Stephen Curry began hitting big shots from the 1st minute, and the Golden State Warriors defeated LA Lakers without LeBron James, as the team from the Bay avenged the double-OT loss when the 2 teams played in January.
Steph finished with 32 points, scoring 6 3-pointers and had 8 assists, leading the Golden State past the Los Angeles 128-110 in both organizations’ 1st match in the league after the All-Star break.
The first player in franchise history to reach 6,000 career regular-season assists ? pic.twitter.com/NuKescA9Bo
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) February 23, 2024
“Just Curry and getting the fans engaged, bringing a lot of energy, I believe it fuels us and sets the tone until the end of the match,” shared rookie Trayce Jackson-Davis, who notched 17 points off the bench on his 24th birthday. “To have a superstar in your team that can shoot like that, you just want to pass him the ball as much as you can because you know that he will lead the team to the victory.”
With his 6,000th NBA assist, Curry became the 8th player in league history with at least 23,000 points and 6,000 assists — joining LeBron, Westbrook, Bryant, Harden, Robertson, West, and Havlicek.
The Warriors have now scored 125+ points in four straight games.
That’s the longest such streak by a Dubs squad since 1989. pic.twitter.com/vbtgqFmtoI
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) February 23, 2024
Final ?
Stephen – 32p/1r/8a/3s
Andrew – 20p/3r/2a/1s/1b
Trayce – 17p/5r/1a/2b
Jonathan – 12p/3r/3a/1s
Brandin – 10p/9r/1a
Draymond – 8p/7r/5a/1b
Lester – 7p/1r/1a
Jerome – 6p
Moses – 4p/6r1a
Dario – 4p/4r/4a
Klay – 3p/4r/5a/1s
Gui – 3p
Kevon – 2p/5r/1a pic.twitter.com/7jOIAFYL7L— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) February 23, 2024
Anthony Davis finished with 27 points and 15 boards, as D’Angelo Russell added 18 points, 9 assists and 5 boards for Los Angeles, who were without superstar LeBron James who is healing from an ankle problem.