 | Gobert - 16 | Ingles - 5 |
| Bogdanovic - 27 | Clarkson - 7 | O'Neale - 2 |
| 2 Tied - 10 | Bogdanovic - 6 | 2 More Tied - 2 |
The feel-good victory was nearly a bitter defeat, as the Dubs had lost an 18-point advantage in the fourth quarter after Utah’s Jordan Clarkson caught fire in the fourth quarter to finish with 41 points.
But after 14 ties and 18 lead changes, the last of which came on Curry’s shot, the Warriors exited the court with their third straight win.
Curry’s clutch shooting capped a 36-point night, marking the 20th time in his last 22 games that he has scored at least 30 points. Curry continues to lead the NBA in scoring, but on Monday night he got plenty of help from his teammates. Jordan Poole came off the bench to score 20 points, Kent Bazemore tallied 19 points on 7-for-14 shooting and Draymond Green scored 10 of his 12 points in the first quarter and completed a double-double when picking up his 10th assist on Curry’s big shot.
Prior to Utah’s comeback and Curry’s heroics, the story of the game was the Warriors’ all-around performance in the third quarter. After Utah tied it at 59-59 early in third period, the Warriors outscored the Jazz 30-16 the rest of the period. The best part about it for the Dubs: they got contributions up and down the lineup during that seven-minute stretch. Curry got the run started with some free throws, Kent Bazemore displayed some high-quality bucket getting and five different Dubs made a 3-pointer in the period.
The Dubs were 5-for-11 from distance in the third period, and they saved the best one for last. After Kevon Looney grabbed a defensive rebound with less than four seconds in the period, he passed to Jordan Poole, and the second-year guard out of Michigan took two dribbles up the court before launching a running 3-point attempt at the buzzer. The shot banked off the glass and went in, giving the Dubs a 14-point advantage, their largest lead to that point in the game.
The Warriors stretched that lead to 18 points in the fourth quarter before Utah stormed back into the game. The Jazz, playing without injured guards Mike Conley and Donovan Mitchell, got big performances from Clarkson and Bojan Bogdanovic. The likely Sixth Man of the Year, Clarkson overcame a rough shooting start and came alive down the stretch with 24 of his 41 points in the fourth quarter, while Bogdanovic was Utah’s best player for the first three quarters, finishing with 27 points.
With the win, the Warriors remain a half game ahead of the Grizzlies for eighth place in the Western Conference. The Dubs have three games left in the regular season, and each one of those can carry great weight as the Dubs continue to battle for positioning in the play-in tournament. After taking on the team with the best record in the NBA on Monday night, the Warriors will be right back on the home hardwood on Tuesday when they take on the Suns, owners of the second-best record in the NBA this season.
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