Jordan Poole Scores 32 Points Off Bench, Warriors Beat Heat

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jordan Poole spent a quarantine play successful Boston doing jumping jacks, burpees, upland climbers and thing other helium could to support his conditioning up portion stuck successful a edifice room.

Poole scored 32 points successful his caller reserve role, Andrew Wiggins added 22 points and a cardinal driving dunk with 4:34 remaining connected a quiescent nighttime for Stephen Curry, and the Golden State Warriors held disconnected the undermanned Miami Heat 115-108 connected Monday night.

“It was huge, we needed each of his 32 points, and the aboriginal foul occupation with Steph it changed our rotations,” manager Steve Kerr said. “What a luxury to beryllium capable to travel disconnected the seat with a feline who’s conscionable started the archetypal 35 games oregon immoderate it was. Jordan has turned into conscionable a captious subordinate for america and helium volition stay to beryllium captious with each the guys coming backmost coming disconnected the bench.”

Heat prima Jimmy Butler was helped disconnected the tribunal with 3:14 near successful the 3rd 4th aft hurting his close ankle going down awkwardly, leaving manager Erik Spoelstra with a disquieted look connected his look fixed his team’s already depleted roster. Butler had 22 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Curry had a season-low 9 points. The reigning scoring champion scored his archetypal points connected a 3-pointer astatine the 7:45 people of the 2nd 4th and rapidly had 7 points. He coiled up 3 for 17 — 1 of 10 connected 3s — and contributed 10 assists. Wiggins made his archetypal 3 tract goals and scored 12 of his points successful the archetypal quarter.

Kyle Lowry had 16 points and 11 assists for the Heat playing successful foul trouble, whistled for his 5th idiosyncratic with 43.2 seconds remaining successful the third. Tyler Herro scored 18 points for a Miami squad down 10 players successful all, 5 due to the fact that of the COVID protocols.

Draymond Green dished retired 13 assists returning from a two-game lack successful the league wellness and information protocols portion Poole came disconnected the seat successful his 2nd crippled backmost from being sidelined for six games successful the protocols.

“That’s the 1 happening astir him, helium loves the competition, helium loves the crippled of basketball, and he’s ever ready,” said Wiggins, who volition present situation the third-year defender to usage his athleticism and get a mates of blocked shots.

Curry picked up his 2nd foul astatine the 9:18 people of the archetypal and took a spot with Poole entering and instantly knocking down a 3.

Gary Payton II started and scored successful treble figures successful a career-best seventh consecutive crippled with 14 points. He besides had 4 of the Warriors’ 11 steals.

P.J. Tucker was inactive listed arsenic questionable earlier going done his warmups past deemed disposable aft being successful the wellness and information protocols. He came disconnected the seat aft missing the erstwhile six games.

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