Warriors-Pacers Reaction: Steph Curry drops 42, Golden State blows out Indiana | Hoops Tonight

Warriors-Pacers Reaction: Steph Curry drops 42, Golden State blows out Indiana | Hoops Tonight

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So you guys don’t miss any of our content over the course of this season all right let’s talk some basketball this was a super fun game to watch uh early in the game The Warrior starters they went up by nine in the first few minutes Steph was red hot he made his

First seven thre six in his first shift he was just laser locked in from the opening tip it you know it it’s funny cuz the last game of a long road trip is typically a tough one like you’re flying home afterwards you’re thinking about your own bed you’re thinking about your

Family I have this memory of my last year playing in college uh at Arizona Christian we started the season like 12-0 and we were niia and we actually beat a division one an NCAA division one school in an exhibition before the season we were really good and then we

Had a game against Great Falls at I think was what the school was called if I remember correctly but they were a pretty mediocre Ania team our last game before winter break and we were on a four-game road trip where we were down in Phoenix for the entire week and I

Remember in the locker room before the game everyone was talking about flying home everyone was talking about Christmas everyone was talking about you know what what was happening after the game and we went out and lost we went out and lost for the first time all season against a bad team because we

Were on the last game of a long road trip it’s just it’s just it’s just hard to be away from home for that long you know and these NBA teams are on even longer versions of these road trips even more stressful because they happen multiple times in the same season in

College typically in non-conference Play You’ll face something like that but once you get into conference play it’s rare for you to be out of town more than four or five days at a time like this this real the 82 Game season is really a grind and it would have been so easy to

Kind of Punt this game right a tough game on the road against the Pacers team with tyres Alberton and Pascal sakam that struggled a little bit bit since the trade and they kind of need a win and and Steph had no interest in losing this game he saw an opportunity to notch

Their fifth win in six tries and he and to stabilize the season and he went after it and like the dead giveaway was like he kept doing these nol look plays like he made a three on the left wing where he got fouled by Andrew nard and

He was turning and complaining at the ref while the ball was in the air never actually looked back to check to see if it went in just complained at the ref and ran back on defense he had a ball screen with Draymond where he drew a

Blitz and threw like a over the-top pass with his left hand didn’t even look to see Draymond dunk the basketball or uh to lay it up he just turned and ran the other way there’s another one where Draymond did a fake dribble handoff and went to the basket I think that was the

One where he dunked it soon as the fake dribble handoff happened Steph just turned around and ran back on defense like he was just so locked in on everything that was happening on the floor it was like he was a step ahead of everybody it was such an impressive Rive

Steph Curry game he ended up with 10 threes if I remember correctly just as I’ve been saying he’s just starting to pick up steam he’s really starting to pick up uh uh to where he was in the earlier portion of the Season warriors did a lot of attacking Tyrese halberton

Early in the game as well uh Jonathan kaminga posted him up on the left block and just hit him with a basic jab step got Baseline kind of bodied him and went up and dunked it two hands Andrew Wiggins got him on a dribble Drive in kind of like a

Uh they they they were just going right at Tyrese Alberton and tyres Alberton is not a good defensive player and I I do believe that Tyrese Alberton has the potential to be well I I think he will be the next great offensive initiator in the game but the again like the the gap

Between that and the actual top tier superstars in the league is a commitment to those details and he has the ability to be a better Defender than he is and he just hasn’t been very good uh Andrew Wiggins as of late has been really good

It only 11 points in this game and so a box score Watcher might not think Wiggins was particularly good but I thought he did a good job guarding Tyrese halberton he had seven quick points early in the game uh aggressive moves to the basket hit another big

Above the break three he was a big part of that early run that set the tone he had five assists and no turnovers a couple of really nice driving drop offs to Draymond a so like there’s a lot to be said about in the event that you weren’t going for

The Home Run trade you’re going to gain a lot just by getting Wiggins on track leaning into kinga’s growth and seeing what he can bring to the table right Chris Paul rejoining the lineup getting you know Gary pyton back to kind of anchor your perimeter defense although

The perimeter defense has been so much better as of late but I think Wiggins for the last couple of weeks has been maybe not in the box score close to what he was in 2022 but I I feel like he’s trending pretty heavily in that direction

Uh we got 17 more minutes tonight of Jonathan kaminga Andrew Wiggins and Draymond Green you guys remember I talked about this earlier today in the live show in the trade deadline breaking down the game last night uh against Philly but the uh that Draymond Green Jonathan kaminga Andrew Wiggins Frontline has been super

