Half of the 10 Warriors in uniform were once signed to two-way contracts, four of them played in the G League at some point this season and three were actively playing on two-way deals.
They still managed to steal one from one of the Western Conference’s top teams.
Brandin Podziemski scored 26 points and delivered the key buckets late in overtime as an undermanned Golden State squad went into Houston on Thursday and outlasted the Rockets, 115-113.
“To be that short-handed, on the road, against a great team and to have the performance, I’m really proud of the guys,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said.
All five Warriors starters scored in double figures, and G League call-up LJ Cryer drained four 3-pointers off the bench, as Golden State got the last laugh in a game that was tied eight times and featured a dozen lead changes.
For the second straight game, the Warriors’ reserves jumped to a double-digit lead before halftime and allowed it to slip away. But this time, Golden State didn’t let the game get away.
The Warriors(32-30) avoided a third straight loss and pulled out a win in a game that many had written off.
Podziemski drained a 3, grabbed a defensive rebound and then blew past Kevin Durant in the sequence that allowedthe Warriorsto escape with the unlikeliest of wins.
The score was tied at 106 midway through the overtime period when Podziemski got free around a screen and drained his fourth 3-pointer to give Golden State what turned out to be the decisive lead.
He put them up by five by driving past Durant, who looked back and found no help defense.
Source: California Post – Breaking California News, Photos & Videos
