Champion heart. Survivor bones. And head, lots of head. With this the Warriors went to a tough fight at the Golden Center in Sacramento. The Kings, who had forced the seventh and final game, wanted to turn on the lightning that has created so much expectation in this year’s games in that franchise, but the light went out in the middle of the task and any button they touched was wrong. fell.
Those of Kerr preserve the structure and fundamentals of a team that is not afraid of anyone, be extreme in their game like these Kings are (coached by Mike Brown, formerly of the Bahia coaching staff) or challenge him to what that challenges him, and what they also maintain are the options of winning the NBA again. In the next round, the conference semifinals, they will play against the Lakers of LeBron James, Anthony Davis and the illusion renewed in a difficult year. The Warriors have also gone through that toll, a course full of complexities: Green’s punch, Wiggins’ personal loss, Payton’s strange injury, etc. They reached all or nothing on this Sunday, April 30, and it was those of the dynasty, those of the four titles in eight years, the indestructible. With Curry as the headliner: 50 points on 20/38 shooting, adding 8 rebounds and 6 assists, with a command of the situation that is to be envied and some flourishes at the end that made up a calm closing for how rowdy the evening was. . Golden State won 100-120 in this game 7 to get the Kings out of the way, who say goodbye to the first playoff participation after 16 years without them.
Setting in the stands. Very loud cowbells. And they were useless against a team made to win, forged in imperfections but with virtues that go beyond what is strictly related to basketball. With this they also defeated the Kings in their alienated pavilion. They endured the downpour in a competitive and fun first half and, between defense and the appearance of the three-pointer and the rebound, they won. Simple.
Noise was important in Sacramento. And at first Golden State responded with the appearance of dolls like Wiggins, Thompson and even Moody, already with changes made, to take advantage. The response was going to be surprising from Brown: Davis (14), with little activity in the tie, was pulling the cart in the purple attack. But, like the shirt they were wearing, at some point it became black. It would already be in the second half. On the other side, Kerr also had witty ideas, albeit of more doubtful results: they let Domantas Sabonis shoot on several occasions and the Lithuanian, taking advantage of the deference, was making mass not only with those long shots but also with his classic continuations after blocks and his I play under hoop. It looked like we were in for a long and rewarding day. From a trance with four triples in the first act, they went on to the next, in which the scoring tendency dropped a little, very little, with the appearance of the defenses, especially the visitor. Monk (14), Sacramento’s stinging dart in the rest of the matches, appeared more than Fox and the one who gave the reply, already dressed in the hero’s cape, was Curry, who at half-time already had twenty goals to his credit.
The tortilla is not that he turned around, it’s that he ended up poached on the floor from the blow that the Warriors gave after passing through the locker room. A triple right at the beginning, from Curry, put them ahead and another shot from Thompson (16) heralded a storm at the Kings’ home. The phenomenon ended up unleashing with seven offensive rebounds in less than three minutes, adding others from Curry or Wiggins, which Looney (21) caught, a key character in this story due to the balance he provided on both sides of the court. The headlines would be taken by Steph because of the class deployed, of course, but that streak with which everything was broken was thanks to the straight center born in Milwaukee. He began to cross the day for the locals and never came to straighten out. An additional three-pointer from Klay before the end of the third quarter almost definitely ended the morale of the Kings. What came in the last set, already with differences above ten, was worse. Curry got his hands on the team led by Mike Brown as if it were a puppet and began to close the beautiful chapter of his story. Shot by shot, also with plenty of feints, moving the ball to finish on it and nail more triples. The great point guard of the Warriors, putting the icing on the cake with a shot almost from the ground in which there was also a foul, sends a message to his next rival, who was the one who eliminated him two seasons ago: I’m here. The Kings made only three of twenty-two 3-point shots attempted in the second half and tarnished the great game we were witnessing a bit, but Stephen Curry’s superstar burst, in one of his best performances ever outside the regular season, was well worth it. stay until the horn blew.
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40
Harrison Barnes |
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25
Alex Len |
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22
Richaun Holmes |
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41
trey lyles |
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10
Domantas Sabonis |
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5
De’Aaron Fox |
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0
Malik Monk |
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35
PJ Dozier |
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9
kevin huerter |
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7
Chimezie Metu |
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3
Terence Davis |
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fifteen
David Mitchell |
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17
Kessler Edwards |
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13
keegan murray |
| Min | pts | RT | RO | DR | Ast | Per | rec | Tap | T1 | T2 | T3 | FR | CF | Val | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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40
Harrison Barnes | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/4 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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25
Alex Len | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
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22
Richaun Holmes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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41
trey lyles | twenty | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 1/4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
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10
Domantas Sabonis | 37 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2/6 | 10/15 | 0/1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
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5
De’Aaron Fox | 37 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3/4 | 2/9 | 3/10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
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0
Malik Monk | 31 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4/5 | 2/6 | 2/8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
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35
PJ Dozier | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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9
kevin huerter | 28 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2/2 | 1/3 | 1/6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
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7
Chimezie Metu | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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3
Terence Davis | 25 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 4/10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
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fifteen
David Mitchell | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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17
Kessler Edwards | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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13
keegan murray | 27 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0/0 | 5/8 | 0/2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
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23
Draymond Green |
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30
Stephen Curry |
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eleven
klay thompson |
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1
JaMychal Green |
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22
Andrew Wiggins |
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5
kevon looney |
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8
Gary Payton II |
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0
Donte DiVincenzo |
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3
Jordan Poole |
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40
Anthony Lamb |
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4
Moses Moody |
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0
Jonathan Kuminga |
| Min | pts | RT | RO | DR | Ast | Per | rec | Tap | T1 | T2 | T3 | FR | CF | Val | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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23
Draymond Green | 37 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1/2 | 23 | 1/4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
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30
Stephen Curry | 37 | fifty | 8 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3/5 | 13/20 | 7/18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
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eleven
klay thompson | 3. 4 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6/8 | 2/9 | 2/10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
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1
JaMychal Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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22
Andrew Wiggins | 37 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6/10 | 4/11 | 1/5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
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5
kevon looney | 30 | eleven | twenty-one | 10 | eleven | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 0/0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
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8
Gary Payton II | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
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0
Donte DiVincenzo | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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3
Jordan Poole | 19 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 2/6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
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40
Anthony Lamb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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4
Moses Moody | fifteen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
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0
Jonathan Kuminga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |