FIRST TAKE | “Stephen Curry is CLUTCH player of the year” – JWill on Warriors beat Blazers 126-106

FIRST TAKE | “Stephen Curry is CLUTCH player of the year” – JWill on Warriors beat Blazers 126-106

Sports Center Saturday more than just about bowl games and a couple NFL games we got the biggest stars in basketball in action tonight we’ll run through them here for you on Sports Center none bigger in the NBA of course than Steph doing what he does best got it against the

Blazers I mean Steph’s like you’re going to give me a little mini break I’ll take it last night we got the five win Wizards tonight I got the seven- win Blazers great 16 in the first half he could use a little bit of a break it’s

Been a drama field year so this is nice little rest bit in the schedule Klay Thompson boy he gets the shooters home bounce and he needs it it’s been a rough season for Kay and then curry with the old oh up and in there’s such a thing as

A no look basket we’ve heard of the no look pass the no look basket doing a little bit of everything dubs are going to win their fifth in a row right now they’re on the outside of the playoff picture looking in barely above 500 but a laugher for once literally and

Figuratively Off the Bench and the Warriors will going into a mile high city on Christmas day feel a good about themselves and we’ll talk all about it here on Toyota Warriors postgame live with the Hall of Famer Chris buen NBA champ Durell right I am Bon Hill and the

Warriers take care of business at their sleepy first quarter they put turned it up a gear turned it up a notch in the second quarter and and they coasted in the second half yeah Bon uh kind of a slow start was uh you know happens on

The back to back but the Warriors found their way in that second quarter and bust it open with a 34 Point 34 34 Point quarter right there and uh scored 30 points uh the rest of the way so big night for the Warriors yeah they dominate from the field they shoot

Almost 58% they get 38 assists so the ball’s popping playing with great Pace you know since that starting lineup change uh seems like they’re playing much faster and really getting into the paint more not only to score but to collapse the defense Stephen Clay was phenomenal tonight uh they didn’t make a

Lot of where they make 10 threes but they dominated the points in the pain the dictated pace of play so just a really good back-to-back home wins for the Warriors well Klay hit six threes he’s on a heater right now and he standed by with fit inuki so Klay Thompson you surpass Jason

Richardson and jabal wils in scoring in NBA history tonight with your 28 points those are two pretty good names oh wow two two great warriors too that’s great I know Jamal was obviously special when he played the Lakers and Jason uh one of the best athletes to have put on a Warriors

Uniform and uh that’s just special that’s really cool you’re you’re getting to your floater a little more clay and taking advantage of the way Defenders are guarding you everybody’s always going to fight over the top no one’s going under anything with you so now you’re getting inside a little more is

That something you’ve been thinking about more lately working on a little more uh yeah just uh that little Runner around the free throw line I know I’ve seen Steph shoot it for over a decade now but I got that in my bag and uh you

Got to if you want to be a great score in this league you got to have an array of shots and I had a couple of those tonight that felt good when they uh left my hand clay the last 15 games your three-point shooting back to normal

You’re seeing all these now six straight games with 20 or more points is it something just as the season started where you’re out of rhythm and something clicked or is it just all the extra work what would you attribute you’re just back to being Klay Thompson again I would just stay staying staying

Consistent in the gym and being myself and not getting uh distracted from uh negative press or comments on internet just uh locking in on what I love to do and that’s getting shots up that’s playing basketball my teammates and having fun and then uh yeah I mean

It’s a long season and I’ve been through so much knowing what to expect and there’s es and flows and uh just like I appreciate the moments of not so fun I appreciate great great uh streaks as well that’s it love it so how much are you enjoying the playmaking part of you

Didn’t have the assist tonight but a lot of games lately you’ve been getting the assist making plays for others two Defenders stay with you you drop it off how much do you enjoy seeing others have success because of all the movement and their attention Defenders are paying

You oh I love it I cherish it I cherish seeing these young rookies BP and Trace make a huge impact on our Squad JK coming into the Zone Moses Moody being a threat Off the Bench um Dario we we uh we’re now establishing a great rotation and a great them and most importantly

Guys are just stepping up when the numberers called and I love uh making the play for somebody else or just you know drawing to and moving it on that’s what makes her special you know the nice thing is you show the respect for the young guys you call him Trace Jr he just

Renamed himself Trace Junior so apparently you had him at baby T he got the the double digit double double so he graduated yeah but now because of your brother trace the baseball player he’s always going to be Trace Jr we have well I did tell him I’ll call him Trace when

He has a 2020 game so might we got a while it’s it’s Performance Based exactly what’s Rocco getting for Christmas what’s on the Klay Thompson a great I got him a couple new bones I got a couple ropes uh a par day tomorrow and uh that’s that’s all Rocco really wants

And uh he’ll be a 12 years old next year so I’ve had him my whole time with the dubs and he’s been such a joy of my life and uh I just love him to death is there any kind of gift exchange with the team white elephant is what’s going on

Amongst the team for Christmas no K you will not be getting a gift I’m not talking about me clay n none of that the rookies just get to be uh you know uh benefited with my presence there you go that’s it you’re a gift all right be honest clay does Rocco have a

Stocking that’s what I want to know cuz both my dogs have stockings he the fireplace he does have a stocking he’s got some rabbit jerky in there there he’s got some good stuff so Rocco is well taken care of all right nothing for azuki plenty for Rocco that’s right hey

Have a good Christmas the nice thing is you get to play and we get to watch you that’s the best part cool yes sir yes sir all right Klay Thompson stopping yeah Rocco’s doing well on zabuki not so much but Klay Thompson is on fire the last 15 games and so are the

Warriors having won eight in a row at home I think Bui will be fine with without a gift from Klay Thompson needs to celebrate it his four year birthday but Klay Thompson on the heater the warriors on the heater especially after a slow first quarter tonight where they committed nine turnovers they couldn’t

Find their Rhythm couldn’t find their points tonight so they were in for retreat as the Warriors won their fifth game in a row overall their one game over 500 now at 15- 14 they’ve won eight straight here at Chase Center partly due to the hot shooting of the Splash

Brothers let’s start with Stephen Curry because he has been on the heater in tonight 11 of 18 just 207 for the three-point line but 27 points and and he’s look at he’s just wide open what are you doing Aiden man I guess they don’t know who that is right Dro

Coverage come on that’s Steph Curry right there but uh with the seven threes attempts for for Steph Curry it just lets me know they were guarding the three-point line but Steph Curry did a great job with some back door Cuts you know when he would get overplay attack

In the basket seeing a lot of points in the paint tonight from Steph yeah as a young team the blades are not tied together defensively or offensively quite frankly they’ve got a long way to go but on a night where Steph Curry goes 11 for 18 uh play goes what he goes 11

For 16 so go 22 for 34 um yeah as D Wright said that’s that’s the Splash Brothers you might want to have them on the top of your uh whiteboard on the way into the game think Mike Malone is going to do that on Christmas day there’s no doubt about

That right no but I mean to me it’s really more about what the Warriors are doing the brand of basketball not not their opponent the brand of basketball they’re playing with the speed and the pace and I really like the adjustments you know with the young fellas in in the

Lineup athletically that can get into the pain how many times have we just relied exclusively on how many three-point shots you made tonight they they outscored a blaze 6242 I think to in the paint uh dominate the paint made enough threes but also the the um balance of scoring you got

Four or five guys in double figures you got the bench rolling 38 assists so the balance is there for me and it’s helping out Klay Thompson as we just mentioned it’s previous 15 games he’s been on a heater 40% from the three-point line 43% overall he’s back up to 20 point per

Game during that stretch of tonight 28 points 11 to 16 6 to 10 from the three-point line the three rebounds playing some solid defense as well boy it was just a matter of time for Klay Thompson yeah man Shooters shoot like I mentioned a little bit earlier Klay Thompson getting some great looks

Letting the game come to him and if it’s not a three it’s a onew dribble pull up or he’s getting to a spot in the in that mid post that we love to see him a little turnar around to the Baseline so Klay Thompson big night tonight and like

I said 6 for 10 from three is Big Time yeah and you know Steve Curry’s mentions uh Klay Thompson shot selection it’s it’s much easier to have great shot selection when the ball’s moving and you don’t get the ball late in the clock and you get multiple looks and the only way

You can do that is by moving the basketball moving your body playing with pace and the Warriors have done that these during this five-game winning streak and I think it has coincided with the young uh athletic players you know in the in the starting lineup and on the

Bench forcing the pace of play yeah no doubt and speaking of one of those young athletic bigs Trace Jackson Davis he was six to seven tonight with 13 points overall in his last four games he’s 22 of 30 from the floor that’s over 70% folks and he’s standing by with the great

Zenada thanks for joining us Trace I want to ask you we got the box score in front of you what do you usually look for after a win like this on the box score um the first thing I look at um is just the plus minus honestly plus minus

Is the biggest thing and then after that I look at um the rebounds assists points and one thing that sticks out is uh BP going almost that triple devil almost there crazy I remember during um our first uh interview session we had um we had our interview and he said I I see

Myself as a triple double guy and and he’s right there so hopefully he’s going to get his first one soon and yeah I’ll read this stat line 15 points 10 rebounds seven assists so only three away thinking about your game tonight you coming in that third and fourth

Quarter really exploding really fun to see you play Above the Rim for you is that something that you like to accentuate as a part of your game being able to be athletic and jumping above absolutely in the first half I thought um I was finding my legs a little bit it

Was my first true back toback and so after I found my legs getting out running U me and CP talked about the slips and stuff of that nature and then just getting easy looks for my team and so um just playing Above the Rim and bringing energy bringing energy is

Absolutely right and I want to ask about the energy that contributed to your Now new season High 38 assists that’s a lot of ball movement that’s a lot of passes does it feel like that when you’re out on the court uh absolutely just it’s it’s always a good shot to a great shot

And um that’s what we’ve been preaching the ball Movement we got great Shooters on our team space in the floor Drive cut pass and then extras and um when you look at Great teams one that I think of is the Spurs how they always had a good

Shot and they gave it up for a great shot so we have a lot of unselfish guys and we love moving the ball last question for me how does it feel now I don’t know if youve noticed but when they’re calling your name to come into the game crowd’s a little louder crowd’s

Getting excited about you coming in and getting excited about your dunks how does it feel now to slowly become a fan favorite here at Chase Center absolutely I’m embracing it all um obviously my rookie season there’s going to be ups and downs but I’m just playing with

Energy and um trying to give the fans some dunks some blocks and just stuff that brings energy to the building well you brought a lot thank you trace for joining us in great win tonight thank you thank you no problem fore spee Goin Foree foreign spe speech spee spee Spee fore spee foreign spee fore Foreign fore speee for spee say s gold

FIRST TAKE | “Stephen Curry is CLUTCH player of the year” – Jay Williams on Warriors beat Trail Blazers 126-106