Successful for the Warriors in the last 10 games and uh on the season now they have 182 minutes together they are Plus 90 in tonight’s game they had a 135 offensive rating and 87 defensive rating a plus 48 net rating tonight they were plus 17 in 17 minutes like it’s already their second

Best lineup of the entire season Plus 90 and 182 minutes the only lineup that’s better is Chris Paul Dario sarage and Brandon pmy as a three-man grouping they’re plus 91 in 235 minutes g g give the Warriors one more game and they’ll be their best lineup of the season

Already and you remember Steve kerk came out early in the season and said that lineup was struggling and they were like they’ve just been so incredibly good over the last 10 games that same group dominated the end of the second quarter in the early third quarter just like

They did against the Sixers once again just like they did against the Sixers they blew the game open in that third quarter as a matter of fact it’s starting to look a lot more like the old Warriors in the way they used to win blowing teams out in third quarter runs

They have a plus 31 net rating in the third quarters of this six game stretch they’re outscoring teams by 31 points per 100 possessions plus 47 points total in the sixth game stretch they’re averaging winning the third quarter by eight points over this span and then I’d

Be remiss if I didn’t mention the bench group this group is kind of funky lineup Brandon pmy Lester konz Jonathan kaminga GE Santos and Dario sarich they played super hard dominated the glass here’s a crazy stat for you they grabbed 8 6% of their opponent’s misses in seven minutes

Tonight they grabbed 80% of their own misses they they got an offensive rebound on 80% of their own misses in today’s game that group that and like I talk about this concept all the time but like high motor athletes in the NBA regular season in particular you got to

Lean on them they can win your games g Santos is just a big dude who plays super hard that is super valuable like uh uh Brandon pmy has been one of the best rebounding guards in the League this year just continually grabbing highly contested rebounds came right out

The gate this year tonight like in the first two possessions had a big offensive rebound that hit Steph for his first three lit literally Steph’s first three came off of Brandon pmy offensive rebound he helped trigger that start to the game had a big defensive rebound on

The first possession too like it’s just that lineup is kind of funny because pmy kind of organized izes them and he did a nice job running the offense but they just play Super damn hard and they dominate The Glass they grew the lead to 20 plus while Steph was on the bench super

Encouraging I mean they’re back up to 24 and 25 feels like they have real momentum for the first time this season and it’s not just because they’ve won five out of six they’ve had stretches this year where they’ve won some games but it’s because they’ve actually found some stuff they’ve

Actually found some lineup groupings that work it feels like they’re starting to get to their five and again it’s kind of like the Bucks where it it depends on who you’re going to play at the two there whether it’s Kay or Brandon psky but it feels like the core four around

The five is Steph cingo Wiggins and green that’s your that’s your core lineup that feels sustainable to me there’s a large sample size there that’s 182 minutes of that front line of them being dominant that’s a real sustainable thing now they’re going to be like just

Like I said said last year they’re or earlier this year they’re just like the Lakers last year they’re going to have to rip off you know 15 out of 25 games to give themselves a a better chance at at a a playoff path because I think it’s

Going to be important for them to get in the top part of that playing tournament bracket in that seven or eight Zone and I think they’re three and a half games back right now of the eight seed if I’m not mistaken but I think it’s important for

Them to get up there because if they can win one of those games you’re probably going to have a chance against a a you’re going to have basically a 5050 chance of getting a younger inexperienced team like the Oklahoma City Thunder or the Minnesota Timberwolves or the Clippers who you

Know obviously have had issues getting to the playoffs healthy staying healthy in the playoffs and when they get to the playoffs they lean heavily on pullup jump shooting and have shown some flaws in the past I’m high on the clippers but the point is is there are some beatable

Teams there at the top of the conference Timberwolves have been really bad in late game situations and clutch situations as of late I think that’s a a thing the Warriors could capitalize on the Thunder are young and small I think that’s a thing the Warriors could

Capitalize on so like if they can get up into that playing tournament there’s you know I I think it’s a long shot for this team to win the title obviously just because they’re young and and they don’t really have secondary a legitimate secondary star next to Steph but they

Have a chance to make some noise and and they’re really starting to pick up some steam at this point in the Season He

Jason Timpf reacts to Stephen Curry’s 42-point performance in the Golden State Warriors’ 131-109 blow out win over Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers. Jason discusses Steph’s big night, the Draymond Green-Jonathan Kuminga-Andrew Wiggins lineup that is dominating, and how Golden State is starting to build momentum and looking like the old Warriors.

Timeline:
00:00 – Steph Curry goes off
03:10 – Warriors pick on Haliburton
03:52 – Andrew Wiggins picking up steam
05:00 – Warriors lineup that is dominating
08:07 – Warriors can make some noise

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