Warriors 140 - 137 Jazz summary, stats, scores and highlights | NBA

Kuminga has seen his point production dip now that Wiggins and Green are getting regular time, but he's still a high flyer who can throw it down with the best of them and get you 20 on any given night as he showed last month. 

The Jazz may have been been down double digits with 4:00 left, but they fought until the end, and had a chance to tie it up at the buzzer but Collin Sexton missed a three to send the Utah into the All-Star Break on a four game losing streak. 

The Warriors built up a 19 point lead and seemed like they were going to cruise to victory, but the Jazz came roaring back in the final five minutes. Keyonte George tied a rookie record for three pointers hitting 9/16 in the comeback bid for Utah. 

Thompson was feeling it in the third quarter. He may have had to come off the bench to start the game, but he was there at the end to finish the game. He had 18 straight Warrior points in the third, and finished the night with 35 in 28 minutes on 13/22 shooting. He's a veteran and seems willing to embrace his new role, whatever that might be. If he continues to have nights like this, he won' mind coming off the bench. 

Curry had a quiet night scoring after hitting seven or more threes in his last four games. He finished the night with 16 points on 4/14 shooting but had 10 assists including this one to Kuminga. 

Klay Thompson hit the 15,000 point mark in the first half, and to celebrate he went wild in the third quarter. 

The Warriors scored 48 points in the second quarter to erase an 11 point deficit and go into the halftime break up 13. Guys like rookie Brandon Podziemski are vital to this aging team, especially in a back to back series and he delivered the goods in the first half, scoring all of his 13 points (including this buzzer beater to end the half) in the opening two quarters. 

The story of the night, and really the season for the Warriors has been Klay Thompson and his diminished role on the team. The four time champ came off the bench in Utah but showed he's got plenty more left in the tank, even if it means he may not be a starter on a nightly basis. 

For a change, it was Draymond Green taking some punishment in the Warriors' previous game against the Clippers when Ivica Zubac hit him with an elbow to the face. He returned to the game that same night and something must have happened with that bow to the head as he went wild on the offensive end. He 23 points on 9/14 shooting. 

The Golden State Warriors are heading to the All-Star Break with a win after their narrow victory over the Utah Jazz who had a chance to tie the game up at the buzzer. Klay Thompson had 35 points off the bench to lead his team to a 140-137 win. 

Johnathan Kuminga and company came into the second end of a back to back series having won five of six, and looking to keep the momentum going into the week long break. They were trailing early after a hot shooting start for the Jazz in the first quarter. Utah hit 9 threes to take an 11 point advantage early in the first half. 

IT'S ALL OVER!!! 

The Warriors head to the All-Star Break with a narrow win over the Jazz who drop their fourth straight! Golden State was up by as many as 19 but had to to hope Sexton's open three was off the mark as the buzzer sounded to end the game. 

Sexton had a wide open look after a pump fake and he missed the game tying three as time expired!

Curry to the line after the foul on George and he hits both FTs. 

Collins got the offensive board after the Markkanen miss but threw it away trying to kick it out to George! 

2.4 left on the clock and the Jazz have to foul. 

Clarkson taps the offensive board to Collins for the lay up. 

George called for a walk after leaving his feet and coming down with the ball. 

George with a foul on Curry, and he hits one of two FTs. 

Sexton fouled by Kuminga and he hits one of two FTs with 1:35 to go. 

Sexton with the offensive board and put back!

George with a steal on one end and he hits Markkanen for the three ball! It's a five point game!

Curry to the line after a foul on Collins and he hits one of two FTs. 

Sexton slashing to the bucket and George hit him for the lay up in traffic. 

Markkanen spots up from downtown and we have a single digit game!

Green goes up to for Kuminga who throws it down on the alley oop!

Sexton to the line after the Curry foul and he hits both FTs. 

The clock was winding down and Green had to force up a three. The shot was way off but George got a piece of him and he hits two of three FTs. 

Green on the roll to the bucket and the lay up off the glass. 

Sexton lobs it up and Collins throws it down!

Clarkson gong the line after the three point foul on Gayton and he hits all three FTs. 

Payton with the tip slam off the Thompson missed three!

Curry hits a huge three to take the air out of this Delta Center!

Markkanen following up the missed three from George and puts it up and in. 

Sexton turns on the jets and gets the the bucket laying it off the glass. 

Green with a lay up off the glass on the baseline drive. 

Timeout Warriors with 9:40 to go in the fourth!

Markkanen on the step back three ball in the corner and the Jazz aren't out of this one just yet. 

George to the line after the foul on Jackson-Davis and he hits one of two. He's got 33 on the night. 

Wiggins with a deep two on the step back in the corner. 

Markkanen tips in his own miss down low. 

Quinones to the line and he hits one of two FTs after the foul on Clarkson. 

Sexton gets the lay up and the foul! FT is good for the three point play. 

Markkanen sent to the line by Jackson-Davis and he hits both FTs. 

WE ARE HEADED TO THE FOURTH QUARTER HERE FROM UTAH!

Thompson had 18 straight points for the Warriors in that quarter. He's got 35 off the bench. 

Clarkson to the line after the foul on Green and he hits one of two FTs. 

Quinones to the line after the foul on Kessler and he hits both FTs. 

Thompson with the pump fake and the three ball from the wing! He's got 18 straight for GS!

George with the finger roll off the glass on the right side. 

Thompson with another three ball! He's got 15 of his 32 in this third quarter!

Dunn hits the three ball in the corner off the Clarkson dish. 

Thompson pops the three ball over Kessler and that's 12 straight points for the Splash Brother. 

George is unconscious! He's got 9 threes on the night! That ties an NBA rookie record!

Thompson drills the runner down the lane and got fouled by Dunn! FT is good, he's got 26 on the night. 

George gets the bucket to go and is going to the line after the foul on Looney! FT is good. 

Thompson strings a three ball from the top of the key! He's having a great game off the bench!

Clarkson to the line after the foul on Looney and he hits both FTs. 

Thompson driving to the cup, gets the lay up and the foul! FT is good. 

George with is 8th three of the game! That's a franchise record for Utah!

Wiggins follows his own miss and get the tip in to drop. 

Payton with the pick and roll and Curry hit him for the lay up streaking down the lane. 

Sexton picks off the pass by Curry and he finds George for three! His seventh of the game!

Timeout Warriors with 6:15 to go in the third. 

Sexton with the pull up from the elbow and that's smooth. 

Wiggins with the jam streaking down the lane off the Podziemski dish. 

Green using the glass down low and he gets the foul on Collins! FT is no good. 

Sexton to the line after the timeout and he hits both FTs. 

Sexton to the line after the foul on Curry and the Warriors are going to call a timeout with 8:04 left in the third quarter. 

Walker with a one dribble power move on the baseline for the lay in over Green. 

Sexton with the fader over Green in the lane. 

Curry with a lob from half court and Kuminga was there for the ally oop!

Sexton was open for three in the corner and Markkanen found him. 

Kuminga driving strong and dumps it off to Green on the baseline for the lay up. 

Kuminga fouled by Sexton and he hits both FTs at the line. 

Kuminga with a quick first step and lays it up and in on the left side. 

WE ARE BACK IN PLAY WITH THE SECOND HALF OF ACTION FROM UTAH!!

The rookie drills the three ball to end the first half, giving the Warriors a 13 point lead going into the halftime break. Podziemski has 13 along with Kuminga. 

Green's got 13 points and is 3/3 from downtown after the first half. 

Klay Thompson isn't used to coming off the bench, but he made the most of his time in the game with 17 first points off the bench, most of which came in that 48 point 2nd quarter. 

George continued the hot shooting in the second quarter, but the Jazz couldn't follow his lead and let their 11 point advantage slip. 

Curry has a streak of four straight games hitting 7 threes, but was quiet out of the gate. This was his first of three first half field goals of the first half. He's got 9 at the break. 

Green took an elbow to his face last night, but was in the starting five for GS, and has been taking advantage of the space on the perimeter dropping a few threes in the first half. 

George is making the most of his opportunity playing against the greatest shooter in history, hitting 6 threes in the first half. He's 6/7 from DT with 18 points and the Jazz are 14-28 from behind the arc. 

The Jazz came out and hits their first three field goals from downtown which that would start a red hot opening 12 minutes from Utah. 

WE ARE HEADING TO HALFTIME FROM UTAH!!

The Warriors scored 48 points in the second quarter and went from trailing by 11 at one point to leading by 13 after 24 minutes. 

Podziemski drills the three ball as the buzzer sounds and the Warriors stretch the lead out to 13 going into the half!

George with another three ball! He's got 6 in the first half!

Green running the break and he gets the lay up after booking in down court. 

Green with the three ball and he's got three triples in the first half!

Curry off the dribble and he lays it off the glass and in. 

Collins to the rack and gets the lay in to go. 

Markkanen to the line and heh hits both FTs after the foul on Kuminga. 

Thompson pulls the trigger from the wing and he drills another three ball!

Collins with the bucket in the lane AND 1!!! FT is good. 

Kuminga with the lay in off the dish from Green. 

Sexton on the step back and he drills it from the top of the key. 

