{"id":495816,"date":"2025-10-06T03:20:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T07:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=495816"},"modified":"2025-10-06T03:20:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T07:20:23","slug":"steph-curry-happy-with-al-horfords-impact-in-warriors-debut","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/steph-curry-happy-with-al-horfords-impact-in-warriors-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Steph Curry happy with Al Horford\u2019s impact in Warriors debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Steph Curry shared his great impression from his new teammate Al Horford following the veteran center\u2019s first appearance with the Golden State Warriors in their preseason opener against the Los Angeles Lakers. The Warriors kicked off their campaign in San Francisco with a 111-103 victory, highlighted by Horford\u2019s defensive presence and leadership.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Steph in under 15 minutes vs. the Lakers:<\/p>\n<p>14 points<br \/>\n5-7 shooting<br \/>\n3 triples<\/p>\n<p>Chef Curry cooked in the Dubs&#8217; 1st preseason W! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8GbUTAlZjY\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/8GbUTAlZjY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1975043334730301821?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While Curry, Draymond Green, Jimmy Butler, and Horford each played limited minutes\u2014around 15 each \u2014the team showed strong chemistry and balance. Curry led by example, scoring 14 points, but it was Horford\u2019s defense that drew the most attention. The 38-year-old big man got three blocks under his name and anchored the paint, giving the Warriors a different dimension from their traditional quick small-ball approach.<\/p>\n<p>Curry applauded Horford\u2019s performance and adaptability. \u201cHe\u2019s a high IQ, experienced championship-caliber player that can really fit with any lineup out there,\u201d the two-time MVP said after the game.<\/p>\n<p>Warriors have one more preseason game against Lakers and two versus Portland Blazers. Then they will close their preparations with a clash against Clippers before opening the regular season against Lakers again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steph Curry shared his great impression from his new teammate Al Horford following the veteran center\u2019s first appearance with the Golden State Warriors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":495817,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[26828,16989,17837,17114],"news_category":[16706,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[26829,17876,17875,1067],"acf":{"news_source":"","link_picture":"","announce":"Warriors' new acquisition was decisive in defense for Golden State in the win against Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday ","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/495816"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495816"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/495816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":495818,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/495816\/revisions\/495818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495816"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=495816"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=495816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}