On April 17, Beijing time, the Kings defeated the Warriors 118-94 at home to advance to the second round of the play-offs, in other words, the Warriors stopped in the play-off G1 this season. The Kings will face the New Orleans Pelicans in the play-in G2. The Kings led by 9 points in the first quarter, the Warriors narrowed to 4 points at halftime, the Kings led to 15 points at the end of the third quarter, and the Kings once pulled away to 26 points in garbage time in the final quarter.
The Warriors' starters in the opening game were very spicy: Klay was 0 of 3, Curry was 2 of 3, Dream Chasing was 3 of 6, TJD was 1 of 1, Wiggins was 1 of 2, and the total of these five people was only 14 points in the first quarter, in other words, the three people who came off the bench all scored 8 points after they came on the court, and Keegan Murray scored 14 points alone on the King's side, and Fox had 8 points, these two are equal to the score of the entire Warriors team.
In the second quarter, the Warriors' scoring hero still came from the bench, Moody scored 7 points and 1 assist (5 free throws), Kuminga scored all 5 consecutive offensive waves (4 of 8 + 2 of 2 free throws) of those 10 points, the Kings once led to 16 points and were narrowed to 4 points by these two young players, Curry missed the three-point whistle and the Warriors still trailed by 4 points into the second half.
Keon Murray and Fox went on a rampage in the third quarter, Fox scored 14 points in a single quarter, Murray scored 10 points in a single quarter, these two scored 24 points, even if Curry scored 11 points in a single quarter, it didn't help, Lyles on the Kings bench pulled up a layup, Ellis also scored 6 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal in a single quarter, Kuminga didn't score a point in the third quarter, Klay didn't score in the first three quarters of 8 in 0, fortunately, Wiggins made a three free throws and a throw, and the Kings still led by 15 points after the third quarter.
At the beginning of the final quarter, the Kings opened to 19 points, Barnes completed a super big back, Curry scored 4 points in a row to help the Warriors narrow down to 15 points again, Keegan Murray hit two three-pointers, Fox also hit the back, Ellis threw a shot to the Kings to open up to 26 points, and Kerr threw 2 minutes early to concede defeat.
In the game, Fox had 24 points and 6 assists, Murray had 32 points, 9 rebounds and 8 three-pointers, Barnes had 17 points and 4 rebounds, Ellis had 15 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds, 3 steals and 3 blocks, Curry had 22 points and 6 assists, and Klay was 0-of-10 + 0-of-6 three-pointers.
Curry still hugged the Kings after the game, and he still sent blessings to his opponent.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream