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Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry blew up a pair of three shots each in a late-night tide on Tuesday night that allowed the Golden State Warriors to overtake Utah Jazz, 115-108, in a battle of two of the NBA's hottest teams in Oakland, California. .
This victory was the 16th of the Warriors in their last 17 games and gave them a 2-1 lead over the Jazz in a series of the season that saw the teams share games in Salt Lake City.
Utah lost for the fourth time only in its last 16 games.
The Jazz led by seven points early in the fourth quarter and retained a 93-88 advantage while only 8:41 was left before the Warriors started their offensive attack.
Thompson started a 20-4 run with goals of 3 and 2 points, which attracted Golden State even at 93-all with a time remaining of 7:50.
After scorers DeMarcus Cousins and Kevin Durant gave the Warriors a 9-0 lead, Donovan Mitchell of Utah responded with a basket to reduce the Jazz deficit to 97-95.
It was at this point that Curry took matters in hand, scoring three consecutive points, then an 8-0 pass that opened a 10-point lead.
Ricky Rubio stopped the race with an indoor hoop, but Thompson rejoined the distance, giving Golden State a 108-97 lead with only 3:51 left.
Durant (the top 28 points of the game), Curry (24) and Thompson (22) were closely following the Warriors, who were finishing their pre-All-Star break program in Portland on Wednesday night.
The cousins finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds, and Andre Iguodala added 13 points to Golden State, which beat Utah 49.4% to 47.1%.
Mitchell has 25 points, a top in the team, for the Jazz. The series of two victories broke.
Rudy Gobert recorded 13 points and 16 rebounds for Utah, Rubio has 16, Derrick Favors and Royce O 'Neale 13 and Raul Neto 10.
The Jazz defeated a first quarter 14 points in which he scored only five goals to take the lead in the third.
Utah trailed by 11 at the start of the first half, but reached 47-44 at half-time and took his first lead since the second minute of the match on a 3-pointer by Mitchell with 4:39 left to play in the third. quarter.
The Utah attack hit 91-84 thanks to a pair of free throws from Neto. It was 9:51 in the fourth quarter before the Warriors pulled together.
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