After Jordan Poole and the rest of the young core helped will a victory over the Miami Heat without Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and Otto Porter Jr., some of the Golden State Warriors’ veterans returned to the floor on Friday night against the Atlanta Hawks.
With players like Thompson and Green back in the lineup around a red-hot Poole, the Warriors battled the Hawks through the first two-quarters of the contest. Despite a fast start, the Warriors’ offense went cold in the third quarter.
Golden State shot only 33.3% from the field and 0-for-6 from beyond the arc on the way to scoring only 16 points in the third. While the Warriors’ offense was quiet, Trae Young took advantage. The Hawks All-Star guard tallied 15 points on his own on 6-of-11 shooting from the floor with three triples in the third quarter.
