For logistical reasons but also personal, historical and undoubtedly sporting, the Warriors wanted to finish 6th to face the Kings in the first round. This is the first time that the two Californian neighbors will challenge each other in the playoffs, and it will be an opportunity to find Mike Brown but also Harrison Barnes. The whole year of Sacramento’s big comeback in the playoffs.
“It’s just huge” appreciate Klay Thompson about the proximity between the two cities. “We’re used to taking a lot of planes, but the bus ride makes you feel like you’re old school, high school and college. It’s great, and everything went very well. It’s a team that we respect a lot. She won our division. It has a great staff and young players. We have the greatest respect for them.”
Defending champions, the Warriors avoid the ogre Phoenix in the first round, and the Kings were the ideal opponent to warm up. It will obviously be wary, especially since the Kings are the best team in the Western Conference on the outside. For Stephen Curry, the main thing is done: qualify directly, and now a new season begins.
Teachers versus students
“I think for us it’s about figuring out what it takes to beat them four times and focus on the job at hand. After everything we’ve been through this season, it’s nice to be officially in the playoffs with a week to prepare and prepare our minds and bodies for the excitement in the historic context.
In the regular season, the Warriors have won three of four meetings, the last of which was 22 points Friday night. But De’Aaron Fox, Domantas Sabonis and Kevin Huerter were absent, and this match is not to be trusted.
“They have a really good team, which is obviously very well coached” concludes Draymond Green. “They have a lot of young talent, who play at a great pace, with power… They go to the circle, and come out on their shooters. It will be a complicated challenge, but like every series of playoffs. »
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Stephen Curry | 55 | 34.9 | 49.2 | 42.6 | 91.4 | 0.7 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 29.5 |
| Klay Thompson | 68 | 33.2 | 43.5 | 41.0 | 87.9 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 21.9 |
| Jordan Poole | 81 | 30.1 | 42.8 | 33.2 | 87.1 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 20.4 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 37 | 32.2 | 47.3 | 39.6 | 61.1 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 17.1 |
| Jonathan Kuminga | 66 | 20.8 | 52.3 | 36.6 | 64.7 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 9.9 |
| Donte Divincenzo | 71 | 26.4 | 43.5 | 39.7 | 81.2 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 9.4 |
| Draymond Green | 72 | 31.6 | 52.7 | 30.2 | 71.3 | 0.9 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 8.4 |
| Kevon Looney | 81 | 23.9 | 63.2 | 0.0 | 60.6 | 3.3 | 5.9 | 9.3 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 7.1 |
| James Wiseman | 21 | 12.5 | 62.8 | 50.0 | 68.4 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 6.9 |
| Ty Jerome | 45 | 18.1 | 48.8 | 38.9 | 92.7 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 6.9 |
| Anthony Lamb | 61 | 19.4 | 46.8 | 36.7 | 76.7 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 6.7 |
| Jamychal Green | 56 | 14.0 | 54.0 | 38.2 | 77.6 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 6.5 |
| Gary Payton II | 6 | 15.3 | 62.5 | 44.4 | 66.7 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 6.0 |
| Moses Moody | 62 | 12.7 | 46.0 | 35.2 | 69.2 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 4.5 |
| Patrick Baldwin, Jr. | 30 | 7.2 | 39.2 | 38.0 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 3.8 |
| Andre Iguodala | 8 | 14.1 | 46.7 | 11.1 | 66.7 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 2.1 |
| ryan rollins | 12 | 5.2 | 35.0 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.9 |
| Lester Quinones | 3 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
