Slow starting warriors are heated in the second half to beat magic, 104-99

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San Francisco-Andrew Wiggins scored a team-best 25 points, Steph Curry added 16 of his 24 in the second half, and Golden State Warriors overcame one of their worst offensive halves of the season to beat Orlando Magic, 104-99, at Monday night.

Wiggins gave Warriors their first lead of the game on their first possession of the second half, and the Golden State continued to build a double-digit advantage with a 39-point third quarter that almost matched the total number from the first half.

However, it came down to the last 2 minutes after Orlando pulled himself at 90 and demanded a dagger from Moses Moody, draining his third 3-point at night from the corner with 1:07 back to ensure positive ending to an extended Home.

By holding on to Warriors their first win in nine games when they were held at 45 or fewer points in the first half.

Moody contributed 17 points-nine in the second half-Mens Kevon Looney led Golden State with six assists and a game-high 17 rebounds. In his first game since January 9, Daymond Green grabbed seven rebounds, exhausted five assists and scored four points in 29 minutes.

Moody’s 3 was Warriors’ seventh on 16 attempts in the second half (43.8%) after shot 21.7% (5 for 23) beyond the arch and 36.6% (15 for 41) from the course in the first half.

Franz Wagner, who shuts out on Brandin Podziemski in the corner towards the end of the first quarter, got past the second year’s guard and flew out of boundaries, leaving him with a wide open look and time to put his feet. Clank. That’s how it went for Warriors in the first half – and all too often this season.

When they ended the quarter in a 26-18 hole, they missed their first seven 3-point attempt, had a field goal 5 minutes into the game and went empty from the field in a separate stretch of almost 5 minutes. They connected only five of 23 trials from the field (21.7%) and two of 14 in addition to the arch (14.3%).

It required three curry free kicks to reach 18 points and match their third worst first quarter production of the season. But fast starts have been a seasonal topic for Warriors, which was already on average on average the third-five opening period-26.6-Turn Monday’s efforts.