On April 17, Beijing time, the Golden State Warriors VS Sacramento Kings play-off G1 started, the winner of this game will be against the Pelicans, earlier the Lakers have defeated the Pelicans to lock up the seventh in the West, the Kings led by 9 points in the first quarter, and the Kings once led by 16 points in the second quarter and were narrowed to 4 (Kings 54-50).
In last year's playoffs, the Warriors eliminated the Kings 4-3, but that was when Fox suffered a hand fracture, of course, this season's Kings are not neat enough, Huerter and Monk are not available in the backcourt, but at least their core Fox + Sabonis Jr. are healthy, and Fox's defense and offense are what this King needs most.
Keegan Murray hit three three-pointers in a row to help the Kings lead, Curry then responded with a three-pointer, Murray followed up with a three-point shot, Murray scored 14 points and 2 rebounds in the first quarter 5 of 10, 4 of 7 three-pointers, he became the vanguard of the Kings, Fox scored 8 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal in the first quarter of 4 of 6, Klay was 0 of 3, Wiggins was 1 of 2, and Kuminga was 1 of 3.
In the second quarter, the Kings' rookie guard Ellis broke Curry's counterattack and assisted Sa Jr. for a layup, Lyles and Mitchell hit three-pointers from the outside, and the Kings once opened up a gap of 16 points, and Kerr changed the situation after replacing the hot-headed Kuminga in the first quarter, and Kuminga hit three consecutive offensive waves to help the Warriors narrow to 8 points to stop the Kings.
After Brown asked for a timeout, Fox immediately leaned back to stabilize the game, Podemski made a layup, Fox missed the shot, Kuminga counterattacked and made a foul, Wiggins made a foul and continued to make fouls, 10 of 11 free throws in the first half, 6 of 6 free throws from the Kings, 7 points from Moody, and 12 points from Kuminga to become the Warriors' scoring wonder.
At halftime, the Warriors started a total of 21 points, and the Warriors scored 29 points off the bench, and the Warriors' bench momentum was fierce, Curry only had 5 points on 2-of-5 in the half, and Klay did not score on 0-of-5.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream