Golden State Warriors @ Sacramento Kings
Friday, February 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM ET
Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, CA | Game ID: 22400805
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
SAC 28 25 30 25 108GSW 31 37 32 32 132
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Hield, Moody lead Warriors with 22 points each in 132-106 blowout over Kings
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- — Buddy Hield and Moses Moody had 22 points each and the Golden State Warriors beat the Sacramento Kings 132-106 on Friday night.
Brandin Podziemski added 21 points, and Stephen Curry had 20 points as role players stepped up for the Warriors.
DeMar DeRozan led the Kings with 34 points and Domantas Sabonis finished one assist shy of a triple double with 14 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists.
The Warriors got off to a hot start in the second quarter and led by 20. They were 11 of 23 from deep in the first half to take a 68-53 lead at halftime. Golden State maintained a 100-83 lead heading into the fourth.
Markelle Fultz , the No. 1 overall pick in 2017, scored eight points in his debut with the Kings after signing with them last week .
Takeaways Warriors: The new-look Warriors continue to impress since acquiring Jimmy Butler, improving to 4-1 with him in the lineup. They are two games over .500 for the first time since December.
Kings: The Kings dropped to 3-4 since trading De’Aaron Fox. They have allowed over 110 points in each of their last five games, as the Warriors shot 54%.
Key moment The Kings cut a 20-point lead to nine midway through the third quarter, but the Warriors responded with an 11-0 run — capped off by five straight points by Curry — to push the lead back to 20.
Key stat The Warriors took much better care of the basketball than in their two prior games against the Kings this season. They turned the ball over just 12 times, after having 19 and 22 turnovers in the earlier losses.
Up next The Warriors host the Mavericks on Sunday, while the Kings host the Hornets on Monday night. ------
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
GSWBH B. Hield
BP B. Podziemski
DG D. Green
GP G. Payton II
GS G. Santos
JB J. Butler III
KK K. Knox II
KL K. Looney
MM M. Moody
PS P. Spencer
QP Q. Post
SC S. Curry
TJ T. Jackson-Davis
SACDD D. DeRozan
DS D. Sabonis
IC I. Crawford
JL J. LaRavia
JV J. Valančiūnas
KE K. Ellis
KM K. Murray
MF M. Fultz
MJ M. Jones
MM M. Monk
TL T. Lyles
VA Valanciunas
ZL Z. LaVine
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