Watch: Warriors’ Juan Toscano-Anderson explodes for vicious putback dunk in first quarter vs. Grizzlies
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With their playoff hopes on the line, the Golden State Warriors came out flat against the Memphis Grizzlies in the final Western Conference play-in game. Trailing by 11 with six minutes remaining in the opening frame, Juan Toscano-Anderson checked into the game.
The Oakland native instantly provided a spark off the bench. Around a minute after entering the contest, Toscano-Anderson lit the Chase Center crowd up with a vicious putback dunk. Following a missed 3-pointer from Steph Curry, Toscano-Anderson spiked an emphatic one-handed jam.
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Following Toscano-Anderson’s dunk, the Warriors went on a run to end the quarter. Curry drilled a barrage of 3-pointers, including a four-point play to cut the Memphis lead to only one point at the end of the first quarter.
Toscano-Anderson finished the first quarter with two points on 1-of-2 shooting from the floor with a rebound in six minutes.
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