Lowly Philadelphia 76ers scare champion Golden State Warriors before falling
The Golden State Warriors survived on Saturday to improve to 43-4.
The opponent? The San Antonio Spurs? The Oklahoma City Thunder? The Cleveland Cavaliers?
None of the above.
How about the now 7-41 Philadelphia 76ers, who scared the daylights out of the reigning champs with a comeback that fell short when Harrison Barnes sank a last-second 3-pointer to give Golden State a 108-105 victory.
How close was it? The Warriors' Twitter account summed it up best:
You can breathe now, #DubNation. 43-4. #SlateNight pic.twitter.com/AURabhPuRl
— GoldenStateWarriors (@warriors) January 31, 2016
The Warriors set a franchise low by hitting just one free throw -- out of two attempts -- in the game.
They scored 73 points in the first half without the benefit of a foul shot.
They appeared to have the game well in command, leading 91-72 entering the final quarter.
And then, somehow, the roles reversed.
The 76ers battled and scrapped and eventually tied the game at 105 when Ish Smith made a bucket off a steal with 22 seconds left.
The game-winner, courtesy of @hbarnes. pic.twitter.com/XgccWaLljD
— GoldenStateWarriors (@warriors) January 31, 2016
Golden State, however, ran a sweet play, with Draymond Green finding Harrison Barnes in the corner with less than a second left.
Twitter, of course, had a field day.
We almost had it #Sixers
— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) January 31, 2016
How you're feeling if you laid -7000 moneyline on the Golden State Warriors... #GSvsPHI #PHEW #CloseCall pic.twitter.com/GdfyAQ7HFI
— The Greek Sportsbook (@BetTheGreek) January 31, 2016
Four-point game with a minute left... pic.twitter.com/MdziblDZ0l
— GoldenStateWarriors (@warriors) January 31, 2016
Warriors rn pic.twitter.com/XAjV8FrKEI
— Slade Farquharson (@matthewslade_) January 31, 2016
The Warriors had just 2 free throw attempts against the Sixers today -- their lowest in a game this year. https://t.co/2aCc0Gaksx
— Positive Residual (@presidual) January 31, 2016
Meek stay taking L's @warriors https://t.co/WtHlCN1KSe
— N. Kings 2018/19 (@kings2019) January 31, 2016
Warriors: Beat 5 straight playoff teams by avg of 25 pts.
— Charlton Craig (@charltonREAL) January 31, 2016
Then win by 3 on last second bucket against the worst team in the league.r.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8">Steve Kerr not happy. Says his team deserved to lose, and should have. Thought first five minutes of the third they were fooling around.
— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) January 31, 2016The Warriors are 10-0 when turning it over 20 or more times
— NBA News (@recentnbatalks) January 31, 2016
The rest of the NBA has a win pct of .327 when turning it over 20 or more times
