Steph Curry And The Warriors Dominate Kings In Game 7

Steph Curry And The Warriors Dominate Kings In Game 7 - originally posted on Sportslens.com

The first round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs held plenty of excitement, intriguing matchups, and overwhelming upsets. But all vision were on the series between the Sacramento Kings and the Golden State Warriors, and rightfully so.

The Kings were the surprise team of the league this season, qualifying for the playoffs for the first time in 17 years overdue their “Beam Team” moniker. The Warriors are of undertow the defending NBA champions, and had wits on their side going versus such a young team.

Curry’s 50 Gives Warriors The Upper Hand Versus Kings

But the Kings lived up to the moment, and pushed the Warriors all the way to a Game 7, the first played in the municipality of Sacramento since 2002. They did so by winning an suppuration game two nights ago, in a races that Golden State was heavily favored in.

The line going into today’s game gave a slight whet to the Kings, but Steph Curry and his greatness decided to show up when it meant the most.

The game started off evenly contested, with the teams trading 5-point leads in the first half, and the game went to half-time with the Kings superiority 58-56. But Sacramento suffered a monumental swoon that began at the start of the third quarter and lasted until the final buzzer.

Curry, Draymond Tell Crowd To Light The Beam

Sacramento was outscored 35-23 in the third frame, thanks in large part to Kevon Looney and the rest of the Warriors’ dominance on the offensive glass. With four minutes still remaining, Golden State had 13 offensive rebounds in the quarter, which ended up stuff the gruntwork for the Kings mixed with their inability to make 3-pointers in the second half.

For the Warriors, it was the dominance of Steph Curry that put them over the top. The superstar had a career playoff upper 50 points in the series-clinching victory, going 20 for 38 overall and 7 of 18 from long range.

The “Light The Beam” threnody that has wilt so popular for people rooting for the Kings was on the tip of the tongues of the Warriors players as the clock wound down. After a foul late in the fourth quarter, Curry pointed to the sawed-off that lights said whizgigging and mocked the pressing of it in celebration. When leaving the court, Draymond Green had some when and along with the fans near the tunnel, and he referred to the slogan as well.

The Warriors will whop to play versus the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round. That series will uncork on Tuesday evening.


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