The Golden State Warriors made the journey down the coast to face the Lakers in Los Angeles on Tuesday night time in a key battle within the Western Convention Play-In race. The winner of the sport would take management of their very own future for the 9-seed and get to host a win-or-go-home Play-In sport subsequent week, whereas the loser would wish assist to keep away from having to choose up a pair of highway wins to succeed in the playoffs.
As they’re at all times a menace to do, the Warriors got here out red-hot from the three-point line, hitting 15-of-22 from past the arc within the first half on their approach to taking a 71-60 lead. Whereas that’s not utterly out of the peculiar for a staff with Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, what made the efficiency really wild was it was Draymond Inexperienced, of all folks, main the cost. Inexperienced was an ideal 5-for-5 from three within the first half, lighting up the Lakers as they (understandably) left him open again and again, however he continued to make them pay.
On his fifth three of the half, Kevin Harlan misplaced it on the decision, declaring Inexperienced a “flamethrower” earlier than noting he by no means thought these phrases would ever come out of his mouth.
That obtained a great snicker from Reggie Miller (and most everybody watching at house), and Harlan is correct to be flabbergasted by the efficiency. Whereas Inexperienced is having his second-best three-point taking pictures season of his profession, hitting 37.7 % from deep this 12 months, that’s on 2.3 makes an attempt per sport and his most makes in an entire sport coming into the night time was 4 (additionally in Crypto.com Enviornment, however in opposition to the Clippers). On the entire, he had 15 video games all season with multiple made three, with 13 of these being video games with two makes. Hitting 5 is actually out of character, however if you’re scorching you’re scorching and Inexperienced was certainly a flamethrower within the first half in L.A.
