Other Stats

Sacramento Kings Stat Golden State Warriors
49% Field Goal % 47%
21% 3 Pointer % 31%
86% Free Throw % 72%
26 Team Fouls 23
6 Offensive Rebounds 12
42 Points In The Paint 66
47 Bench Points 38
4 Second Chance Points 11
22 Fast Break Points 40
14 Points Off Turnovers 22



Game Comments

This time we pulled a Lakers, jumping out to leads of 6-0, 14-4 and 20-8, before the Kings came storming back. The Kings easily fell into a hole early, going 0-8 in 3 point attempts before finally sinking one with less than 2 minutes left in the first quarter. Despite their lack of 3 point shooting, the Kings were able to chip away at our lead thanks to missed shots and stupid turnovers. We traded leads the last minute or two of the quarter, but Monta Ellis sank a 3 pointer with 8 seconds left to give us the 31-28 lead.

The second quarter was much of the same, as we blitzed out of the gate, extending our lead at one point to 47-32. The Kings again chipped away at some of it, because some key shooting in the final minutes kept the Kings from getting too close, and we headed to the locker room with a 65-53 lead.

Coming out of halftime, we again came out firing and extended our lead, getting up to 75-58, but midway through the quarter, our shooting went cold, allowing the Kings to close the gap. Two 3 point shots by Jimmer Fredette and Marcus Thornton, followed by some poor defense allowing Tyreke Evans and John Salmons to drive to the basket on us, closed the game even more and we found ourselves trading leads with the Kings in the final minutes. We ended up tied at 94 with 12 seconds left, before Monta Ellis sank his second 3 pointer of the game, giving us a 97-94 lead after the third quarter.

The fourth quarter started pretty much the same way the third quarter ended, with us and the Kings trading shots back and forth. We were able to build up a minor 104-100 lead, but the Kings quickly erased that, tying things up at 104, 106 and 108, before a couple of fouls and some penetration by Dominic McGuire allowed us to get back up 112-110. Trying to play catch-up with only 4 minutes left, the Kings went cold shooting, allowing us to build up our lead to 116-110 before the Kings finally got back on the board. A pair of free throws by Isaiah Thomas and a jumpshot by Tyreke Evans made it 116-114 with 2:03 left to play.

That was as close as the Kings would get, as they would fail to make another shot the rest of the game. Stephen Curry responded to Evans' jumpshot with a layup to make it 118-114 with 1:51 left, and then added a pair of free throws to extend our lead to 120-114 with 1:32 left to play. After a missed 3 point attempt by the Kings, David Lee drove in and got a layup to make it 122-114 with 1:11 left in the game, before Dorell Wright added a layup with 34 seconds left on the clock to make it 124-114.