Player Grade: Warriors Vs Lakers
That was a good way to kick off the second part of the season, though. The Golden State Warriors thrashed the Los Angeles Lakers 128-110 on Thursday night on TNT, extending their winning streak to nine games in the previous eleven. There would be no fourth-quarter meltdown this time. Even though the Lakers were missing Chris Paul and Gary Payton II, they were still facing a team without LeBron James, but it was still a great victory.
Now let’s assign grades to the players who came back from the interval determined to win. As usual, grades are determined by my standards for every player; a player receiving a “B” signifies an average performance from me.
Note: Threes and free throws are included in the scoring efficiency metric known as true-shooting percentage (TS). The league average TS going into Thursday’s games was 58.3%.
Draymond Green
Eight points, seven rebounds, five assists, one block, one turnover, one foul, 21 minutes, three for five shooting, two for two threes, 80.0% TS, +19
In order to maintain his freshness for the second half of the back-to-back on Friday, when the Dubs visit the Charlotte Hornets, Draymond had an outstanding game and played for well under half of the minutes. What about that isn’t it wonderful?
Don’t allow Anthony Davis’ fantastic performance detract from Green’s excellent defense against players who are noticeably bigger than him. Green’s incredible shooting season is still going strong as he continues to set career highs in three-point %, effective field goal percentage, and true shooting percentage after draining two more three-pointers.
Grade: A
Jonathan Kuminga
12 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 2 fouls, 5-for-13 shooting, 1 three-pointer, 1 free throw, 46.6% TS, +25 in 24 minutes.