SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors continued their roll at home Wednesday night, climbing out of a 10-point third-quarter hole to beat the Utah Jazz 112-107.
Jordan Poole scored a team-high 26 points, Donte DiVincenzo hit five 3s and Ty Jerome added 17 points off the bench to help Golden State seal its third consecutive victory to tie the team’s longest win streak of the season.
After trailing the Jazz for most of the game, the Warriors — and the sellout Chase Center crowd — turned up the intensity in the final frame.
Jerome stole the ball and ran it to the other end before gathering himself to knock down a 3. As the ball went through the net, he glared at his bench, which was hooting and hollering. The Jazz came up empty-handed on their next possession, while the Warriors hit another 3 — this time by DiVincenzo. That put the Warriors up 107-101, their largest lead of the game, with 4:43 left.
Jordan Clarkson split a pair of free throws to pull the Jazz within two with 24 seconds left. The Jazz then intentionally fouled DiVincenzo, a career 76.8% shooter from the stripe. He made both his freebies to put the Warriors up by four with 19.3 seconds left.
On the other end, Jerome secured the rebound and pumped his fist in the air.
The Jazz couldn’t close the gap, and the Warriors held on, outscoring the visitors 24-13 in the fourth, spurring fans to wave their gold rally towels in the air.
DiVincenzo finished with 17 points and Jerome added seven rebounds and two assists to go with his 17-point night. The Warriors’ bench outscored the Jazz’s 45-32 in what was another team-effort win.
Patrick Baldwin Jr. also deserved attention for his positive contributions.
With Jonathan Kuminga in foul trouble — he picked up three in the first half and fouled out about halfway through the final period — Baldwin got an extended run and scored in double figures for only the second time in his career.
Baldwin knocked down a pair of 3s during a 10-0 Warriors run in the second that helped them knot the game up at 54 apiece after being down by as many as 12. The rookie, whom the Warriors drafted No. 28 overall, ended the night with 11 points on 4-of-7 shooting.
Meanwhile, Lauri Markkanen led the Jazz with 29 points and 16 rebounds, while Clarkson added 22 points.
The Warriors got the job done without Stephen Curry for the fourth time since he went down with a left shoulder injury on Dec. 14. The win brought them back to an even record right with reinforcements on the horizon.
Klay Thompson didn’t play Wednesday because it was the backend of a back-to-back but should be good to go Friday when the Warriors welcome the Portland Trail Blazers. Andrew Wiggins, who missed 12 consecutive games with a groin injury before falling sick with a non-COVID illness this week, is also expected to make his return then.
The Warriors, who own the league’s best record at home at 15-2, have five games remaining of their longest homestand of this season. This gives them some time to make up ground in the Western Conference, where they’re seated at 10th place, even with Curry sidelined for the foreseeable future.
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