Thompson driving down main street and he gets the lay up to fall. 

Thompson in the corner with the long two.

Clarkson on the floater in the lane and that falls. 

GS were slow getting back and George was there to punish the Warriors with a three ball, his fifth of the night!

Timeout GS with 4:16 to go in the half. 

Curry drills the three ball from the win and that's his first three of the night!

Saric slicing through the lane and gets the lay up to go. 

Saric with the offensive board and he kicks it out to Green who was open at the top of the key for three!

Sexton off the curl and he takes a dribble towards the rim and lay it up and in. 

Saric to the line after the foul on Sexton and he hits both FTs. 

Timeout Jazz with 6:32 to go in the first half. 

Clarkson dumps it off to Collins in the paint and he gets the baby hook to go. 

Wiggins to the line after the foul on Clarkson and he hits both FTs. 

Podziemski missed his first three in the corner but got his own rebound and launched it from the wing for three. 

Horton-Tucker drills the three off the kick out fro Dunn. 

Dunn to the line and he hits both FTs after the foul on Saric. 

Podziemski with the tear drop and Kessler blocked it on the way down. 

Podziemski pulls up with a deep two and the Warriors are on a 9-0 run. 

Horton-Tucker called with a clear path foul and Jackson-Davis hits both FTs and the Warriors get the ball back. 

Podziemski hits Saric on the break and he spots up from the wing for three!

Jackson-Davis driving to the cup and gets the lay up to go. 

Clarkson attacking the paint and he gets the roll off the floater. 

Clarkson answers back with a three ball! And the hot shooting carries into the second quarter. 

Podziemski drills the three ball to start the quarter after the kick out from Jackson-Davis. 

WE ARE AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER!

The Jazz went 9/17 from downtown in the opening 12 minutes. George leads Utah with 12, Sexton has 9 and Collings has 7. 

Curry got off to a slow start, but Wiggins made up for his cold opening with 11 points while Thompson had 10 off the bench. 

Thompson with the mid range jumper and he hits it from the elbow. 

Dunn with another triple try and what a start the Jazz are having from downtown!

Thompson running the break and flips it up and off the glass. 

Curry to the line and he hits both FTs after the foul on Collins. 

George with his fourth three of the quarter!

Thompson with another quick trigger three ball to put the Warriors on an 8-0 run. 

Thompson spots up from three point range after Looney found him on the wing. 

Hendrick jacks it in the corner after Clarkson found him and the good deep shooting continues!

Quinones drills a three ball at the top of the key coming out of the break. 

Sexton spots up in transition and drills another three!! The Jazz are 6/9 from downtown in the first quarter.

Timeout Warriors with 4:30 to go in the first!

George drills his third three ball of the quarter!

Wiggins left alone on the perimeter and he drills another three ball!

Great pass from Sexton to Collins who finishes with a flush. 

Wiggins with the spot up from the wing and he's got a couple early threes. 

Sexton drives baseline and slips it to Collins streaking down the lane for the floater. 

Sexton hits both FTs out of the break. 

Sexton fouled by Payton and he will go to the line after an early timeout from Utah. 

Sexton to the line after the foul on Green and he hits both FTs. 

George drops another three ball and that's four threes for the Jazz already. 

Skip pass from Green to Wiggins in the corner and he drills the three ball!

Sexton fouled by Wiggins on the drive and he he hits both FTs. 

Kessler to the line and he hits both FTs after the foul on Green. 

Kuminga to the line and he hits one of two FTs after the foul on Kessler. 

George drops the triple try and all 9 of the Jazz points have come from behind the arc. 

George drops the triple try and all 9 of the Jazz points have come from behind the arc. 

Draymond answers back with a deep ball of his own!

Collins drills a three ball from the top of the key off the dish from Markkanen. 

Wiggins slashing to the bucket and gets the lay up to fall. 

Green's floater was goaltended by Kessler and the Warriors take the lead. 

Kuminga moving without the ball and he finishes with a jam after the dish from Green. 

Markkanen drills the catch and shoot three on the wing to get us going. 

WE ARE UNDERWAY FROM UTAH!!!

Get used to the new starting five for the Warriors. It's likely going to look more like this than their classic line up that we have grown so accustomed to seeing over the last decade. Klay Thompson is starting the game on the bench and it's Brandon Podziemski getting the nod tonight in Utah with the ususal cast of characters, Curry, Wiggins, Kuminga and Green. 

No LeBron in the Bay

The struggling Warriors apparently reached out to LeBron and the Lakers, trying to tempt the league’s All-Time leading scorer to join forces with Steph Curry and his good friend Draymond Green. It would have been a move than shifted the power balance in the West, but in the end nothing came of the potential block buster deal. In the end neither team made a move which means both the Lakers and the Warriors will have to finish off the season with what they have, which up to this point of the season has been enough to get them the 9th and 10th seeds respectively. 

