Draymond Green returned to start the second quarter and the Jazz claimed the first points with a Joe Johnson three.
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For the first time all series, the Jazz took a lead on the Warriors tonight. Unfortunately, you will be needing an authentication with your cable provider should you want to watch Golden State Warriors vs Utah Jazz Game 4 live stream on Watch ABC. Going back to last season’s rally in the National Basketball Association finals the Cavs have won 10 consecutive playoff games, three shy of the NBA’s record set by the Los Angeles Lakers over the 1988 and 1989 postseasons. The Utah Jazz are averaging 98.1 points on 46.4 percent shooting and allowing 100.7 points on 47.3 percent shooting. Gobert himself was a menace on both ends of the floor, finishing with 21 points and 15 rebounds.
However, this matchup was controlled by the other All-Star small forward.
Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson were a combined 7-for-29 from the field and 3-for-15 from 3-point range, leaving Durant to lead Golden State. It was not just his scoring total that stood out, but rather how he got to that total.
Suddenly up eight with three minutes left, the Warriors only needed a couple backbreakers to seal it. Durant provided them.
While Durant consistently willed the Warriors with big shots on Saturday night, it was his aggression that took over.
Durant had not played four full games in a row since February. JaVale McGee gave the Warriors good minutes in the fourth as well, the 17-5 run came led by Durant, and it was all over.
When he saw shots weren’t falling for his teammates, Kevin Durant went to work reviving the Golden State Warriors’ offense. It’s games like these that remind everyone that Kevin Durant is still the best player on this team and the second-best player on this planet. The Jazz are 7-1-1 ATS in their last 9 games playing on 1 days rest, 1-4-1 ATS in their last 6 home games and 8-3-1 ATS in their last 12 games overall. “But that’s one I take all the time, and I expect to make it”.
The Warriors have too many weapons, and the Jazz have just enough weaknesses, especially with George Hill out with an injury. On a night Curry and Thompson were cold, in one of the most hostile environments he had seen all season, Durant owned Utah on the pick-and-roll all game.
Warriors outscored Jazz by nine points in the final four minutes, Curry warming up late to contribute to the surge with a three-pointer that made it 89-84. He also deserves a lot of credit for not turning the ball over once all night.
What they couldn’t do was stop Durant. In addition, the Jazz need to find a source of consistent offense outside of Gordon Hayward and Rudy Gobert. “(Rudy) Gobert is a load down there in the paint, so I know I just can’t go in there and throw up anything.
Gobert showed the blueprint for how teams can limit the Warriors; his dominance of Golden State’s overmatched center crop was apparent in tonight’s game.
If there was any game the Jazz could steal against the Warriors, it was probably game three. The teams play Game 4 On Monday, May 8, at 6 p.m. PST.
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Utah’s starters all had solid games as all five of them were in double figures. In Game 3, they matched a franchise playoff record for fewest turnovers in a game with seven – including zero in the second half.
