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The Golden State Warriors defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 141-114 on Monday night, which ranks among their best victories of the year. The Warriors’ finest players stepped up with many standout performances, mirroring what they did against the Thunder the week before, setting the tone for their pivotal first game without star point guard Stephen Curry.
Klay Thompson handled the bulk of the scoring in this one, finishing the night with 42 points and a season-high 12 made threes. However, despite his amazing individual scoring night, Thompson gave all the credit to the team’s performance – specifically citing the Warriors’ 43 assists with only 16 turnovers.
Klay just dropped 42 points and all he wants to do is talk about the team 💯 pic.twitter.com/Pwz4vKlaIg
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) February 7, 2023
The Dubs fed off Klay's energy tonight pic.twitter.com/23Yba8NMkV
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) February 7, 2023
Although he didn’t have the absurd scoring outburst of Thompson, Warriors guard Jordan Poole still had a phenomenal all-around night of his own. Poole was in complete control of the game, balancing his 21 points scoring while getting his teammates involved for a career-high 12 assists. His night had Draymond Green dishing out high praise for the blooming Warriors guard.
"I thought that's the best game I've ever seen him play."
Draymond explains why JP was so effective tonight pic.twitter.com/bQVFyBw1Bl
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) February 7, 2023
JP had to take time to think about his favorite dime of the night 😂 pic.twitter.com/RlXAC37blQ
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) February 7, 2023
In a night full of good vibes, here are some other interesting news and notes from the Warriors postgame press conferences.
Klay doesn't believe he should be an All-Star this season but vows to make it again in the future pic.twitter.com/yteYGYGwZP
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) February 7, 2023
Draymond details how the offense changes when Steph is out pic.twitter.com/gF1Y421XWg
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) February 7, 2023
Kerr of win w/o Steph: "This is a confidence booster for sure to play without him but to see the performance of the team, amazing individual performances we got. It was a feel-good game for a lot of people and that just really fuels everybody. Hopefully we can keep that going."
— Janie McCauley (@JanieMcCAP) February 7, 2023
Source: https://www.goldenstateofmind.com
