Golden State Warriors guard Kelly Oubre Jr. made the NBA community forget about his slow start in Golden State, at least for tonight. In nearly every statistical category, the 2020-2021 season has been a struggle for the first-year Warrior. Perhaps no area of the 6-foot-7 scorer’s game has been more of a letdown than his perimeter shooting through 21 games in the Bay Area.
Any of those letdowns were momentarily tossed out the window in Golden State’s 147-116 win over Dallas that lifted the Warriors to 12-10 on the year.
Oubre led the Warriors with a career-night, going 7-10 from beyond the arc to finish with 40 points. He ended up a scorching 14-21 from the field and scored more points than in his three previous games combined. Most importantly, the sixth-year pro’s efforts propelled the Warriors to a massive western conference road win against a Dallas team that was firmly expected to be in the playoff picture. The 40-piece is a career-best for the Kansas product, and drew reaction from all across the association on social media.
Oubre sets a new career-high with 40 points 👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/Dmp6tLvEyp
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) February 5, 2021
Oubre meets Boban at the rim. 🤯 pic.twitter.com/H07b56zdby
— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) February 5, 2021
Here is a look at what the NBA community thought of a career-high night for the Warriors swingman:
