Although New Year’s Eve has passed, the fireworks were still underway at San Francisco’s Chase Center on Monday night between the Atlanta Hawks and the Golden State Warriors.
After each team traded leads, the Hawks held a three-point advantage over the Warriors with nine seconds remaining. Coming out of the timeout, Klay Thompson got the first chance to tie the game, but missed.
However, the Warriors got another chance after an offensive rebound, but Jordan Poole’s attempt to tie the game got blocked by Dejounte Murray.
Yet, with a third opportunity, Donte DiVincenzo came to the rescue. The Warriors’ guard drilled a deep 3-pointer with just seconds remaining to send the game to overtime, 121-121.
Despite the game going to overtime, one extra period was not enough for the Hawks and Warriors. After Thompson and Young traded clutch buckets, the Warriors and Hawks were headed to double overtime.
In the second overtime, the game came down to the final seconds again. After Draymond Green hit a triple to give the Warriors a five-point lead with under a minute to play, Murray and Young responded to tie the game at 141 with eight seconds remaining.
On the final possession, Thompson’s jumper from beyond the arc rimmed out, but Kevon Looney wasn’t done. After two offensive boards, Looney clinched the game-winner with a heroic putback at the rim as the clock expired to give the Warriors their sixth straight win, 143-141.
Looney finished the game with 14 points, 20 rebounds and four assists in 32 minutes against the Hawks.
Thompson led the Warriors with a season-high 54 points on 21-of-39 from the field with 10 made triples to go along with eight rebounds, three assists and a block in 46 minutes.
Green stuffed the box score on the way to a double-double performance with five points, 13 rebounds, 11 assists, three blocks and two steals in 45 minutes.
Following Thompson’s 54-point performance and Looney’s game-winner against the Hawks, the NBA Twitter community exploded with different reactions. Here’s a look at what fans and analysts were saying on Monday night.
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Kevon Looney walks it off with a tip in buzzer beater. The Warriors beat the Hawks 143-141 in double OT. They’re 5-0 on this homestand and now 6-3 since Steph Curry was injured. Finding ways to survive.
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) January 3, 2023
An unlikely hero: Kevon Looney tips the ball in at the buzzer off a missed Thompson three.
Warriors win 143-141.
— Kendra Andrews (@kendra__andrews) January 3, 2023
No Warrior deserves this moment more than Kevon Looney
— Marcus Thompson II (@ThompsonScribe) January 3, 2023
Kevon Looney tips it in at the buzzer. Ball game. Warriors beat Atlanta in double overtime, 143-141 and improve to 20-18 this season and 5-0 on this current eight-game homestand.
I need all your thoughts on the win.
— CJ Holmes 🚀 (@CjHolmes22) January 3, 2023
Wild stat: That was only the Warriors’ second overtime win in their last 15. They’d been 1-13 in OT dating back to November 2018.
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) January 3, 2023
Warriors 143, Hawks 141 in double OT
-Klay Thompson: season-high 54 w/10 3-pointers
– Kevon Looney: 21 rebounds, the last on the game-winning tip-in— Monte Poole (@MontePooleNBCS) January 3, 2023
Every win without Steph and Wiggins makes some of those awful collapse losses on the road feel a bit better.
— Tommy Call III (@tommy_III) January 3, 2023
We’re one week away from the one-year anniversary of Klay Thompson making his return from a torn ACL and a torn Achilles
54 points. Legendary stuff
— Dalton Johnson (@DaltonJ_Johnson) January 3, 2023
A Kevon Looney buzzer-beater, just like we all expected.
As @BontaHill says, Looney eats for free in the Bay forever.
— Kevin Danna (@kevo408) January 3, 2023
Kevon Looney game winner. Steve Kerr may never be happier in his life.
— Steve Berman (@BASportsGuy) January 3, 2023
Reminder that Kevon Looney is 26 years old and re-signed with the Warriors over the summer to a team-friendly 3-year, $25.5M contract.
— TheWarriorsTalk (@TheWarriorsTalk) January 3, 2023
There’s less than 5 centers I would take over Kevon Looney in a big playoff game.
— Guru (@DrGuru_) January 3, 2023
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