 |
| Warrriors players celebrate their last second victory over Phoenix. |
F.D.Purcell
Sports in the Bay/The Antioch Herald
When you have the best record in the NBA every team is going to bring their A-game and the (39-37) Phoenix Suns were no different. Scraping the bottom of the Western Conference and fighting for a possible playoff berth they played the (62-13) Golden State Warriors like a Game 7 of the NBA Finals. However, Golden State would prove why they've been a winning team all season answering the call when it mattered rolling to their 11th straight victory Thursday with a 107-106 win.
With a days rest coming off their four-point, 110-106 win over the Clippers on Tuesday, a layup by Harrison Barnes from Andre Iguodala with 0.4 seconds left in the game secured the Dubs their 62nd win of the season.
"I was supposed to clear out." "Obviously we wanted to get the ball to Steph (Curry) or Klay (Thompson). They jumped after those guys and Andre found me and I got a good roll," said Barnes afterwards who had a quiet night with four points. "Obviously it feels good to make that shot. I messed up twice defensively down here, so I'm glad we got a win today."
Their 119th sellout crowd of 15,595 was quiet for most of the game until the final minutes with the young physical Suns mixing and matching and playing on the Warriors lack of defense.
"You've got to take advantage of every possession," said Warriors head coach Steve Kerr.
That will be a huge factor as it doesn't get any easier for Golden State who heads on a three-game road trip to Dallas, San Antonio and New Orleans before hosting Portland next Thursday.
Follow us @sportsinthebay_
No comments:
Post a Comment