NBA 2018-19: Golden State Warriors at Utah Jazz: 3 Talking Points

The Warriors got a 3-day rest after the game against the Thunder and were in Salt Lake City to take on the Utah Jazz. The hosts won their season opener against the Sacramento Kings and this was their first home game.

The two teams left it all on the court and the game went to the wire. The Golden State Warriors fought back from a 12-point half-time deficit and eked out a 124-123 win. They were really impressive in the second quarter and made some big plays towards the end to win this one.

The Warriors shot really efficiently on the road and went for 10-19 from downtown with a 3-point field-goal percentage of 52.6. It required a good team effort to beat an equally good Jazz team for whom Joe Ingles came up alive with 27 points on a 7-11 3-point shooting.

#3 Stephen Curry with yet another magical performance

Curry had 16 points in the third quarter

After a brilliant performance against the Thunder, Curry came up with yet another magical performance to beat the Jazz. He was not impressive in the first half and the Warriors trailed the hosts by 12 at half-time.

However, Curry, just like he usually does, came back strong in the third quarter and exploded for 16 points in the quarter and brought the Warriors closer to beating the Jazz by the end of the third period.

In the fourth, with 7:26 remaining and the Warriors down by 4, Curry knocked down a three-pointer to cut the Jazz's lead to one. He then went on to nail one more with Warriors down by 2 and 1:44 remaining to give the Warriors, a one-point lead. The unanimous MVP finished the game with 31 points, 8 assists and 4 rebounds.

#2 Kevin Durant was sensational

Kevin Durant looked really good against the Thunder and scored 27 points in that game. Durant continued his form and was sensational against the Utah Jazz. He started the game with a thunderous slam in the first quarter and went on to score 38 points on the night.

The 9-time All-Star could not be stopped and he hit shots from everywhere on the court. With 22.7 seconds remaining in the second quarter, Durant slammed one yet again to finish the half strongly.

He got into the paint on several occasions and the Jazz defenders had no answer to him as he went 9-9 from the free-throw line. He shot 14-of-25 from the field with an eye-catching field-goal percentage of 56.0. The 2014 MVP also had 9 rebounds and 7 assists on the night and helped the Warriors win the game.

#1 Jonas Jerebko comes up big with the game-winning tip-in

Down by one point, Jonas Jerebko came up big with the game-winning shot to defeat the Jazz

Jonas Jerebko is a veteran who has played in the NBA for nine seasons and on different teams. In the off-season, the Swedish Power forward signed with the Golden State Warriors for one year, veteran's minimum.

In his debut game with the Warriors (against the Thunder), he only played for six minutes and did not score. However, in his second game for Warriors, he played close to 24 minutes and scored 10 points, pulled down 6 boards.

With 6.1 seconds remaining and down by one point, the power forward inbounded the ball to Kevin Durant whose jumper failed to go in but the veteran made a huge play under the basket and tipped it in with 0.3 seconds remaining. The former Jazz delivered the dagger in the hearts of Utah fans.