Lately there is no Golden State-Sacramento that disappoints, and this morning was no exception. In an agonizing finale, Steve Kerr’s men prevented the Kings from taking revenge for the last playoffs and ended up adding their fourth win of the season 102-101, which places them in second position in the West only behind Dallas. And the person responsible for this happening was none other than Klay Thompson.
The lead had changed six times in the fourth quarter when Klay received the ball from Draymond Green with just over 3 seconds remaining. The penultimate of them, the work of Stephen Curry and a floater that put 100-99 on the scoreboard; the last, after a shot by Domanas Sabonis from 6 meters that went in after touching the board. But there was one more left. And Klay knew it.
With the entire visiting defense pending on Curry, the guard offered himself, knowing that his team needed another alternative, and in his start he caught Davion Mitchell somewhat off guard, who could not prevent him from receiving and taking a bounce towards the head of the light bulb. He was able, however, to score the shot, as did Keegan Murray behind him to complicate it as much as possible. He didn’t care. Like him, it didn’t matter that Thompson had a 5/14 shot so far. Splash.
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Sacramento could make little use of the two tenths of a second left before the horn sounded, as they were barely able to hang a ball over the rim looking for a tap-in that didn’t come. The Warriors handed down their sentence again. Although this time without Curry as executioner.
Steph was actually the top local scorer, although this time with a much more mundane performance than the last ones. With 21 points and 7 losses, he was much more handcuffed than in the rest of the recent matches, although he found enough support in his teammates to carry the duel forward. Dario Saric, with a surprising 15 points, was second on the team in scoring, while both Klay and Andrew Wiggins finished with 14 and Draymond Green once again made his mark with 13 points, 9 assists, 2 blocks and 2 steals.
The Kings, for their part, lacked grit and determination in the clutch which De’Aaron Fox is responsible for providing, a gap that Sabonis tried to fill, adding 10 of his 23 points in the fourth period. The Lithuanian also added 11 rebounds and 8 assists in another very complete performance, but he missed his usual partner and could not prevent the Californians from adding their second setback in four games.
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2023-11-02 07:00:00
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