Los Sacramento Kings This Tuesday they crushed the Golden State Warriors by 118-94 and they will have an extra bullet in the West’s play-in against the New Orleans Pelicans after a match that may have meant the end of the dynasty of Stephen Curry and company.
We are tenth in the regular phase, those of Steve Kerr They have lived a very turbulent season with countless problems and everything points to a change of cycle for a legendary franchise with four rings and a spectacular and captivating style of basketball. The Kings (ninth) will face some Pelicans (seventh) who fell to the Los Angeles Lakers (eighth) and in which Zion Williamson He left injured after a great 40-point game. The winner will qualify as eighth for the playoff, where the Oklahoma City Thunder await as first.
Very superior from start to finish, the Kings, with 18 of 39 in triples, lived a dream night hand in hand with a huge Keegan Murray (32 points and 9 rebounds) led by a starting quintet in double figures in scoring. They accompanied him De’Aaron Fox (24 points and 6 assists), Domantas Sabonis 8-94)), Harrison Barnes (17 points) and, above all, a fascinating Keon Ellis who added 15 points and also shone in Curry’s defense with 3 steals and 3 blocks. Instead, the Warriors suffered one of those painful losses that appear in the last pages of an NBA history book.
Curry scored 22 points (8 of 16 shooting) but Klay Thompson, who is a free agent this summer, had a terrible performance with 0 points (0 of 10, 0 of 6 on triples). Golden State had 16 turnovers and was only 10 of 32 on three-pointers.
With a fiery atmosphere in the stands and the unmistakable and strident cowbells providing the soundtrack, the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento hosted this new edition of a rivalry between two teams separated by only 150 kilometers apart. The Kings were looking for revenge after losing in the first round in 2023 to the Warriors in seven games (50 points from Curry in the decisive duel) and in a series that had everything, including a stomp on the chest by Draymond Green a Sabonis which resulted in a suspension match for the controversial center.
Tonight’s match had a Spanish touch on both sides, since Usman Garuba He debuted in the NBA postseason (two minutes with the Warriors and with the match already resolved) and Jordi Fernandez, In the absence of his official appointment as the new coach of the Brooklyn Nets, he continues the path to the ‘playoff’ as an assistant coach of the Kings.
