NBA 2018-19: Golden State Warriors vs Phoenix Suns: 3 Talking points

Final Score: Warriors defeated Suns, 123-103

The Warriors were on the second night of a back-to-back. After losing against the Nuggets in a thriller, the dubs were back at home to host the Phoenix Suns. They were looking to beat the Suns and get back to winning ways.

The match went the way everyone would have expected it to and Warriors dominated the Suns throughout the game and had no difficulty in winning this one at the Oracle Arena.

The fringe players got good number of minutes in this one as the game was all but done by the end of the third quarter. The Suns got blown out of the Arena by the Warriors, 123-103.

Let us take a look at some talking points of this game.

#3 Damian Jones with yet another strong outing

Damian Jones is delivering more than the Warriors would have expected him to

Damian Jones is shouldering the burden of being the go-to center for the Warriors in the absence of DeMarcus Cousins. With the All-Star yet to recover from the Achilles injury, Jones has been promoted as the starting center and he has been delivering more than what the Warriors would have expected him to.

He scored career-high 13 points against the Phoenix Suns and was perfect from the field with 5-5. Jones is definitely going to be a core player on this team as the Warriors move forward and the youngster showed why the Warriors have so many hopes on him.

In the first quarter, with Warriors up by 1, Curry took a 3-point shot from the corner but it missed, Jones jumped over Deandre Ayton and cleaned up the mess with a put-back. He did a great job defending Ayton, who many are calling as a ROTY candidate. Jones also caught multiple lobs from Curry and jammed them home with authority.

#2 Kevin Durant's dominance continues

Kevin Durant has been nothing short of excellent from the start of the season. He continued his dominance against the Suns and totaled 22 points on a 52.9 percent shooting. The 9-time All-Star picked up where he left off and remained at the top of his game.

Against the Suns, he started the game by catching a lob off Draymond. Durant then nailed some from mid-range, some from downtown. With 31.6 seconds remaining in the second quarter, the 2014 MVP slammed one home after splitting the defenders.

With 4:19 remaining in the third quarter, Durant made a 3-pointer in the corner to extend the Warriors' lead to 23 points. He finished the game with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. His mid-range jumper continues to find the hoop and things are looking really good for Warriors at the moment.

#1 Stephen Curry is unstoppable right now

Stephen Curry looks like a man on a mission and has been magnificent in this first week of the NBA regular season. After dominating performances in the first three games, he lit up Oracle Arena with another magical performance. He scored 29 points on an eye-catching 61.6 percent shooting against the hapless Suns.

He started the proceedings by throwing a lob to Damian Jones who slammed it home. That was not the only lob as Jones received lobs from Curry on several occasions for easy points. The Phoenix defenders had no answer to the 2-time MVP as he danced on the defenders and scored buckets.

Curry was also red-hot from the 3-point line and went for 6-of-13 from beyond the arc with a 3-point field-goal percentage of 46.2. He finished the game with 29 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists. With Warriors up by big lead, Steph did not play in the fourth quarter and stayed on the bench.

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