Excellent Live News: On February 21, , the new NBA regular season continued.
The Hornets relied on Rozier’s lore to beat Curry’s temporarily absent Warriors 102-100, avoiding a two-game losing streak.
In the first quarter, Ball assisted Washington with a dunk and scored the first point. Then Oubre broke through and gave Mulder a layup and scored 2 points in response.
The Warriors didn’t have a good three-pointer feeling when they came up. They failed to make a few three-pointers in the first few attempts, while the Hornets relied on switching offenses to break through the inside to score points.
In the first half of the first quarter, the shooting percentage of both sides was low. Only Wiggins and Bridges made 1 three-pointer, and both teams scored in single digits.
The Hornets came back from a timeout, and the offensive end suddenly fired. First Bridges and Rozier scored 3 points one after another, and then Monk scored 2 points with an air cut. The Hornets played a wave of 8-0 to stop the Warriors.
The Warriors came back from a timeout, Oubre broke through the inside and continued to score to help the Warriors catch up to the score, while the Hornets continued to look for opportunities at the basket with the passing of the whole team. In the last 50 seconds of the first quarter, Damien Lee and Monk scored a three-pointer each other
The point difference continued to remain at 9 points, and the Hornets led the Warriors by 9 points 24-15 at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Wiggins scored a jumper and Wanamark hit a free throw. Then Hayward and Wiggins also scored one after another.
Then Oubre scored a dunk and McDennis scored 2 1. Then Oubre made consecutive 3-pointers and dunked again, directly overtaking the score.
Although McDennis made a 3-pointer, Wiggins scored a layup to widen the point difference to 5 points, and Rozier made a half-time 3-pointer at the last moment, narrowing the point difference to 2 points.
Changing sides to fight again, Pascal accelerated past Zeller and scored 2 points first. Rozier broke through and got 2 free throws, then counterattacked the open three-pointer and continued to score, scoring 5 points in a row to overtake the Warriors in one fell swoop.
Back from the timeout, the Warriors regained their form, Anderson made a three-pointer, Wiggins and Maker scored 2 points one after another with steals and counterattacks, and the Warriors played a wave of 8-0 to overtake the Hornets by 6 points.
The Hornets came back from a timeout. First, Washington scored 2 three-pointers, and then Hayward counterattacked and also scored three-pointers. The Hornets took a 9-0 lead.
In the second half of the third quarter, the two sides took the lead alternately. The Warriors’ Oubre and Damien Lee started to play, and scored three-pointers at the top of the arc. The Hornets relied on Bridges and Rozier to continue to score.
, as Pascal scored 2 free throws, the two sides drew 69-69 and entered the final quarter.
In the final quarter, the two sides scored alternately, and the point difference did not widen.
Halfway through the final quarter, the Warriors played a wave of 9-0, expanding the point difference to 10 points for the first time.
The Hornets quickly narrowed the point difference to 2 points by virtue of their repeated success on the outside.
But as time passed, the Hornets did not get closer to the score under the Warriors’ timely counterattack.
Rozier’s key three-pointer gave the Hornets a fight, and Green’s technical foul gave the Hornets a chance to equalize with free throws. In the end, Rozier beat the Warriors at the buzzer, and the Hornets narrowly beat the Warriors 102-100.
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Warriors vs Hornets full game replay
Warriors vs Hornets full game replay
The score and data of the two sides: Scores in a single quarter: 15-24, 32-21, 22-24, 31-33 (the Hornets are behind) Warriors (16-15): Oubre 25 points, 6 rebounds and 2 steals, Wiggins 19 points
5 rebounds and 4 assists, Green 5 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, Pascal 16 points and 6 rebounds, Wanamaker 14 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals, Lee 14 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals Hornets (14-15)
: Washington 15 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Hayward 13 points, 7 rebounds and 2 steals, Rozier 36 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, Bridges 10 points and 4 rebounds, McDaniels 9 points and 7 rebounds Both starting: Warriors:
Mulder, Oubre, Green, Wiggins, Anderson Hornets: Hayward, Rozier, Ball, Washington, Zeller