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Curry's Warriors punish Clippers and referees for not knowing their place

NEVER ANGER THE SONS OF THE GOLDEN EMPIRE!

Daniel Hardee
Nov 29, 2021
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One of my favorite types of basketball revelations is players talking in awed tones about how they once angered a great hooper with trash talk and were punished for it with righteous indignation. Like that one time a young Kevin Garnett disrespected prime Michael Jordan and was tormented for it:

Rising to the occasion on mano-a-mano disrespect is the hallmark of sports, and basketball is a prime arena for it. There’s no helmets or hats to obscure faces, the fans are seated so close they can breathe on the players, and there’s plenty of teammates/opponents on the floor to antagonize any situation. It’s funny when it’s a player getting a player incensed, and even funnier when a ref does it.

In the Golden State Warriors’ 105-90 victory last night over the feisty Los Angeles Clippers, they were challenged by both opponent and umpire disrespect, and responded with spectacular fury.

This Poole goes deep

When Isaiah Hartenstein (a reserve big on the Clippers) blocked a wild Jordan Poole drive and screamed at his fallen body, it was a test of Poole’s swag. The game had been a close slugfest up until that point, the score 60-59 with 2:35 remaining in the third period.

The Clippers were ratcheting up the physicality on the Warriors to try and rattle them; Golden State kept looking to the referees to regulate the excess bumping. But alas they were “letting them play”. Well, unless you were the Warriors who kept getting whistled for minor contact. Maybe I’m a homer, but Draymond Green, the Warriors bench, and Stephen Curry all got T’ed up for showing displeasure with the refereeing. That’s gotta say something, right?

Anyways, here comes Hartenstein with the big time block on Poole’s probing drive.

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JP got hot immediately after this tech on Hartenstein 🙃

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Big mistake. Poole got hot, drilling 4 three-pointers in the final 2:17 of the 3rd period, barking after each bucket.

Does this two-man dance with Draymond remind you of something Splash Brotherly?

Twitter avatar for @_itskellyoKelly O'Meara Morales @_itskellyo
Great D by Terrence Mann here to swallow up Poole's lane to the hoop, but better off-ball motion by JP gets him going for a hot 3rd huge quarter scoring run

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Twitter avatar for @NickFriedellNick Friedell @NickFriedell
Poole had 15 in the 3rd. His ability to get hot offensively is going to be such a huge weapon for the Warriors off the bench later in the year. A totally different dynamic for Kerr once Klay comes back.

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Poole’s microwave hot streak didn’t blow the game open like we’ve seen in so many other GSW games. That’s because the Clippers had Paul George going unconscious with his jumper, hitting shots with defenders draped all over him like he was channeling the aura of Kobe Bryant.

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Jordan Poole vs Paul George this 3rd quarter
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Twitter avatar for @JamCristopherJamal Cristopher @JamCristopher
paul george today vs the warriors: 30 points 5 rebounds 5 assist 11-24 from the floor. these might be the most challenging buckets pg has had in a game this season. the degree of difficulty on most of these were up there. incredible shot making

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But that wasn’t the last time someone would anger the Warriors and kickstart a scoring binge. You can ask the guy in the zebra stripes about that.

Dot their eyes and cross your T’s

Hartenstein clobbered Draymond Green on a drive, Green reacted, and the ref’s t’ed him up.

Twitter avatar for @LawMurrayTheNULaw Murray ⛵ @LawMurrayTheNU
Isaiah Hartenstein rim protection shows up immediately as he stones Draymond Green on a drive. Green didn't like it, and got a tech that he had been working on since the first quarter.

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Okay cool. And the refs whistled…the Warriors bench for a tech?

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The Warriors were baffled that they received a technical foul 🤔

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Wow, that’s interesting. But then this crime-against-humanity of a non-call occured with the Warriors up 79-70 with a little over nine minutes to go in the 4th quarter and Wardell Stephen Curry II had about all he was gonna take.

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Steph absolutely SNAPPED on the ref 😡

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It’s Curry gets THAT animated with the refereeing since the game’s usually over in the third quarter and he’s chillin on the bench. But this egregious act of poor refereeing sent Curry over the edge, and he was rewarded with a technical foul.

BIG mistake, Ref.

