The Golden State Warriors played under their strength in their most important match of the entire season, officially saying goodbye to their ticket to the 2024 NBA Playoffs.
0 points, 0-10 FG, 0-6 3PT, 0-0 FT in 32 minutes of play.
This is probably a set of indicators that will haunt Golden State Warriors fans for a long time.
It belongs to Klay Thompson, who was included in the starting lineup for the important match at the Play-in Tournament by coach Steve Kerr.
But contrary to his impressive streak this month, including 4 times scoring over 25 points in the last 6 games,
Thompson experienced the worst performance of his career in a vital match for the Golden State Warriors.
Stephen Curry scored 22 points with 8-16 FG (3-7 3PT) along with 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals. But he alone cannot do anything when he is constantly being closely marked and needs support from surrounding satellite throwers.
During the day, no one had 2 successful 3-pointers other than Curry, including Klay Thompson’s 0-10 FG game, the Golden State Warriors lost themselves before even thinking about winning against their opponent.
The Play-in Tournament match ended with a strong 118-94 victory for the Sacramento Kings, a worthy result for the home team.
Although they won the match, Sacramento Kings still did not win a ticket to the Playoffs. They will face the New Orleans Pelicans next Saturday morning, the second Play-in series match. The team that wins will have a place in the Playoffs as the 8th seed in the West.
As for the Golden State Warriors, the season of Stephen Curry and his teammates ended on a low note that was hard to swallow. They officially bid farewell to the 2023-24 season with a final 10th place in the Western rankings.
This is the third time in the last 5 years that Golden State has had to sit at home and watch the Playoffs. This is also the second time the Warriors have fallen in the Play-in Tournament series, the first time in 2021 with two consecutive defeats against the Lakers and Grizzlies.
In addition to Stephen Curry’s 22 points, Golden State had 16 points (5-8 FG) from Moses Moody, 16 points 7 rebounds from Jonathan Kuminga and 12 points 6 assists from Draymond Green.
All were not enough on the day other than Curry, the entire Warriors team shot just 28% from the field (7-25 3PT), hit less than 40% of their FGs and had a total of 16 turnovers.
On the other side of the field, the Sacramento Kings with the excellent performance of young talent Keegan Murray completely ended all hopes of the Warriors, scoring 32 points with 9 rebounds and 2 steals.
De’Aaron Fox is right behind with 24 points and 6 assists. The remaining three names in the Kings’ starting lineup all scored 15 points or more, led by center Domantas Sabonis’ 16 points, 17 rebounds and 7 assists.
This collective effort helped the Sacramento Kings win their biggest win over the Golden State Warriors in the past 18 years (since February 2006).
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Source: Forbes
