The Warriors raised their record to 27-1 on Wednesday night with a 103-85 victory over the Utah, setting up a doozy of a Christmas day game with the Cleveland Cavaliers at Oracle Arena. Perhaps what was most impressive about the Warriors’ win over the Jazz was that it wasn’t very impressive.
And they still won by 18 points against what looks to be a playoff team in the Western Conference.
In a season of thrilling wins and spectacular plays, you could probably count on one hand the number of times the sellout crowd “ooh-ed and aah-ed.” In other words, the wow factor was missing a little bit.
Stephen Curry had a season-low 16 points and went just 2-for-8 from 3-point range. Klay Thompson was just OK, finishing with 20 points but going 6-for-16 to do it. As a team the Warriors shot 47 percent from the field and 41 percent from the 3-point line. Those are nice numbers but we’ve seen better this year, no doubt.
Matt Steinmetz 