Warriors battle back to beat Bucks
After trailing by as many as 11 points in the fourth quarter, the Golden State Warriors came all the way back to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 121-112 on Friday night. Klay Thompson paced Golden State with 27 points. Stephen Curry added 26 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists, while Draymond Green filled the stat sheet with 21 points, nine boards and eight assists. With the victory, the Warriors improve to 26-1 on the season.
It wasn’t necessarily pretty, but the Warriors will take it. On a night when it appeared the Bucks might have their number for the second time in less than a week, Golden State gutted out a victory thanks to a strong fourth quarter push. Both sides played it close to start the game, with neither team able to gain more than a basket lead until Festus Ezeli’s putback gave the Warriors a 29-24 lead with 3:21 left in the first quarter. From there, however, the Bucks would close out the frame on a 12-4 run to take a 36-33 lead into the second quarter.
Milwaukee’s lead ballooned to eight after Giannis Antetokounmpo scored the first five points of the second quarter. That’s as large as the Warriors’ deficit would get until a 6-0 Bucks’ run put Milwaukee up 55-45 with 5:10 remaining in the half. At that point, Klay Thompson put the Warriors on his shoulders, scoring 11-straight points for Golden State to pull the Dubs within 66-56 with 1:52 left in the quarter. Two Miles Plumlee free throws with 24.9 seconds left would close out the scoring in the frame and send the game into halftime with the Bucks holding a 70-58 advantage. It marked the first time since January 17, 2014 that the Warriors gave up at least 70 points in the first half.
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