On April 17, Beijing time, the NBA play-offs officially began, and the Warriors lost to the Kings 94-118, officially missing the playoffs, and thus ending the journey of the season. This result is quite surprising, after all, they are the less optimistic side, but they did not expect to lose directly in the end. On the court, the Warriors did not have much advantage, and the Kings were more prepared, directly pulling the difference away in the second half, making the game out of suspense early.
The Kings were well prepared for the game and quickly took the initiative, building a 16-point lead in the first quarter, and then the Warriors briefly recovered and began to chase points, leaving only four points at halftime. I thought that the Warriors were going to complete a big reversal, but I didn't expect the Kings to regain their touch in the second half and once again pull the difference apart, leading by 15 points after the third quarter. In the final quarter, the king was still hot, completely suppressing the Warriors, who kept making mistakes and directly lost their self-confidence, and the point difference was directly stretched to more than 20 points, and the game lost suspense.
This result also made the league completely miscalculated, and they were still expecting the Warriors to enter the playoffs and then complete the Black Eight Miracle, but they didn't expect to collapse directly. Before the game even started, it was widely seen that the Warriors could advance, but unfortunately they failed to capitalize on their chances. This time, Klay Thompson was in no shape, scoring 0-of-10 from the field, and Curry was heavily defended, contributing only 22 points and committing a whopping six turnovers, so he missed the playoffs.
The Warriors' exit also allowed the Lakers to escape, as they managed to beat the Pelicans earlier to get the No. 7 seed in the West and successfully advance to the playoffs. If they are reversed by the Pelicans in the final minute, they will next face the Kings for the final playoff spot. You know, this season, the Lakers faced the Kings and lost all 4 games, while Davis has not won in his career against Sabonis Jr., and he is really close to meeting his nemesis, but fortunately he did not deliberately lose to avoid the Nuggets.
But in the final analysis, the Warriors are not competitive, and they have the opportunity to counterattack, but they have not been able to grasp it, and they have been like this all season, and they have never been able to continue the momentum. In the final stage of the regular season, the loss to the Pelicans put the team in a passive situation, and finally only finished 10th, and now it is directly out of the tournament early. This is also the first time that the Warriors have missed the playoffs with Curry, Thompson and Green all healthy, and it is unknown whether Thompson will be a free agent in the offseason and will be able to stay with the Warriors.