The Golden State Warriors lost on Tuesday night, ending their extended home stand with a 145-127 loss to the Toronto Raptors. It was a bizarre game … the Raptors are the worst-shooting team in the league, but had one of the best-shooting games in the NBA this year, paced by a career game from Immanuel Quickley. The Warriors, meanwhile, played decently but couldn’t score much beyond tremendous contributions from Buddy Hield and Jonathan Kuminga.
Here’s a look at how Dub Nation viewed the action in real time, as seen through comments from the Golden State of Mind game thread.
First quarter: ‘Kuminga should be starting’
It was a brutal opening act, as the Warriors fell behind 10-0 and later 28-10. The Raptors couldn’t miss, and led 41-28 after one.
Second quarter: ‘JK sighting’
Kuminga entered to start the second quarter, playing for the first time in over a month. The deficit would balloon to 28, with the Warriors trailing 70-50 at halftime.
Third quarter: ‘JK coming back to life’
It was very ugly for much of the third quarter, with the Raptors’ lead expanding to 30 points. But they ended with a bunch of energy and highlights, primarily from Hield and Kuminga, who were fantastic. They got back into the game, trailing 108-94 entering the fourth.
Fourth quarter: ‘Making it a game!
The Warriors made things interesting, but couldn’t maintain it. Toronto was just too hot, and coasted to a blowout win.
