As the Golden State Warriors put together 137 points in a blowout win over the Minnesota Timberwolves, six members of Steve Kerr’s rotation tallied double-figures in scoring.
Draymond Green was one of those players, tallying 19 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the field to go along with 11 assists, four boards, and two blocks in 33 minutes.
After the game, Green gave credit to one of Golden State’s young players. Green praised Jonathan Kuminga’s development and play over the last two games for the Warriors.
I think it’s been beautiful. The reason being is you’ve felt the impact and I know we’ve 100% felt and seen the impact. The reality is — what it boils down to is energy, effort and attention to detail. When you’re a young guy. He’s impacted these last two games in a major way without shooting the basketball.
Now tonight he got a few shots up. Coach drew a play up for him after a timeout — he executed it successfully. Which is another thing I don’t think should just be breezed over. That’s a 19-year-old if I’m not mistaken – 19 or 20-year-old, whichever one he is. Out of a timeout, discipline is something young guys struggle with. It’s something that I watched them struggle with early in the first beginning of his career — how to execute a play out of a timeout. He’s executing not only that play for him to score, he’s executing all of the plays out of a timeout.
It’s those small things that you have to get better at. I think it’s such a beautiful thing over the last couple of games he’s affecting the game without scoring. When you can do that, that’s a special thing. He has the ability to do that, and he’s now starting to understand that and it’s been beautiful to watch and he’s earning more and more minutes.
Listen to Green’s full postgame presser from Minnesota via SoundCloud.
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— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) November 27, 2022
Against the Timberwolves, Kuminga recorded seven points on 3-of-5 shooting from the field with six boards, two blocks and an assist in 20 minutes off the bench in Golden State’s 137-114 win.
The former No. 7 overall pick has finished with a positive in the plus/minus category of the box score in his last two games.
Kuminga has registered 13 or more minutes off the bench during Golden State’s recent three-game winning streak. During those games, Kuminga is averaging 4.3 points on 40% shooting from the field with 4.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 15.5 minutes per game.
As he continues to earn more consistent minutes off the bench, Kerr will likely call on the 20-year-old forward on Tuesday for the Warriors’ contest against the Dallas Mavericks.
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