Game ID: 22300087
Golden State Warriors @ Sacramento Kings
Friday, October 27, 2023 at 10:00 PM ET
Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, CA
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
SAC 29 28 27 30 114GSW 24 36 39 23 122
GSW @ SAC ScoutingGSW @ SAC Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
SAC availability going into 10/25 · season opener
full strength
SAC availability going into 10/27 · 1 day's rest
full strength
SAC availability going into 10/29 · 1 day's rest
full strength
SAC availability going into 11/01 · 2 days' restOUT Ellis missed 2 since 10/27, out tonight
NEW Barnes 29 to 34 min over the last 3
NEW Duarte 12 to 18 min over the last 3
SAC availability going into 11/04 · 2 days' restOUT Ellis missed 3 since 10/27, returns tonight: 1 min (8% of 17)
SAC availability going into 11/06 · 1 day's restOUT Fox missed 2 since 11/01, out tonight
BACK Ellis back 11/04 after 3, 1 min since (8% of 17)
NEW Duarte 12 to 18 min over the last 5
GSW availability going into 10/24 · season opener
full strength
GSW availability going into 10/27 · 2 days' rest
full strength
GSW availability going into 10/29 · 1 day's restOUT Podziemski missed 2 since 10/24, out tonight
GSW availability going into 10/30 · back-to-backOUT Podziemski missed 3 since 10/24, returns tonight: 23 min (86% of 27)
OUT Joseph missed 2 since 10/27, returns tonight: 5 min (41% of 11)
NEW Paul 26 to 32 min over the last 3
NEW Looney 16 to 28 min over the last 3
GSW availability going into 11/01 · 1 day's restBACK Podziemski back 10/30 after 3, 23 min since (86% of 27)
BACK Joseph back 10/30 after 2, 5 min since (41% of 11)
NEW Looney 16 to 27 min over the last 4
GSW availability going into 11/03 · 1 day's restBACK Podziemski back 10/30 after 3, 23 min since (86% of 27)
BACK Joseph back 10/30 after 2, 5 min since (41% of 11)
NEW Looney 16 to 26 min over the last 5
10/25 @ UTA 130-114 — SAC notes
SAC won 130-114. SAC shot 46% (47 of 102) to UTA's 45%, 19 of 51 from three, and got to the line 20 times to UTA's 31. Barnes led with 33 (11 of 16, 5 of 7 from three, 6 of 6 at the line); Sabonis added 22, Fox 18. The hinge was Q1, 32-24: from level to 8 ahead, and the lead reached 23. Fox was the night's best plus/minus at +14.
10/27 vs GSW 114-122 — SAC notes
SAC lost 114-122. SAC shot 44% (41 of 94) to GSW's 55%, 12 of 40 from three, and went to the line 29 times to GSW's 14 — 20 points from the stripe to their 12. SAC turned it over 14 times to GSW's 19. Fox led with 39 (14 of 28, 5 of 9 from three, 6 of 7 at the line); Sabonis added 19, Murray 16. Q4 was theirs, 30-23, the deficit cut from 15 to 8, but the other 3 periods went 99-84 against them. They led by as many as 11. Murray's -11 in 40 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/06 @ HOU — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Houston comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 108 a night and allowing 111, shooting 46 percent and 37 from three, 20 free throws a game; Sengun at 18 and Brooks at 18 a game. It has lost the glass by 6 a night. Without Eason (3 straight). One day's rest. Sacramento comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 114, shooting 43 percent and 33 from three, 23 free throws a game; Fox at 31 and Sabonis at 17 a game. Without Fox (2 straight). One day's rest.
So: Houston wins, and the game turns on the arc, Houston at 37 percent from three to Sacramento's 33. Call it Houston 112, Sacramento 111, Sacramento keeping it close.
10/24 vs PHX 104-108 — GSW notes
GSW lost 104-108. GSW shot 36% (36 of 101) to PHX's 44%, 10 of 43 from three, and went to the line 28 times to PHX's 17 — 22 points from the stripe to their 13. GSW turned it over 11 times to PHX's 19. The glass went 49-60 against them. Curry led with 27 (8 of 20, 4 of 14 from three, 7 of 7 at the line); Thompson added 15, Paul 14. Q3 was theirs, 40-19, turning a 15-point deficit into a 6-point lead, but the other 3 periods went 89-64 against them. Wiggins's -22 in 27 minutes was the worst on the floor.
10/27 @ SAC 122-114 — GSW notes
GSW won 122-114. GSW shot 55% (48 of 87) to SAC's 44%, 14 of 32 from three, and got to the line 14 times to SAC's 29. GSW turned it over 19 times to SAC's 14, and SAC turned those into 10 steals. Curry led with 41 (14 of 19, 7 of 10 from three, 6 of 6 at the line); Thompson added 18, Kuminga 12. The hinge was Q3, 39-27: a lead of 3 became 15, and the lead reached 18. Moody was the night's best plus/minus at +11.
11/03 @ OKC — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
OKC comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 112, shooting 47 percent and 36 from three, 22 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 25 and Jal. Williams at 16 a game. It has lost the glass by 5 a night. One day's rest. Golden State comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 104, shooting 47 percent and 35 from three, 20 free throws a game; Curry at 31 and Thompson at 16 a game. That is 4 straight wins. One day's rest.
So: Golden State wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where Golden State has been plus-1 a night and OKC minus-5 and the defense, Golden State allowing 104 a night to OKC's 112. Call it Golden State 111, OKC 109, OKC keeping it close.
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
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
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
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.”