by Jerry Feitelberg

The Golden State Warriors played the first game of the pre-season Monday night at the SAP Center in San Jose against the visiting Toronto Blue Jays.  The Dubs beat the Raptors 95-87 as they played their usual uptempo style.The Splash Brothers, Steph Curry and Klay Thompson, each had fourteen points in twenty minutes of play. Leandro Barbosa led the team in scoring with fifteen.

The Dubs led 22-21 after the first period and led 53-46 at the half. They had a 6-0 run to start the third period, but Toronto had a 15-7 surge that narrowed the gap, but Barbosa had two key buckets late in the third period to put Golden State in the lead 7-61 after three periods of play.

In the fourth quarter, James Michael McAdoo and Festus Ezeli took over as they scored fourteen of the next sixteen points to put the game out of reach. Dubs win 95-87.

Notes- Mo Speights scored 12 points, and McAdoo added ten. The Warriors shot 50% from the floor and were 41.2% from three-point range. Leading scorers for Toronto were Guards DeMarre Carroll with fifteen and DeMar Rozan with twelve. Forward Norman Powell added thirteen in a losing cause.

The Warriors travel to Portland to face the Trail Blazers Thursday night.

18,223 people filled the SAP Center to see the NBA Champions get ready to defend their crown. The season starts for real October 27th.