Warriors – Bucks 122-109: Thompson – Poole torpedoes Milwaukee by Antikounbo

It was both teams’ 68th game of the regular season. This time around, however, it was the night of the Warriors, beating the Bucks 122-109 to complete the three straight wins and break a streak of six positives that the champions were running. Clay Thompson was the absolute protagonist of confronting a Milwaukee kid, Jordan Poole, who showed up in the X Factor, while Steph Curry stayed (very) low but opened up spaces for those around him.

The Bucks are 42-26 (24-12 home and 18-14 away), with Giannis Antetokoumbo fighting almost alone against everyone (31 points, 8/13 two points, 1/4 three points, 12/18 shots). , 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block, 1 error, 2 fouls in 34 minutes), while Chris Middleton stayed on 18 points from 19 shots and Bobby Portis offered just four points in 22 minutes. Milwaukee made just four errors in the entire 48 minutes but never threatened the dominant hosts. and youNot to mention the overall bad night, the Bucks also saw DeAndre Bebri injure his right knee trying to cut Jordan Poole’s three-pointer, making it possible for him to lose for a while.

At 46-22, the Warriors (28-7 home and 18-15 away) are battling the Memphis Grizzlies for second place in the Western Conference. The Milwaukee native Jordan Poole (30 points, 4/6 two points, 5/10 three points, 7/7 shots, 6 rebounds, 5 assists) and the shocking Clay Thompson (38 points, 7/10 two points, 8/ 14 three points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists in 34 minutes) did things and wonders with Jonathan Kumingas full of energy and momentum and with Steph Curry staying on eight points in 33 minutes and only 1/3 two points and 2/4 three points but don’t worry about his individual performance, because the team played excellent basketball and dominated in rebounds (64-46).

Next game for the Bucks on Tuesday morning (05:00) in Salt Lake City against the Utah Jazz.

The race

The Bucks didn’t start the game well as the Warriors failed to capitalize on the opportunity. The 13-6 in the fifth minute was the result of Jordan Poole’s seven points, with Antetokunbo scoring his first points to make it 13-11, but immediately afterwards committed his second foul and was sent to the bench early. Ibaka and Holidayi scored two big shots to put the Bucks ahead (25-24 in 10′), the veteran bigman gave his team nine points (!) in the first period, and 28-28 seemed fair given the overall picture for the two gladiators in those 12 minutes .

When Giannis returned early in the second 12 minutes, Portis was the one who made the difference. First with an extra pass for Allen’s three and then an impressive poster nailing Bielitsa in the face for 32-38 with Kerr calling for a timeout and Clay Thompson returning with 2/2 threes for 38-38 and with a third for 43-40 in apotheosis! He also scored a fourth goal for 48-41, with Giannis then becoming more aggressive, scoring in spurts and reducing to six (56-50), but the hosts maintained control with Poole and Wiggins to fire from the periphery for 62-52 to “hit”. just before halftime, where the Bucks had just one error. And yet they lost.

The Warriors went into the second half with an incredible 11-0, thanks to a burst from Jordan Poole, who scored 25 points, taking the difference to 20 (78-58) and was unthreatened by dominating the rebound, with Giannis fighting alone long against everyone to score in torrents, wearing down his opponents and reducing to 12 (93-81) in the three minutes to end the third period. Thompson set the seventh three to make it 101:84 and in the final of the twelve minutes the hosts had done most of the work, although Budenholzer wasn’t hoping for much.

Thompson and Kuminga held the difference early in the fourth period, Middleton made a shocking effort not to lose the match without a fight from the Bucks before John at 5:47 gave two straight assists for 114-99 and saved some, albeit little interest in the showdown. A Warriors timeout followed, a three-pointer from Curry (his second in the game) and a +18 that couldn’t be knocked over by Milwaukee, who is continuing in Salt Lake City for the second of their four games in the West.

THE TWELVE MINUTES: 28-28, 67-58, 103-84, 122-109

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS (Steve Kerr): Poole 30 (4/6 two points, 5/10 three points, 7/7 shots, 6 rebounds, 5 assists), Wiggins 21 (3 three points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks), Looney 2, Thompson 38 (7/10 two points, 8/14 three points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists), Curry 8 (1/3 two points, 2/4 three points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists), Kuminga 14 (6 /13 two points, 11 rebounds), Moody, Bielitsa 6 (6 rebounds, 5 assists), Lee, Chiosa, Tuscano-Anderson 1, Witherspoon 2

MILGUOKI BUKS (Mike Budenholzer): Middleton 18 (2/10 two points, 4/9 three points, 2/2 shots, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals), Giannis Antetokounbo 31 (8/13 two points, 1/4 three points , 12/18 shots, 8 rebounds, 3 assists), Portis 4 (2/10 shots, 7 rebounds, 3 assists), Allen 12 (3), Holliday 13 (2 threes, 7 assists), Carter 9 (3/4 3 points), Matthews (0/5 shots), Ibaka 15 (4/6 two points, 2/3 three points, 1/1 shot, 6 rebounds), Nuora, Bebri, Thanasis Antetokunbo 4 (2/3 two points , 2 rebounds), Mamukelasvili 3 (1)

Golden State Warriors team stats: 27/48 two points, 18/45 three points, 14/15 shots, 64 rebounds, 33 assists, 3 steals, 7 blocks, 10 errors, 19 fouls

Milwaukee Bucks team stats: 21/48 two points, 17/44 three points, 16/23 shots, 46 rebounds, 27 assists, 8 steals, 2 blocks, 4 errors, 16 fouls