Boston Celtics, Golden State Warriors
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LA’s misery is Golden State’s gain. The LA Clippers’ mid-season resurgence has hit a concrete wall right when Steve Kerr has reset the Golden State Warriors’ goal to playing catch-up.
Gui Santos scored 13, while Draymond Green had 13 points and five rebounds. Kristaps Porzingis scored 11 in his return to Boston, Gary Payton II put up 14 and Pat Spencer scored 14 off the bench for the Warriors. Meanwhile, star Celtics duo of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown combined for 56.
Draymond Green met with the media after the Golden State Warriors lost to the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night.
Kristaps Porzingis scored 30 points and De'Anthony Melton added 27, and the Golden State Warriors snapped a five-game losing streak with a 125-117 victory over the Washington Wizards, earning coach Steve Kerr his 600th career victory.
Jackson reached 600 wins faster than anyone else, 805 games between the Bulls dynasty in the 1990s and the Los Angeles Lakers dynasty in the 2000s. Riley achieved this with his second-fastest contending teams in the NBA, including the Lakers, New York Knicks, and Miami Heat, between 1979 and 2008.
Boston jumped out to a double-digit in the first quarter behind 19 points from Jaylen Brown and did not look back from there for the final three quarters. The Warriors got no closer than seven points in the second half before Boston pulled away for good with a 17-6 run midway through the fourth quarter that put the visitors away.
Jaylen Brown scored 23 of his 32 points in the first half and the Boston Celtics rolled to a 120-99 win over the Golden State Warriors.
Golden State Warriors share cautious optimism on Stephen Curry’s return from knee injury, targeting a late-March comeback amid playoff push.