(San Francisco) Jordan Poole had a second game of over 30 points, with 33, and his Canadian Andrew Wiggins added 32, in addition to recovering seven rebounds, to lead the Golden State Warriors to a victory of 119 -104 on the Toronto Raptors.
Poole had ten of his 13 shots, including eight from the three-point zone to become the first Warriors player other than Stephen Curry to collect 30 or more points in two straight games in nearly two years. D’Angelo Russell is the last to achieve the feat on December 27, 2019 and January 12, 2020.
Curry scored just 12 points in the win, but had eight assists. The NBA scoring champion missed the Warriors’ last game on Friday in a 105-102 win over the Pistons in Detroit to heal a hip injury. Curry started the game 1 in 7 and finished it 2 in 10.
Wiggins hit his first five shots for 14 points early in the game and the Warriors took a 27-9 lead in the first quarter. They never lost the lead in the match again, en route to a fourth straight win and an 11e in 12 parts.
In the camp of the Raptors, Pascal Siakam collected 21 points and Fred VanVleet accumulated 17, in addition to providing seven assists.
Two three-pointers from VanVleet in the middle of the fourth quarter put the Raptors down to ten points behind the Warriors with a 103-93 score. The Warriors then took a time out to regroup.
Before the game, the Raptors had won four of the last five games between the two teams.
VanVleet finished the game with a 3 for 12 ratio behind the three point line. Collectively, the Raptors have only succeeded 15 of their 37 three-point attempts. Scottie Barnes picked up 13 rebounds, but only managed three of his 11 shots.
The Raptors will head to Memphis for their next game scheduled for Wednesday in a six-game road streak.