Four road games, and four matchups that came down to the final quarter. Though the Warriors suffered two heartbreaking losses to tip off this road trip, the squad successfully limited the Indiana Pacers in the final minutes of Wednesday’s contest to win 111-107.
It was a tightly contested game from the opening tip. It was not until the 2:21 mark of the fourth quarter when Kelly Oubre Jr. hit a step-back jumper from the free throw line, off of a clever bounce pass from Stephen Curry, that the Dubs got their largest lead of the night at 105-98.
On the ensuing possession, Indiana’s Damantas Sabonis received a pass in the post while posting up the smaller Eric Paschall. Though he started to back down Paschall to the bucket, Draymond Green came in from his blindside for the double-team. Their combined pressure forced Sabonis to travel and turn the ball over to the Dubs.
But as the story had been through the game, solid defense was being played by both teams. The Pacers played the Dubs well on the next possession and forced an unfruitful trip down court. They were able to capitalize on that and find Doug McDermott for an open splash to trim the Dubs’ lead to four points.
Considering the Dubs had their worst shooting night on 3-pointers at 5-for-26 (19.2 percent), a win was going to have to be earned in some other fashion. And sure enough, the Dubs found the answer by scoring through other means the rest of the way.
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