The Golden State Warriors earned a strong win on Saturday night, defeating the Memphis Grizzlies 121-113 despite the absence of Steph Curry. It moved them two games over .500 and gave them their first winning streak since before Thanksgiving.

It was an excellent job all around, so let’s rate the players. As always, grades are based on my expectations for each player, with a grade of “B” representing that player’s average performance.

Note: True Shooting Percentage (TS) is a scoring efficiency metric that takes three-pointers and free throws into account. Heading into Saturday’s games, the league average TS was 57.4%.

Andrew Wiggins

36 minutes, 24 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 steals, 2 turnovers, 1 foul, 9-for-17 shooting, 3-for-10 three-pointers, 3-for-3 free throws, 65.5% TS , +10

Wiggins didn’t have a good first half. And despite playing more minutes than anyone on either team, he only grabbed two of the 92 rebounds.

I don’t care. In the third quarter, with both Curry and Jonathan Kuminga sidelined, Wiggins absolutely exploded. He scored the team’s first seven points and a total of 18 points in the quarter, almost single-handedly thwarting Memphis’ repeated attempts to erase Golden State’s lead.

He also played brilliant defense against Desmond Bane, who needed 20 shots (and two free throws) to score 22 points, and committed eight turnovers.

Fantastic job, Wiggs.

Grade: A
Post-game bonus: Led the team in points.

Draymond Green

31 minutes, 9 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, 2 turnovers, 4 fouls, 3-for-7 shooting, 3-for-6 three-pointers, 64.3% TS, +10

For most of his career, Green was known for having an impact that the box score doesn’t quite reflect. And my goodness was that that was the case in this game. Draymond was a defensive wrecking ball. I can’t express how impressive his defensive performance was.

The threesomes were definitely nice too.

Grade: A

Trayce Jackson Davis

28 minutes, 11 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, 1 turnover, 2 fouls, 5-for-13 shooting, 1-for-1 free throws, 40.9% TS, +12

Certainly not a very efficient game for TJD, but he still played pretty well. Against a much larger Zach Edey, Jackson-Davis played strong defense and gobbled up rebounds. Edey only shot two shots and two free throws all night, and TJD was a big reason why.

The efficiency will come, but every other part of his game was there.

Grade: B+
Post-game bonus: Led the team in rebounds.

Buddy Hield

24 minutes, 14 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 turnovers, 2 fouls, 5-for-9 shooting, 4-for-7 three-pointers, 77.8% TS, +18

Hield will never be a defensive player. And of course it would be nice to see rebounds go up and turnovers go down. But he’s on the court and paid well to shoot threes and score threes, and he did that very well on Saturday night. It was perhaps the best shooting night of the year for the Dubs, who went 23 for 43 from distance, and Hield was a big part of that.

Grade: B+
Post-game bonus: Best plus/minus on the team.

Dennis Schröder

36 minutes, 17 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 steal, 3 turnovers, 1 foul, 6-for-15 shooting, 3-for-6 three-pointers, 2-for-4 free throws, 50.7% TS , +13

It took a while, which is to be expected, but Schröder is starting to get into the Dubs jersey. It wasn’t a very efficient night, but he hit some great shots at the start and end of the game and ran the offense brilliantly. His defense was strong and perhaps most importantly, his fighting spirit and leadership skills were on full display. Somehow the fact that he and Green were on the court at the same time gave the impression that the Dubs would not be intimidated or outwitted.

Grade: B+
Post-game bonus: Led the team in assists.

Jonathan Kuminga

15 minutes, 13 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 turnovers, 4-for-6 shooting, 3-for-3 three-pointers, 2-for-4 free throws, 83.8% TS, 0 plus/minus

Kuminga had a bit of a strange game. He had some offensive magic, leading the team in the first half and hitting all of his shots from distance. But he tried to force the issue a lot by repeatedly dribbling into traffic and getting his pocket picked. Four turnovers in 15 minutes is a lot, and most of them were clearly visible.

Unfortunately, Kuminga became the biggest story of the game when he sprained his ankle in the second quarter. It looks like he’s going to be sidelined for a while and that’s a big disappointment.

Note: Please be okay

Lindy Waters III

28 minutes, 16 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block, 1 turnover, 2 fouls, 6-for-7 shooting, 4-for-5 three-pointers, 114.3% TS, -5

Holy heavens, what a game Waters had. At least for one night no curry, no problem. Waters went on an 8-0 run all by himself early in the second quarter, prompting Memphis to call a short timeout, and he had several big shots in the final minutes.

He may dip in and out of the rotation, but what a luxury that is for Steve Kerr.

Grade: A+

Kyle Anderson

22 minutes, 7 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks, 1 turnover, 2 fouls, 3-for-5 shots, 1-for-3 three-pointers, 0-for-1 free throws, 64, 3% TS, -2

After the game, Kerr said that Anderson would replace Kuminga in a few minutes while JK was sidelined. And Slo Mo certainly proved more than capable of handling those minutes, which began in earnest in the second half of the game.

Like Waters, he’s just a real luxury…a skilled player who almost always makes the right decision and can switch back and forth between DNP and a big role.

Grade: A-

Moses Moody

9 minutes, 8 points, 2 fouls, 2-for-3 shots, 2-for-3 three-pointers, 2-for-3 free throws, 92.6% TS, -11

I don’t know why Moody played so little in this game. He played really well.

Grade: B+
Post-game bonus: The worst plus/minus on the team.

Pat Spencer

12 minutes, 2 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block, 1 turnover, 2 fouls, 1-on-2 shooting, 50.0% TS, -5

Spencer had a really cool moment in the first quarter when he and his brother, Grizzlies guard Cam Spencer, both entered the game at the same time.

I guess the lack of playmaking with Curry and Brandin Podziemski out is why Spencer got so many minutes ahead of Moody, but that was still strange. But he played well!

Grade: A-

The DNP CDs from Saturday: Kevon Looney, Gui Santos
Inactive on Saturday: Steph Curry, Gary Payton II, Brandin Podziemski, Quinten Post