On April 17, Beijing time, the NBA play-offs officially began, and the Warriors challenged the Kings away. In this game, the Kings came up with momentum, building a 16-point lead at one point, and then the Warriors continued to chase down points, only trailing by four points at halftime. In the second half, the Kings opened up the gap again, and the offensive end felt hot, completely suppressing the Warriors, and the difference opened again. In the end, the Warriors lost to the Kings 94-118 and missed the playoffs ahead of schedule.
In this game, the Kings came up with a hot momentum and quickly took the initiative on the court, taking a 16-point lead at one point, but then Moody and Kuminga on the Warriors bench scored consecutive points to narrow the difference. In the second half, the king felt hot on the outside, and once again opened the point difference, the momentum of the Warriors plummeted, and they couldn't keep up with the rhythm of the king at all, and the point difference was opened again, and the Warriors themselves were constantly making mistakes, and they were already behind by 15 points after the third quarter of the game.
In the final quarter, the Kings' offense was still excellent and always found a way to score, while the Warriors players were a little lacking, Green had sluggish turnovers, and Thompson was still not feeling good and had to rely on Curry to score points. The Warriors just narrowed some of the difference, Murray scored three points to stabilize, Thompson continued to play iron, and Barnes also scored three points, and the difference directly stretched to more than 20 points. The Warriors were no longer able to catch up, the players were bleak on the court, and the game lost suspense.
This way of going out is still a little helpless, and they are all looking forward to the Warriors being able to enter the playoffs, but they didn't expect the play-offs to be directly out, which is still very shameful. Thompson was completely lost in this game, scoring 0 of 10 points in the game, and failing to grasp the two open three-pointers in the final quarter, which also made him lose confidence, but Kerr kept giving him a chance. With no contributions this time, Thompson will become a free agent in the offseason and may have to leave the Warriors.
Curry was heavily defended, but unfortunately he couldn't change the situation on the court, scoring 22 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists on 8-of-16 shooting, and 6 turnovers. In the face of falling behind by a big score, Curry also smiled wryly, such a way out of the game was still not expected. The Warriors ranked first in the league in terms of salary this season, but in the end they missed the playoffs early, and the money went down the drain. It looks like the Warriors really need to make some changes this offseason, and at least they won't be the favorites again.