Andrew Wiggins eliminates Doncic: "That's why he was selected 1st in the draft"

The Golden State forward will frustrate the Slovenian, who was stopped at 20 points by a bad percentage.

Thompson praised, ie: "He was uncompromising."

And also: the numbers

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19/05/2022

Thursday, 19 May 2022, 07:53 Updated: 08:16

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This is exactly how Golden State hoped to open the Western Conference Finals Series: The Warriors neutralized Luka Doncic, cruised to an 87-112 victory and climbed to a slight 0-1 lead in the Western Conference Finals Series.

Steph Kerry contributed 21 points and 12 rebounds, Clay Thompson was calm with 15 and the man of the match was undoubtedly Andrew Wiggins.

The Golden State forward was the big X Factor of this game.

Wiggins contributed 19 points in that game, but his main contribution was in keeping Luka Doncic, whom he stopped at 20 points (6 of 18 from the field), his least in the current playoffs.

Wiggins did not move from Doncic, who until this game averaged 31.5 points in the playoffs.

The Warriors forced Luca seven turnovers and this is the first time in the playoffs that he has recorded more turnovers than field baskets.

Just for comparison, in the last three games against Phoenix together Luca has recorded seven losses.

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Do not move from Doncic.

Wiggins (Photo: Reuters)

How rare is this Doncic game?

The marvelous Slovenian, who is just starting out, has scored just under 20 points in just two playoff games so far - 19 points and 13 points against the Clippers.

By the way, Dallas is only the sixth team in history to record three losses and three wins of over 20 points in the same playoffs.

"I just made him work," Wiggins sighed after the game.

His Golden State teammates were more resolute in their compliments to Wiggins and Clay Thompson said: "That's why he's a No. 1 pick in the draft. You can't teach his athleticism and timing. He's an amazing player and will be for the next ten years."

On his lukewarm game on offense, Thompson said: "I didn't have a field goal in the first half, but I didn't let it break me. I will always believe in my shots."

"He took the challenge, Luca is hard to keep," said Steph Kerry, "he was uncompromising. That's what we wanted. Even if Luca did his numbers, we wanted to make him work hard. We helped him, we communicated. There is chemistry in our team. We've been doing this for years. "

Starred in both defense and offense.

Wiggins (Photo: Reuters)

"Wiggins was fantastic," his coach Steve Kerr praised after the game, "Doncic is a player who is very difficult to stop in this league. It's important to make him work and make an effort. We were able to minimize the damage he usually does."

"They did a really good job. Wiggins did not move from Doncic," Jason Kidd admitted.

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