The Warriors’ young players took over in a 121-101 win against the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night.
Brandin Podziemski recorded a 14-assist, 12-point double-double. Podziemski’s 14 assists are the most by a rookie this season and the most by a Warriors rookie since Steph Curry recorded 14 in 2010. He also did not turn the ball over once.
Jonathan Kuminga scored a team-high 29 points shooting 11-for-15 from the field and has now scored at least 20 points in eight straight games. Curry scored 20 points shooting 6-of-16, including going 4-for-9 from 3.
It was against Memphis on Martin Luther King Jr. Day that Draymond Green returned from his suspension and lit into his teammates for a poor defensive effort. Though the Grizzlies were without its star players — Ja Morant, Desmond Bane and Marcus Smart among them — Green helped anchor a strong defensive effort and put up 12 rebounds. Memphis took 46 3s and made just 14.
The Warriors play the latter part of this back-to-back against the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday, then head to Brooklyn to face the Nets. They finish off the road trip against the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday and the Indiana Pacers on Thursday, the trade deadline.