LThe Warriors rub their hands and the rest of the NBA teams are worried. Stephen Curry, who has already given his first recital of the season, will soon be joined by Klay Thompson. He has not played for two years after a knee ligament tear and then another in the Achilles tendon, but if he gets close to the level he was before the misfortunes Golden State can put it together. To win the ring? Not the same, but they are going to have fun for a while.
“This is going to be a great, great season at Chase Center,” Curry said, microphone in hand, before the game. “I can’t wait to welcome Klay Thompson,” he said. And the Warriors fans were salivating.
Afterward, Curry hit a dream quarter with 25 points without missing any of his nine shots, including five 3-pointers. “I don’t know if I’ve had a perfect start like that before, but I had a good feeling from the opening jump,” he explained. And yes, he had already lived a period like that, although not to start a game. On April 14 of this year he made another 25 with 8/8. In NBA history, only one other player had reached 25 points in a single quarter with at least five points and no shot miss. It was … Klay Thompson: On January 23, 2015, he hit 37 with 13/13 shooting from the field and nine 3-pointers. As for the Warriors not to dream.
It was not a happy event for Luka Doncic. In the opening of the course, the point guard of the Mavericks turns 200 games in the NBA and there was no occasion to celebrate anything. He suffered against the defense of De’Andre Hunter and, although he was close to the triple-double (18 + 11 + 7), he was below his level. His team, too.
“I think we played in a terrible way. It was our first game, we have a new coach, a new coaching staff, two new players … We will be fine but today was a terrible day. We weren’t able to score anything. We still have 81 more games to go. , there is nothing to worry about, “he said, taking away the defeat. “We were bad, really bad,” corroborated Kristaps Porzingis.
It was Jason Kidd’s first game in charge of the Mavericks and it was clear they have a lot of work ahead of them. He said they were going to shoot less 3-pointers and more from mid-range, against the direction of current basketball, and in their debut it hasn’t worked at all.
“They kicked our butt. That happens sometimes in the NBA,” Mike Budenholzer had to admit. The Bucks champions coach was candid after a game in which his team started 22-3. From there, nowhere. In the end they were 42 points behind. The Heat fell short of the biggest beating in their history. His record is +43 over the Clippers in 1994. What they did beat was his top scorer and point difference in a debut.
Not even Giannis Antetokounmpo could avoid the humiliation. The defense raised by Miami attacked the colossus, which remained at 15 points, 10 rebounds and two assists. Good numbers for most humans, but not for a mythological animal like him.
One of the architects of the beating of the Bucks was Tyler Herro, who scored 27 points off the bench and played only 25 minutes. It’s the Heat’s scoring record in such a short time. Last season he was not at the level that his progression indicated, but this summer he has worked hard to take several steps forward.
His first game was a declaration of intent and, in addition, he was thirsty for revenge after the Bucks 4-0 in the last playoffs: “Last year, we felt that we were ashamed.” At only 21 years old, more mature and with his new fatherhood, it may be his season.