NBA: Golden State, last champion, on the brink of the precipice

With an excellent offensive performance from De’Aaron Fox with 24 points, as well as a decisive triple at the end, Sacramento Kings defeated the defending champion Golden State Warriors 114-106 on Monday. With the win, the Kings put their best-of-seven Western Conference playoff series 2-0 in their favor.

The Kings closed out the game strongly after the Warriors’ Draymond Green was ejected for a flagrant foul and became the first team to take a 2-0 series lead over the Warriors in the Stephen Curry era. The Warriors will try to get back in the series when they meet Thursday in Game 3 in San Francisco.

The game heated up in the fourth quarter when Green stomped on the chest of Domantas Sabonis with 7:03 to play, leading to an ejection for an intentional violation. During the review, fans in Sacramento chanted derogatory chants towards Green, who goaded them by waving his handsputting a hand to his ear for louder cheers and standing on a chair.

The Warriors fought back to tie the game before the Kings went on a 17-8 winning streak to the madness of a crowd that hadn’t played in the playoffs in 17 years. Fox’s 3-pointer made it 107-101 with 2:17 to play and the Kings were in control at that point. Power forward Domantas Sabonis added 24 points for Sacramento and Malik Monk added 18 off the bench. Curry led the Warriors with 28 points, but was just 3-of-13 on 3-point shooting. as Golden State struggled to get going offensively. The Warriors committed 22 turnovers.

The basket player Tyrese Maxey scored 33 points in the victory of the Philadelphia 76ers over the Brooklyn Nets by 96-84, which also allows them to take a 2-0 lead in this Eastern Conference first-round series.

Maxey poured in with 33 points and Embiid had 20 points and 19 rebounds and seven assists, supported by Tobias Harris with 20 points to leave the 76ers two wins away from reaching the conference semifinals.

Brooklyn finally succumbed after getting off to a bright start in which they led by 10 points in the second quarter, in a game played at the Wells Fargo in Philadelphia. The adjustments paid off in the third and fourth quarters, with the Sixers outscoring Brooklyn 24-14 in the third before finally picking up the victory in the fourth quarter.

Cameron Johnson led Brooklyn in scoring with 28 points while Mikal Bridges finished with 21 and Spencer Dinwiddie with 12 for the Nets. Game 3 of the series will take place in Brooklyn on Thursday.

– Milwaukee Bucks (1st) vs Miami Heat (8th) (Heat lead series 1-0)

16 de abril: Bucks – Heat 117-130

19 de abril: Bucks – Heat

22 de abril: Heat – Bucks

24 de abril: Heat – Bucks

April 26: Bucks – Heat (if necessary)

April 28: Heat – Bucks (if necessary)

April 30: Bucks – Heat (if necessary)

– Boston Celtics (2nd) vs Atlanta Hawks (7th) (Celtics lead series 1-0)

April 15: Celtics 112-99 Hawks

April 18: Celtics-Hawks

April 21: Hawks-Celtics

April 23: Hawks-Celtics

April 25: Celtics – Hawks (if necessary)

April 27: Hawks – Celtics (if necessary)

April 29: Celtics – Hawks (if necessary)

– Philadelphia 76ers (3rd) vs Brooklyn Nets (6th) (Sixers lead series 2-0)

April 15: Sixers – Nets 121-101

April 17: Sixers – Nets 96-84

April 20: Nets – Sixers

April 22: Nets – Sixers

April 24: Sixers – Nets (if necessary)

April 27: Nets – Sixers (if necessary)

April 29: Sixers – Nets (if necessary)

– Cleveland Cavaliers (4th) vs. New York Knicks (5th) (The Knicks lead the series 1-0)

15 de abril: Cavaliers – Knicks 97-101

18 de abril: Cavaliers – Knicks

21 de abril: Knicks – Cavaliers

23 de abril: Knicks – Cavaliers

April 26: Cavaliers – Knicks (if necessary)

April 28: Knicks – Cavaliers (if necessary)

April 30: Cavaliers – Knicks (if necessary)

– Denver Nuggets (1st) vs Minnesota Timberwolves (8th) (Nuggets lead series 1-0)

April 16: Nuggets – Timberwolves 109-80

April 19: Nuggets – Timberwolves

April 21: Timberwolves – Nuggets

April 23: Timberwolves – Nuggets

April 25: Nuggets – Timberwolves (if necessary)

April 27: Timberwolves – Nuggets (if necessary)

April 29: Nuggets – Timberwolves (if necessary)

– Memphis Grizzlies (2nd) vs Los Angeles Lakers (7th) (Lakers lead series 1-0)

April 16: Grizzlies – Lakers 112-128

April 19: Grizzlies – Lakers

April 22: Lakers at Grizzlies

April 24: Lakers at Grizzlies

April 26: Grizzlies – Lakers (if necessary)

April 28: Lakers – Grizlies (if necessary)

April 30: Grizzlies – Lakers (if necessary)

– Sacramento Kings (3rd) – Golden State Warriors (6th) (Kings lead series 2-0)

April 15: Kings-Warriors 126-123

April 17: Kings-Warriors 114-106

April 20: Warriors-Kings

April 23: Warriors-Kings

April 26: Kings – Warriors (if necessary)

April 28: Warriors – Kings (if necessary)

April 30: Kings – Warriors (if necessary)

– Phoenix Suns (4th) vs Los Angeles Clippers (5th) (Clippers lead series 1-0)

April 16: Suns – Clippers 110-115

April 18: Suns – Clippers

April 20: Clippers v Suns

April 22: Clippers v Suns

April 25: Suns – Clippers (if necessary)

April 27: Clippers – Suns (if necessary)

April 29: Suns – Clippers (if necessary)