Curry then scored 11 points in less than six minutes as part of a 21-12 run deep in the fourth quarter to put the Dubs up 100-82 and wipe out any chance of the Clippers surviving.

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Steph threw up his own T 😂

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Twitter avatar for @godlevelklayemily @godlevelklay
Steph 😭

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Twitter avatar for @JosephRayaWardJoseph Raya-Ward @JosephRayaWard
Steph hits an insane three and then T's up the ref. I hate this guy. Not because of the antics, but because he is inevitable.

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Curry finished the game with 33 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 steals. He’s a defensive force out there, gumming up the other team’s plans with his quick hands and intelligent positioning. But it’s his offense that is putting terror in the NBA…again.

Twitter avatar for @TomerAzarlyTomer Azarly @TomerAzarly
“If you know the Warriors, that’s what makes them great. They can go on a run and you never know when that run is gonna come. It’s kind of like a build up into that moment because they haven’t gone on a run the whole game.” Paul George on Stephen Curry’s big run.

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"When he knows he's right, the competitor in him comes out and he'll kind of lose his mind a little bit." - Kerr on Steph getting angry at the ref

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3 and D

Otto Porter Jr. was an offseason STEAL. His 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 2 steals in 26 minutes off the bench is EXACTLY what Golden State wanted him when they took a flier on him during free agency. His 3-of-7 shooting from beyond the arc acted as body blows for a Clippers defense that fought valiantly but couldn’t cover every damn thing.

Twitter avatar for @warriorsGolden State Warriors @warriors
18 PTS | 10 REB | 1 DUB Otto Porter Jr. came up clutch today in DTLA

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The Warriors shot 17-of-40 (42.5%) from beyond the arc, but more importantly limited LAC to 9-of-28 (32%) from three-point land. This was a battle of the top two defenses in the NBA (Phoenix is third), but by the fourth quarter it was clear only one of these defenses was giving up backbreaking shots from deep. Those shots swing ball games, and you could feel the air going out of the Clippers everytime their rotations gave up a bomb or some Warrior just pulled up in their face disrespectfully 25-feet from the basket.

The Warriors also eradicated the passing lanes like fighter jets patrolling the skies. The Clippers had 24 turnovers to only 18 assists. Reggie Jackson, the team’s second leading scorer at 18.4 PPG, shackled to zero points. Here’s two Clippers’ analysts with their takes:

Twitter avatar for @LucasJHannlucas @LucasJHann
the Clippers are a good team and did a lot of good stuff today, but the Warriors are a great team and the margin of error to win a good vs great battle is slim no way they were gonna overcome 24 TOs *and* a reggie donut *and* GSW above avg 3pt game *and* LAC below avg 3pt game

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Twitter avatar for @RichHomieFlomRobert Flom @RichHomieFlom
The Warriors defense is much, much, MUCH more impressive than their offense.

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Gary Payton II had 4 steals in 12 minutes bahahah. He’s averaging the same amount of steals per game (1.3) as noted defensive pest Kyle Lowry in less than half the minutes per game. This dude is going to swing entire playoff games with his hustle and smarts.

It’s getting to the point now where the Warriors are just the superior offensive and defensive team regardless of who they face. They won’t let you score, whilst they bomb you out of the building. It’s beautiful to watch.

Twitter avatar for @warriorsvoxTim Roye @warriorsvox
The Warriors start is truly remarkable as they have scored 100 plus in every game while doing this...

StatMuse @statmuse

The Warriors have played 20 games this season. They have held their opponents under 50% shooting in all 20 games. They have the best defensive rating and opponent FG% this season. https://t.co/PbHYxr1NAK

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So don’t make them mad. WHO’S NEXT?

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Janet
Nov 30, 2021

My husband and I had a great time reading the article, rereading it and replaying the videos several times, laughing the whole time. It gave us so much joy, as much as the game. We get to watch basketball again tonight with another recap! Life is good.

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mDuo13
Nov 30, 2021Liked by Eric Apricot

I was curious about GSW's strength in numbers stats, so I put together a graphic showing how deep our rotation has gone relative to the rest of the league: https://img.mduo13.com/gsw-depth-chart-with-labels.svg

This only covers number of minutes, not how effectively those players have played, but it's a bit harder to summarize that in one number. Given how the team has been winning, feels like mostly guys are playing well.

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