What we learned as Steph, Warriors Rockets Comepl in Sieg originally puts on in NBC Sports Bay Area

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How frustrating the defeat of the Warriors against the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday evening they found a way to prevent the Houston rockets in their Texas two steps to prevent the perfect amount of dynamics in the NBA all-star break on Thursday evening with the NBA -All star break to a 105-98 victory in the Toyota Center.

Steph Curry scored 27 points in the first half and in the second half and 12 and 12 and made five 3-point highs. Jimmy Butler scored 19 points, eight rebounds and four templates, and Brandin Podziemski was the required third scorer of the Warriors by falling 18 points.

The Warriors shot low 26.8 percent for 3-converter and made a total of 11, one less than the rockets. Instead of the long ball, the Warriors won the game in other areas.

They were 24 out of 27 from the free-wire line, a 14-point advantage over the rockets. Her defense went particularly in the first half and the unit a total of 13 steals and six blocked shots.

Here are three snack bars from the game on Thursday when the Warriors entered the all-star Break game over 0.500 with 28-27.

Kumpel out, podz in

The warriors are now tied to the overall ranking. Well, that is, a list of the most of the NBA constellations started this season. With her 33rd different fifth, Steve Kerr Podziemski had curry, Butler, Moses Moody and Draymond Green replaced. The Rookie Center Quinten Post was also sent to the bank, replaced by Moody.

Hield was a playing minus-21 in the defeat of the Warriors against the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday evening. Podziemski was a team high plus-13 in 24 minutes before the bank. Something had to give and Kerr had another new group equipped to start the game on Thursday.

The change was justified immediately. Podziemski scored six points in the first quarter and eight in the second point and gave him 14 points in the first half-time only behind curry. And although he only scored two points, Hield was a plus-13 in the first two quarters of the bank.

While Hield never found his shot and finished 1 of 5 from the field and 0 of 4 from Deep, Podziemski’s effects were still felt.

Together with his 18 points, Podziemski also had five rebounds, four assists and four steals, including one in which he torn the ball from his opponent in the last minute.

I feel moody

Podziemski, who joined the first five on the floor, was the bigger story, but Moody made sure that his presence also had the feeling. In a large way too. Which is really nothing new for the professional of the fourth year.

Moody’s first half showed something of everything. Moody continued to attack Nahouts offensively and violently got into the basket. He made one of his three 3-point attempts, flew for a tip and scored 10 points. Moody defensively took over a load, blocked two shots and wiped theft.

Although Moody did not score a goal in the second half, his hustle and bustle never stopped. Moody had six rebounds, two steals and two blocked shots. He was all over the floor and now scored in two -digit numbers in 13 of his last 15 games.

Final four minutes

For the fourth time this season, the Warriors were in a clutch game against the Rockets. This makes 34 coupling games in the 2024-25 NBA season as a whole for the Warriors, who are connected to the Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves for the league leadership. The real clutch time for the Warriors was the last four minutes when Kerr went back to his starting line -up.

Green Kevon Looney replaced the 3: 56 mark when the Warriors had a 4-point lead. Just 14 seconds later, Green Curry found 3-pointer to move, which felt more like 10 points.

The next three possessions of the Warriors were a green floater, a cutting butler who gave a pass from Green, and then muscles butler his way to the free -out line to score two points to give the Warriors a lead of 11 points.

But the young rockets have never stopped fighting to Green’s dagger 3 pointers with 47 seconds. In the last four minutes, the Warriors’ starts have exceeded the Rockets for three points to bring a huge victory into the All-Star break.

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