Wiseman, Warriors’ rookies dominate in G League win over OKC Blue
Ryan Rollins leads Santa Cruz Warriors with 26 points; James Wiseman
tallies another double-double
>SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 13: Golden State Warriors’ James
Wiseman #33 is seen during practice at the Chase Center in San
Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News
Group)
By MICHAEL NOWELS | mnowels@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: December 12, 2022 at 9:05 a.m. | UPDATED: December 12, 2022
at 9:10 a.m.
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/12/12/wiseman-warriors-rookies-dominate-in-g-league-win-over-okc-blue/

A trio of young Warriors players led the Santa Cruz Warriors to a
122-111 win over the Oklahoma City Blue Sunday afternoon at Kaiser
Permanente Arena.

James Wiseman tallied 24 points and 16 rebounds on assignment from the
NBA’s Warriors, while Ryan Rollins led Santa Cruz with 26 points, adding
nine rebounds and seven assists. First-round pick Patrick Baldwin added
25 points on 9-of-12 shooting (6-of-9 from 3).

All five Santa Cruz starters scored in double digits as Lester Quinones,
Wiseman’s college teammate at Memphis, added 20 points and Jerome
Robinson scored 16.

Wiseman shot 11-of-13 on the afternoon. D.J. Wilson led the Blue with 22
points.

The win followed Friday night’s 110-100 victory over the South Bay
Lakers, when Wiseman had another double-double with 24 points and 10
rebounds on 9-of-10 shooting. Rollins notched a triple-double with 22
points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists.

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Santa Cruz trailed by 10 points in the third quarter of that game but
won the fourth quarter 30-14 to take home the victory.

All three players were called up to the NBA team last week for a trip to
Utah as stars Steph Curry, Draymond Green and Andrew Wiggins sat out
while nursing injuries. Only Wiseman saw action in the game, playing
five minutes and scoring three points in the Warriors’ last-second loss.
His plus-minus figure, a key area for improvement after a rocky start at
the NBA level this season, was +3.

Wiseman now has five straight double-doubles at the G League level and
Santa Cruz is riding a four-game win streak into Wednesday’s game at
South Bay.

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Michael Nowels | Digital Sports Strategist
Mike covers sports.