After 3 rounds that many fans considered “extremely unsightly”, Stephen Curry shined in the 4th quarter to lead the Golden State Warriors to a 100-92 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers.

In an important match that could decide the ranking, the Golden State Warriors made an extremely bold decision to rest two important pillars, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson. 

Coach Steve Kerr believes that Stephen Curry can lead the remaining players to easily overcome the Portland Trail Blazers, the team ranked last in the West. But things didn’t go as planned.

Thinking that Portland would be an “easy” opponent, coach Steve Kerr decided to put both Draymond Green and Klay Thompson on the bench, only letting Stephen Curry play with a group of satellite players.

Golden State played like it “lost its soul” in the first three rounds. Coach Steve Kerr’s team could not deploy a coherent аttаck and could only play on par with the Blazers, one of the teams with a bad record. best this season.

Right at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Warriors opened a series of points 11-4 against Portland to take the lead with 9 minutes left in the match. But then the hero of the Golden Gate football team appeared, none other than Stephen Curry.

Overcoming the first 3 lackluster rounds, Stephen Curry shined in the 4th quarter to lead the Warriors to a comeback victory.

“The Chef” proved why he is one of the best clutch players in the NBA this season with a top performance in the final 9 minutes of the match.

Since Portland took a 6-point lead at the beginning of the fourth quarter (85-79), Stephen Curry and his teammates responded with a 17-1 scoring streak. In particular, Curry alone directly scored or assisted up to 15 points. The remaining two points came from the free throw line.

This run in the fourth quarter helped Golden State regain the game, then completed the comeback to win the final 100-92.Stephen Curry is the Golden State Warriors leader in both scoring and assists in this match, having 22 PTS along with 8 assists, 7 rebounds and 2 more blocks.

In the fourth quarter alone, the “chef” pocketed 8 points and had 3 assists to bring 7 more points to the Warriors. Curry’s shooting success rate in the last 12 minutes was different from 3-5 FG (60% ), much better than just 29% (5-17 FG total) in the previous three rounds.

“Steph has done this many times. Although today was not the day he threw well, it did not stop Steph from shining and leading us to victory at the most important moment ,” coach Steve Kerr shared.

Watch highlights of Stephen Curry vs Portland Trail Blazers now, including a very “clutch” fourth quarter

Jonathan Kuminga and Andrew Wiggins were behind Curry, scoring 19 and 15 points, respectively. Rookie Trayce Jackson-Davis had 10 points, 4 assists and 4 blocks, performing very well on defense.

On the other side of the court, former No. 1 pick DeAndre Ayton scored 25 points and 11 rebounds. Rookie Scoot Henderson scored 18 points and had 12 assists but had 9 turnovers.

Look back at the main developments of this match here:

This result has made the Play-in bаttle in the Western NBA hotter than ever. Golden State Warriors with the win surpassed the Los Angeles Lakers to climb to 9th place on the rankings. The two teams have the same record of 45-35 but the Warriors have more head-to-head stats.

Sacramento Kings also have a record of 45-35 and thanks to facing both the Lakers and Warriors, they are temporarily ranked 8th. The three teams promise to compete intensely to escape the 9th-10th position and climb up to the group. 7-8, where they will have two lives in the Play-in series (can lose one match without being eliminated).