Draymond takes a shot

In last night’s game against the Clippers it was Draymond Green receiving some a blow to the face rather than dishing it out. We are used to the Warriors bad boy getting himself into some some trouble for his on court behavior. We have seen him choke Rudy Gobert, stomp on Domantas Sabonis and take a swipe at Jusef Nurkic. Last night it was Ivica Zubac who inadvertently elbowed Draymond in the chin. He went down in a heap and quickly went to the locker room with the Warriors medical staff. It wasn’t long before he returned to the bench, and a few minutes later he checked back into the game. He has been cleared to play tonight after going through concussion protocol quickly after taking the shot from Zubac. 

NBA Standings

Taking a look at the NBA Standings on the final day before the All-Star Break, we see both of these teams sitting at the bottom of the standings. Utah’s three game slump has dropped them below .500 and out of Play-In Position in 11th place. The Warriors are currently in the final Play-In spot sitting in 10th place, right above the Jazz, a game and a half above Utah. They will want to avoid having to play for their playoff lives in the Play-In one the end of the season comes rolling around, but they are 4.5 games behind the Mavericks who are in 7th in the West. 

Utah could use a star

We have grown accustomed to seeing NBA teams led by one or even two super stars in modern day basketball. That’s not really how the Utah Jazz operate. Their top scorer in Lauri Markkanen aveagering 23.4 ppg, but he’s not quite in the superstar stratosphere. That’s because the Jazz use a scoring by committee system in which Collin Sexton, Jordan Clarkson and Jonh Collins all contribute. In a perfect world having a system like this creates matchup problems for opposing defenses, but when the team is struggling like they currently are you need a superstar to take the team on his shoulders and carry them to victory. 

Kuminga coming of age

One of the main reasons for the Warriors resurgence over the last month has been the explosion of Johnathan Kuminga. Kuminga was vocal about the lack of opportunity under Steve Kerr earlier in the season, but since then injuries and suspensions opened the door for the former first round pick and he took advantage of his opportunity. He was playing his best ball at the end of February, scoring 20 points in eight straight games. Since Draymond Green and Andrew Wiggins have returned to their original roles, Kuminga’s court time remains the same but he’s only had two 20 point games in the last seven. Golden State are going to need all hands on deck from now until the rest of the season, and that applies to Kuminga who is turning into the Warriors second best scoring option.  

Jazz last game

The Jazz welcomed the LA Lakers to the Delta Center losing their third straight game against a team that was without LeBron James. It was Anthony Davis and Rui Hachimura leading the way in Salt Lake City, but the Jazz stayed with LA for the first 30 minutes of the game. Colin Sexton led a Jazz starting five that saw each player score 10+, but they went cold in the final 18 minutes and allowed Davis and company to pull away. Davis has 37 and 15 while Hachimura posted 22 and D’Angelo Russell dished 17 assists and was a rebound away from a triple double as the Lakers cruised to victory in the final minutes of the fourth quarters. 

Warriors last game

The Warriors were at home last night taking on the LA Clippers who are suddenly in the conversation of top teams in the league. Golden State went into the game riding a five game win streak and were on their way to rattling off a sixth straight, but they blew a 14 point lead in the fourth quarter. Steph Curry dropped 41 in the Bay, but it wasn’t enough to hold off a comeback bid from Paul George and Norman Powell as LA scored 44 points in the final 12 minutes. Powell hit 4 threes in the last seven minutes of the game to help the Clips take the lead with and keep in the lead in the final three and a half minutes. 

We are live from the Delta Center

Hello everyone and welcome to Salt Lake City where the Utah Jazz are looking to put an end to a three game losing skid that has sunk them down the standings and out of the Play-In spot. Tonight they have a chance to get back in the win column against a Golden State Warriors team that are coming off a narrow loss to the Clippers but are one of the most in form team in the NBA heading into the break. There two teams will come out of the All-Star Break hoping to climb up the standings with the objective of avoiding the Play-In Tournament. There’s plenty of time remaining in the regular season, but it’s never too early to start looking at the standings. 

Warriors vs. Jazz

It’s the final day of the NBA before we head to the All-Star Break and two teams that are certain to be fighting for playoff positioning until the end of the season. The Golden State Warriors and the Utah Jazz have one more game before the league takes a brief pause and then gears up for the final stretch of the regular season. AS English will be with you all night providing live coverage, stats, highlights and analysis of tonight’s game from Delta Center.