Eric Paschall was perhaps the Warriors' biggest catalyst off the bench in their 115-105 win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night at Chase Center.
Paschall was one of five second-unit players with whom the Warriors outscored the Clippers by double digits in their minutes. The Warriors were plus-21 in Paschall's 20 minutes, as the second-year pro scored 12 points and grabbed six rebounds. Paschall led all bench players in both categories, knocking down 2-of-3 3-pointers to boot.
His biggest shot, a 25-footer with a hair over 10 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, gave the Warriors their first lead of the second half.
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"I felt good," Paschall told Warriors TV broadcasters Bob Fitzgerald and Kelenna Azubuike after the game. "I had a little rhythm going, my teammates found me and I just had a rhythm. The 3s felt good, and I just let it go, shooting with confidence."
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Paschall continued to thrive playing center with the Warriors' second unit, as he has since Marquese Chriss sustained a season-ending injury last month. Since Chriss went down, Paschall is averaging 13.3 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.7 assists off the bench. He has made 41.7 percent of his 3-pointers during his last seven games, and the Warriors are plus-23 in his bench minutes.
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They've also won five of those seven games.
"I give some of that credit to [player development coach Theo Robertson] and [director of player development] Chris DeMarco, but also [coach Steve Kerr]," Paschall told Myers and Azubuike. "It's fun. They let me do what I do. Coach Kerr gives me a lot of freedom [at center] in attacking, so it's a lot of fun."
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Paschall, who was First Team All-Rookie last season, also caught the attention of one of his peers in the league with his performance against the Clippers. Portland Trail Blazers star CJ McCollum, a four-year player in college like Paschall, tweeted his admiration Friday night.
The 24-year-old probably wasn't aware of the compliment heading into his post-game interview. Even if he was, he likely still would've been happiest the Warriors got back in the win column.
"We just kept rallying [and] we just played hard," Paschall said of the Warriors' 22-point comeback in the second half. "[The Clippers] are a hell of a team. They have some talented players, but we just played hard. We never gave up. That fourth quarter, we got a little lead and, of course, Steph Curry doing Steph Curry things, and we played a hell of a game."