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Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green said on The Draymond Green Show that the Oct. 30 comeback win over the Los Angeles Lakers is the game he points to most during Golden State’s eight-game winning streak. The Warriors trailed by 25 points in the first half of that NBA Cup game and won 112-95.
Golden State started the season 0-3, including a 127-105 loss to the Lakers in the Oct. 21 opener, before winning at the Denver Nuggets and at the Minnesota Timberwolves. The streak reached eight with a 138-87 win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday, which finished a 6-0 homestand.
“The win that I’ll point the most to throughout this eight-game streak is the Lakers,” Green said. “I think it was really big for us to get that win. Obviously, it was an NBA Cup game, which is always a little more exciting. But even aside from it being an NBA Cup game, that’s a team that we played the first game of the season, and we did not look very good.”
The Oct. 30 Comeback Against The Lakers
Stephen Curry had 31 points, 4 rebounds, and 6 assists on 11-of-23 shooting, including 8 3-pointers, in the Oct. 30 win, according to The Associated Press. Luka Dončić scored 21 of his 37 points in the first quarter as the Lakers built a 38-15 lead, and Golden State outscored Los Angeles by the same 38-15 margin in the second quarter, per theScore. The Warriors’ reserves combined for 50 points, and Golden State scored the first 11 points of the fourth quarter to go ahead by 16, according to Field Level Media. The Lakers committed 22 turnovers, 8 of them by Austin Reaves. Curry moved into 18th place on the NBA’s career scoring list in the fourth quarter, per The Associated Press.
“That’s where I would say this team started to create an identity,” Green said. “Now I still don’t think, 11 games into the season, you’re like, oh man, we have our identity. You’re still growing that. But I would say that is the first game where it’s like, yo, we really started to build an identity, including being down and having the ability to come back.”
Green said Golden State trailed by 15 or more points in three of the next four games and won all three. Curry came into the Lakers game off a 44-point performance in the win at Minnesota, per Field Level Media. He scored 41 in a 126-119 overtime win over the Orlando Magic on Saturday, according to The Associated Press.
Brandon Williams’ Injury And The Five-Game Road Trip
Curry and Brandin Podziemski each scored 25 points in Monday’s win over New Orleans, according to The Associated Press. Reserve guard Brandon Williams left in the first quarter with a left hamstring strain and will be re-evaluated in a week, CBS News Bay Area reported. Williams is averaging 10.4 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 2.3 assists in 16.1 minutes per game, per The Associated Press.
“Just that change of speed, that change of burst, being able to get downhill and get to the rim, changes that unit’s offense dramatically,” Green said of Williams. “So hopefully we can get B-Dub back. Both of those guys have been extremely key additions, and obviously we need them healthy.”
“You look at a trip like this and you’re like, man, if you can come out of this trip 3-2, you feeling really, really good about yourself,” Green said. “Now obviously the goal is always to win every game. But when you’re looking down the barrel at a tough road trip like this, you’re very happy if you walk away from 3-2.”
The five-game trip begins Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. ET against the Houston Rockets, according to the NBA. Golden State then visits the San Antonio Spurs, New Orleans, the Dallas Mavericks, and the Memphis Grizzlies.
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