In what’s been an up-and-down season so far, the Sacramento Kings have proven they can do one thing, and that’s beat the rival Golden State Warriors. The Kings rolled to a 124-114 home victory to improve to 3-0 against the Warriors in the early going.
Four Kings had double-doubles: Domantas Sabonis (28 points, 19 rebounds), De’Aaron Fox (23 points, 11 assists), Keegan Murray (14 points, 11 rebounds) and Harrison Barnes (11 points, 12 rebounds).
Once again the Kings had no answer for Stephen Curry (40 points, nine three-pointers) and Klay Thompson (31 points, seven three-pointers), but only one other Warrior scored more than six points, and that was Andrew Wiggins with 11.
The Kings (7-5), who overcame a 15-point second-quarter deficit, enjoyed a 73-48 rebounding edge, and had 17 offensive rebounds to the Warriors’ five.
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The Warriors led for most of the first quarter, but not by more than six points, first at 21-15, and again at the quarter’s end at 29-23.
At 34-27, Golden State went on an 8-0 run that gave them their biggest lead of the game, 15 points, at 42-27 with nine minutes left. Trailing 44-30, the Kings went on a 20-6 run over five minutes to tie the game at 50. It was still tied at 59 at the end of the second quarter.
It was still tied at 65 when the Kings went on another game-changing run. They scored 17 straight points, six by Sabonis, to go up 81-65 with less than eight minutes to go in the third quarter. The Kings went up by 19 at 87-68, then took a 97-81 lead into the fourth quarter.
A basket by Barnes gave the Kings their biggest lead of the game at 21 points at 105-84 with under nine minutes to play. The Warriors didn’t go quietly, however. It was a six-point game at 118-112 with less than three minutes left after Curry hit a pair of three-pointers and Thompson hit one for a 9-0 run. But Fox immediately hit a three-pointer to get the lead back to nine, and the Warriors didn’t challenge again.
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