Golden State Warriors @ Sacramento Kings
Friday, October 27, 2023 at 10:00 PM ET
Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, CA | Game ID: 22300087
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
SAC 29 28 27 30 114GSW 24 36 39 23 122
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Curry scores 41 points to lead the Warriors past the Kings 122-114 in a playoff rematch
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- — Stephen Curry picked up where he left off in last season's playoffs against Sacramento, scoring 41 points to lead the Golden State Warriors to a 122-114 win over the Kings on Friday night.
“Steph loves every building and every rim,” coach Steve Kerr said. “He’s Steph. I don’t know what else to say.”
This was the first game at Golden 1 Center since Curry eliminated the Kings with a 50-point masterpiece in Game 7 of their first-round series last season.
That series sparked a Northern California rivalry between franchises that had never before had success in the same season.
“It feels like they’ve arrived,” Warriors guard Klay Thompson said. “For a lot of my career they were in a rebuilding phase. Now they have an identity and we respect them and they’re very good team. They have a ton of talented players. It’s a team you can’t sleep on obviously."
A sellout crowd in the home opener was energized all night but left disappointed after the Kings once again had no answer for Curry, who put the game away with a back-breaking 3-pointer in the final minute.
Curry scored 16 points in the third quarter to take control of the game. He even converted his 51st career four-point play, punctuated by a little dance to give Golden State an 11-point lead midway through the period.
“I've seen it before,” said Warriors newcomer Chris Paul , who has played against Curry for years. “Had a few dams and all that. We’re all on the same side now. It’s really dope.”
The Warriors built on that lead after Curry went to the bench late in the third with a 10-0 run capped by Jonathan Kuminga 's put-back jam that made it 94-77.
Sacramento mounted a late rally by taking advantage of sloppy play by the Warriors. The Kings scored 10 straight points to cut a 15-point deficit down to five with 1:15 remaining. But Curry then made his 3-pointer with 43 seconds remaining to seal the game.
“Once the shot starts going in, you just try to make it tough for him, get the ball out of his hand,” Kings guard De'Aaron Fox said. “Something. But it’s a difficult thing to do.”
Thompson added 18 points and Paul had 10 points, 12 assists and two turnovers in his second game with the Warriors. Paul has 21 assists and only three turnovers this season.
Fox scored 39 points to lead the Kings. Domantas Sabonis added 19 points, 18 rebounds and seven assists.
Sacramento had taken advantage of a long rest by Curry to go on a 14-0 run spanning the first and second quarters to take an 11-point lead. Golden State rallied after Curry returned to the game and led 60-57 at the half.
“We made a lot of mental mistakes that we can’t do against a great team like this,” Kings coach Mike Brown said. “Every time we made a mistake they made us pay. Hopefully this is a good learning experience for us to go through.”
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
GSWAW A. Wiggins
CP C. Paul
DŠ D. Šarić
GP G. Payton II
JK J. Kuminga
KL K. Looney
KT K. Thompson
MM M. Moody
SC S. Curry
SA Saric
TJ T. Jackson-Davis
SACAV A. Vezenkov
CD C. Duarte
DF D. Fox
DM D. Mitchell
DS D. Sabonis
HB H. Barnes
JM J. McGee
KH K. Huerter
KM K. Murray
MM M. Monk
GSW/SAC the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur