CLEVELAND — The Warriors lost their first road game of the season, 115-104, against the Cleveland Cavaliers, snapping a five-game win streak on Sunday night.
Golden State was down at the half, by 12, for the first time on the road this season as they struggled to hit shots. Steph Curry and Klay Thompson kept them afloat, scoring 24 combined points at the half. Their 15 second-quarter points were the fewest scored in any quarter this season. They’ve been down at the half for both of their losses, the other on Opening Night against the Phoenix Suns.
The Warriors lost the game in the paint, where Cleveland outscored them 58-24.
Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green primarily carried the scoring. Curry finished with a team-high 28 points shooting 7-for-11 from 3. Green scored a pair of 3-pointers and took advantage of the spacing to score 18 points. Thompson had 15 points, 10 of them coming in the first half, shooting 3-for-9 from 3.
Rookies Trayce Jackson-Davis and Brandin Podziemski, assigned to the G League Santa Cruz team before the Oklahoma City game, made the quick turnaround and jolted awake a Warriors team zombie walking through the game. Jackson-Davis and Podziemski were the only Warriors to finish in the plus in plus/minus; Jackson-Davis was a plus-6 with five points, six rebounds, a block and a steal. Podziemski was plus-3 with two rebounds, an assist and a steal.
The Warriors finish off this back-to-back on Monday against the Detroit Pistons and finish the road trip against the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday. Then the Warriors return home for an extended home stretch to play the Cavaliers again, followed by a two game “series” against the Minnesota Timberwolves and two against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
