After securing an 18-point lead at home, it appeared the Golden State Warriors were on their way to a comfortable win over the Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday night.
However, an ice-cold stretch from beyond the arc opened the door for a Charlotte comeback. The Warriors missed 18 consecutive 3-pointers before Klay Thompson snapped their streak of misses with a much-needed triple.
Led by Terry Rozier and LaMelo Ball, the Hornets erased Golden State’s lead, tying the game in the fourth quarter. As each traded buckets in the final period, a pair of tough back-to-back buckets from Jonathan Kuminga gave the Warriors a four-point advantage with under 1:30 remaining in the game.
The pairing of Jordan Poole and Kuminga provided what the Warriors needed down the final 90 seconds to end the Hornets’ comeback hopes with a win, 110-105.
Klay Thompson led the Warriors with 29 points on 10-of-22 shooting from the floor with five made triples to go along with five boards and four assists in 39 minutes. Poole added 24 points, six assists and two rebounds.
LaMelo Ball led the Hornets with 21 points on 7-of-25 shooting from the floor with a pair of triples, four assists and three boards in 34 minutes.
After the Warriors held on for a victory over the Hornets, the NBA community on Twitter chimed in with reactions. Here’s a look at what fans and analysts were saying on Tuesday night.
This post originally appeared on Warriors Wire! Follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
Here were the five big Jonathan Kuminga plays in crunch time tonight vs Hornets
*Rips away a steal from PJ Washington
*Traffic rebound over Plumlee
*Gets available for dunk
*Floater in iso vs Hayward
*Cuts open for another dunk pic.twitter.com/kEvGuzLhqg— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) December 28, 2022
Gotta love it. pic.twitter.com/gAEdqBunUw
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) December 28, 2022
JORDAN POOLE CLUTCH REVERSE BUCKET 🤯
WARRIORS LEAD BY 6 WITH 0:21 REMAINING.
📲 https://t.co/1pomQZMAZK pic.twitter.com/mIOGzfJx32
— NBA (@NBA) December 28, 2022
Dray loved JK’s finish tonight 🤝 pic.twitter.com/QyAxYQ3VMy
— Alex Espinoza IV (@AlexEspinozaIV) December 28, 2022
Jordan Poole lost Mason Plumlee twice late with a pair of dribble moves. Right-to-left through the legs with his back turned and an on-the-move spin. pic.twitter.com/y6LaqwoYCt
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) December 28, 2022
Warriors hold off the Hornets. They're 2-0 to open this eight-game homestand without Steph Curry. Jordan Poole had 24 points, six assists, created when he had to late. Jonathan Kuminga was huge down the stretch. Klay Thompson had 29 points. Overall record: 17-18.
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) December 28, 2022
That's two home wins in a row for the Warriors to improve to 17-18 this season. Thoughts on tonight's victory over Charlotte?
— C.J. Holmes 🚀 (@CjHolmes22) December 28, 2022
Poole put Plumlee in a Vitamix. Twice.
— Marcus Thompson II (@ThompsonScribe) December 28, 2022
STEPH AND IGGY WERE HYPED 😂 #DubNation pic.twitter.com/4JuHB2kfHO
— De🅿️ressed Warriors Fan 🏆 (@GoIdenState) December 28, 2022
Down the stretch
the Dubs turned it up ⚡️ pic.twitter.com/PVerEy11gV— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) December 28, 2022
Klay in the Golden State win tonight:
29 PTS
5 REB
4 AST
5 3PM pic.twitter.com/t0YSzJBknw— NBA (@NBA) December 28, 2022
Warriors tonight
8-for-37 (21.6%) on 3s
56 points in the paint
Adapt, adapt, adapt— Dalton Johnson (@DaltonJ_Johnson) December 28, 2022
The Warriors have so much talent man. We’re still winning the championship this season once Steph returns
— ³⁰ (@StephMuse_) December 28, 2022
Jordan Poole was in his BAG 🎒
Steph was loving it pic.twitter.com/w6ZIcSbZAh
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) December 28, 2022
LMFAOOOO pic.twitter.com/9vQr5Xw1Po
— Denver🎆🎊 (@doubledworth) December 28, 2022
The Warriors have the best home record in the NBA…and the worst road record in the NBA.
WTF? 🤯
— Guru (@DrGuru_) December 28, 2022
Watching Jordan Poole close out the Hornets: pic.twitter.com/6FM68XVw04
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) December 28, 2022
Jordan Poole and Jonathan Kuminga pic.twitter.com/eWUFiW7nfj
— De🅿️ressed Warriors Fan 🏆 (@GoIdenState) December 28, 2022
I think my favorite Kuminga moment was when he jumped like 3 feet higher than everyone else on the floor for that defensive board in traffic. Dude can levitate.
— Brian Witt (@Wittnessed) December 28, 2022
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/a3ITACcUaK
— warriorsworld (@warriorsworld) December 28, 2022
— warriorsworld (@warriorsworld) December 28, 2022
— warriorsworld (@warriorsworld) December 28, 2022
Warriors win 110-105 after having to fight off the Hornets in the fourth quarter
Jonathan Kuminga was a beast down the stretch there
— Dalton Johnson (@DaltonJ_Johnson) December 28, 2022
That’s A Dub! pic.twitter.com/dEwhYzTnnu
— ²³ (@PlayoffDraymond) December 28, 2022
POOLE TO KUMINGA.
HIGHLIGHT REAL.
pic.twitter.com/0KZH09vaif— Guru (@DrGuru_) December 28, 2022
