Apr 4

SAC125
CHA102
Final
GSW123
LAL116
Final
UTA112
IND140
Final
PHX103
BOS123
Final
DET117
TOR105
Final

Apr 5

DEN104
GSW118
Final
POR113
CHI118
Final
CLE114
SAS113
Final
OKC111
HOU125
Final
DAL91
LAC114
Final
NOP108
LAL124
Final
NYK48-28
ATL36-40
FDSE @7:00 PM UTC
MEM45-32
DET43-34
NBAt @11:00 PM UTC
MIN45-32
PHI23-54
FDSN @11:00 PM UTC

Apr 6

SAC37-40
CLE62-15
NBCSCA @10:00 PM UTC
MIL42-34
MIA35-42
FDWI @12:00 AM UTC
DAL38-40
LAC45-32
KFAA @2:30 AM UTC
CHI35-42
CHA19-58
NBAt @5:00 PM UTC
TOR28-50
BKN25-52
WLNY @7:30 PM UTC
LAL47-30
OKC64-13
NBAt @7:30 PM UTC
UTA16-62
ATL36-40
FDSE @10:00 PM UTC
WAS17-60
BOS57-20
NBCSB @10:00 PM UTC
SAS32-45
POR34-44
KUNP @10:00 PM UTC
PHX35-42
NYK48-28
KTVK @11:00 PM UTC

Apr 7

HOU51-27
GSW46-31
NBCSBAY @12:30 AM UTC
SAC37-40
DET43-34
NBCSCA @11:00 PM UTC
IND46-31
DEN47-31
FDIN @12:00 AM UTC
MIL42-34
NOP21-56
FDWI @12:30 AM UTC
PHI23-54
MIA35-42
NBCSP @11:30 PM UTC
Warriors Analysis

Why Warriors' Thomas assignment is matchup to watch vs. Nets

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Warriors coach Steve Kerr speaks with reporters following Golden State’s 104-94 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday night at Frost Bank Center.

With the Brooklyn Nets coming to Chase Center on Monday, the Warriors must ask themselves one question above all others: Do we have what it takes to slow perhaps the NBA’s most dangerous secret weapon?

Cam Thomas is not an All-Star. The muscular 6-foot-3 shooting guard doesn’t get mentioned in the same breath as Stephen Curry or Donovan Mitchell or Devin Booker. Yet Thomas, averaging 24.8 points per game, is scoring at a higher rate than those stars.

There will be games when the Warriors will greatly miss De’Anthony Melton as the first man up against an elite scoring guard. His absence means coach Steve Kerr must rely on a rotating cast of defenders.

Will coach Kerr start with Lindy Waters III, who has started alongside Curry in the five games since Melton was sidelined? Or will the coach turn to pesky Gary Payton II? His only two starts have come against Washington’s Jordan Poole, a former teammate, and Cleveland’s backcourt featuring Darius Garland and Mitchell.

Or will Kerr summon Andrew Wiggins and have someone else deal with 6-foot-8 small forward Cameron Johnson, one of the league’s best 3-point shooters and Brooklyn’s No. 2 scorer?

Johnson is averaging 19.1 points per game, is shooting 42.6 percent from deep and has been on a roll: 22-of-38 (57.9 percent) shooting from distance over the last four games.

But Thomas is shooting 38.7 percent beyond the arc this season, including a sizzling 21 of 41 (51.2 percent) over his last six games. He torched the Kings for 34 points – his sixth game this season with at least 30 – on Sunday when the Nets won in Sacramento.

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What makes Thomas particularly dangerous is his ability to score from all three levels, the range to drain triples, the touch to punish opponents from midrange and the strength to blast into the paint and get to the rim. He’s a lot like the Knicks’ Jalen Brunson but with superior size.

Thomas’ physicality is why Kerr would consider either Payton or Wiggins – two of Golden State’s best pure athletes – as the first man up.

The Warriors already have seen some dynamic guards this season but none with Thomas’ combination of skills. They believe in their depth, and they’re going to need it because slowing him is the key to victory against the injury-ravaged Nets.

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