Stephen Curry Continues to Dominate as the Warriors Defeat the Kings Again

The last time a game was played at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, the party ended in a nightmare. It was April 30, game seven of the first round of the West playoffs. The Kings had pushed the then-champion Warriors to the limit, but that day Stephen Curry said enough was enough. With a master class in how to close a tie, the point guard left the Kings in the gutter with a 50-point game. Today he did something similar again. 41 points and the triple that cut off all hope of a comeback for the Kings, who ended up succumbing again (114-122) against an opponent whom they could not bend the knee.

The decisive play came with 43 seconds left, after the home team had managed to transform a 15-point deficit into one of 5 at 1:15. It was one of the few stretches of the game in which the Warriors lost control. De’Aaron Fox especially took advantage of it, who finished with 39 points. The other time they took the game to their own ground was between the first and second quarters, taking advantage of a long rest by Curry. There they managed to amass a +11, their biggest advantage, which came to nothing at halftime after the point guard returned to the court (60-57).

The game revolved around Curry, who made the sleeping hand gesture after his decisive three-pointer, his seventh of the game. He is already the second player over 30 years old with the most 40-point games. He has 40 and is four away from matching Michael Jordan. “Steph loves every pavilion and every hoop. It’s Steph, I don’t know what else can be said,” commented Steve Kerr after the match. “I had seen it before. I once screwed up on everything and stuff. Now we are on the same side and he is great,” commented Chris Paul. The point guard, who has started the season as a starter in a short team in the absence of Draymond Green, is playing quite well. In two games he has 21 assists and only 3 losses.

Other results of the night:

Grizzlies 104 – Nuggets 108

The champions achieved their second victory in two games, although this one was difficult to achieve because some feisty Grizzlies did not give up until the last seconds after losing the game during the last quarter. Jokic (22+12+7) and Murray (22) were once again the standouts for the Nuggets. Santi Aldama still hasn’t made his debut due to physical problems.

Cavs 105 – Thunder 108

Chet Holmgren looked somewhat out of place, although he left details, in his debut in Chicago. Today in Cleveland he gave a closer example of what he is: a wonderful player. 16 points, 13 rebounds and 7 blocks for him in the victory of the Thunder, who went 3-15 in the last two minutes to overcome a 102-93 deficit with 1:56 remaining. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished with 34 points.

Jazz 120 – Clippers 118

Jordan Clarkson (13 points) was the hero of the night in Salt Lake City with two key plays in the Jazz’s victory: a triple that put them ahead with 28 seconds left and the subsequent defense on Kawhi Leonard, who ended up shooting desperately after looking for Clarkson’s foul on several occasions, but the guard did not bite. Lauri Markkanen had a spectacular double-double (35+12) and Kelly Olynyk finished with 15 points and hitting two consecutive triples that put Utah up 111-109 in the final minutes.

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2023-10-28 06:28:50
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