Thursday, December 5, 2013

The Golden State Comeback

AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez via ABC7

The Golden State Warriors were down, 75-48 to the Toronto Raptors, with 9:20 remaining in the 3rd quarter.

Then this happened...



From ESPN Stats and Info:

After falling behind by 27 points with 9:20 left in the third quarter, the Warriors outscored the Raptors 64-28 the rest of the way. Here's how the teams compared over the final 21:19.

Inside The Comeback - Final 21:19 of Game


Warriors Raptors
Pts 64 28
FG 21-37 10-28
3-pt FG 10-20 1-9
TO 3 8

To break that 64 points down, 42 of them came in the fourth quarter, with the remaining 22 coming in the third. In comparison, Toronto's fourth quarter meltdown saw them score just 15, one more than Steph Curry in the same stretch.

Here is the NBA's graphic of how they shot in the fourth quarter



Curry finished with 22 points in that final 21+ minutes of the game, with Klay Thompson contributing 15 (all on threes). David Lee added eight, while Andrew Bogut and Jermaine O'Neal each contributed six.

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