Ellis hit an 20-foot fadeaway jumper with 1 second remaining and the Warriors beat the Phoenix Suns 106-104 on Wednesday night.
“I knew it was going in,” Wright said. “That’s what he’s about. He’s a gamer.”
Ellis shared Wright’s confidence.
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“It looked good and felt good,” Ellis said. “It was a tough shot but I was locked in and focused on it and it went down for me. Coach just told me to go with 5 seconds and get a good shot and I thought I did that.”
Channing Frye’s 3-point attempt rolled off the back of the rim at the buzzer, giving the Warriors their first win in Phoenix since March 18, 2005.
Ellis finished with a game-high 26 points, Wright had 23 and David Lee added 22 for the Warriors, who squandered a 21-point lead before rallying in the final 2:16.
“I feel like we executed on both sides of the basketball when it matters most,” said Warriors coach Mark Jackson. “If I had to design a win, I would have designed it this way. It was much better for our future to grind out a win.”
Golden State played all but 1 minute of the final three quarters and the entire second half without Stephen Curry, who strained a tendon in his right foot with 2:19 to play in the first quarter.
Frye had 22 points, Marcin Gortat scored 21 and Jared Dudley finished with 17 for the Suns, whose two-game winning streak was snapped.
“The way we approached the game sucked,” said Suns coach Alvin Gentry. “We end up defending the hell out of the guy and he makes the shot. But that’s not the difference in the game. The difference in the game was the first 10 minutes of the game.
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