The Warriors and Timberwolves put on a thrilling display in Shenzhen but in the end it was the Minnesota reserves getting the best of those of the Dubs in a 111-95 Golden State defeat on Thursday in the opener of the 2017 NBA Global Games.
| GSW | MIN |
| Points | |
| Durant - 20 Curry - 14 Thompson - 13 | Towns - 16 Butler - 16 Wiggins - 14 |
Rebounds | |
| Green - 6 Curry - 6 Pachulia - 6 | Dieng - 10 Towns - 8 Gibson - 7 |
Assists | |
| Green - 8 Curry - 4 Pachulia - 4 | Jones - 6 Crawford - 5 Butler - 4 The Warriors got tremendous production from their starters and opened the game on a 15-4 run. |