Beijing time on April 29, the NBA playoffs competition continues, the Warriors who won the battle of Tianwang Mountain return home to usher in the competition with the Kings G6, because the big score is 2-3 behind, the game is played on the road, the situation is very unfavorable for the Kings, especially considering the high winning rate of the Warriors at home, the outside world generally believes that the Warriors will finish the series in this game.
At the beginning of the game, the Warriors returning home were a little slow to heat, and the Kings were in hot form, opening the game inside and outside to play a perfect 8-0 performance, but after the Warriors regained their form, coupled with the Kings' offensive touch, the Warriors led by 2 points at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the King's connection quickly turned the situation around with Monk's magical play, even if the Splash Brothers stepped up to solve the problem, but the King blossomed inside and out, and at halftime, the Kings came back 58-51 to take a seven-point lead.
Yibian fought again, the Kings continued to be hot, hitting consecutive three-point shots from the outside, the point difference was stretched to double digits, although Sa Jr. left the game with 6 fouls in the final quarter, but the Warriors still could not limit the Kings' offense, and Kerr also decisively threw in advance, and finally the Warriors lost 99-118, and the series was dragged into tie-breaks.
This is also the only series to be dragged into the tie-for-seven series so far this season, and the two teams will start at 3:30 a.m. Beijing time on May 1.
The Warriors' loss clearly exceeded expectations and was the second of the Warriors' home Chase Center playoff loss, the first of which was last year's Finals G1.
Counting this game, the team is 18-2 in the past 20 home games for the Warriors, while the Kings ended an 11-game losing streak on the road in the playoffs, and the Warriors suffered their second home loss in nearly 15 playoff games.
According to Jackson Gatlin, the Kings became the first team since the Rockets in 2017-18 to push the Warriors into a tie-break in the series, and in the 2017-18 season, the Warriors played seven games against the Rockets in the West, and the Warriors advanced 4-3.
Throughout the history of the league, there have been 145 raids, six of which went into overtime and one in double overtime, and of those 145 raids, the away team won only 34 games, with a 23.4% chance of winning.
Poole and Klay needed to be largely responsible for the Warriors' loss, and as an important endpoint for the team's outside line, Klay, who has a reputation for G6 soup, was disappointed.
He played 35 minutes, shooting 8-of-20 from the field and 2-of-9 from three-point range, and despite scoring 22 points, he also had three turnovers and a game-low plus-minus of -28, meaning that the Warriors lost by 28 points while he was on the floor.
What is even more disappointing is that Klay, who has always been known for his big heart, suddenly went silent in the second half, especially in the crucial fourth quarter, Klay did not score 0-of-2.
If Klay's performance was disappointing that he didn't reach the G6 soup, then Poole's game, which was lost before, can only be described as absurd.
Poole started 26 minutes and shot just 2 of 11, scoring a measly 7 points, 1 assist, 2 steals, 1 turnover, and 3 fouls.
During the quick counterattack in the second quarter, Poole's handling of the ball was so bad that it was directly blocked by the basket.
In the third quarter, he made a layup and ate his hat directly, and then jumped angrily to find the referee to not return to the defense, and the King hit a conversion three-pointer.
Poole even made an extremely outrageous brainless low-level mistake to protect the ball out of bounds.
Poole's poor performance, leaving the Warriors without a stable bench playmaker in the transition section, can only allow Curry to play more time, resulting in a serious decline in the latter's fitness, and eventually Kerr also had to give up early to leave for the seven.
In the whole game, Curry defended the Kings crazy, played 36 minutes and 17 seconds, shot 9 of 21, 5 of 12 from three-point range, cut 29 points, 4 boards, 5 assists, 2 blocks and 1 block, but also had 5 turnovers, and made 6 of 9 free throws, and the problem of lack of physical fitness was extremely obvious.