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The Golden State Warriors’ attempting season– and maybe its champion window too– concerned a shrieking stop Tuesday after a 118-94 loss to the host Sacramento Kings in the Western Conference play-in competition.
Keegan Murray torched the Warriors with 32 points, consisting of 8 three-pointers. De’Aaron Fox included 24 points, while Keon Ellis provided on offense (15 points) and defense (3 takes, 3 blocks).
Not even a little nasty problem for Domantas Sabonis (16 points, 12 rebounds) might stop the Kings from steamrolling the Warriors in the 2nd half, 64-44.
The Warriors had a hard time strongly on both ends. Most especially, Klay Thompson went scoreless en path to missing out on all 10 of his shots.
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Before tonight, Klay Thompson’s worst 0-from-the-field night was a number of 0-for-2s from 2011 and 2012.
> Just a harsh outlier for what may be his last video game with the Warriors, going 0-for-10 from the field. > pic.twitter.com/tGWeEItRtS
Golden State completed at minus-25 with Andrew Wiggins on the flooring. Stephen Curry had a peaceful night (22 points) by his requirements and devoted 6 turnovers.
Young reserves Jonathan Kuminga and Moses Moody produced 16 points each, however it wasn’t enough as the Warriors bailed out to the group they beat in the preliminary of the playoffs one season previously.
The Golden State dynasty appeared over in 2020 when the group, which had actually won 5 Western Conference titles and 3 NBA champions from 2015-2019, was up to a league-worst 15-50 throughout the pandemic-shortened season.
The Warriors recuperated, however, initially with a winning 2020-21 project before recovering their champion crown in 2021-22 for 4 titles in 8 years.
The group hasn’t come close to that success given that. A 44-win season in 2015 resulted in a No. 6 seed in the playoffs and a first-round win over the Kings, however their title hopes ended in the 2nd round to the Los Angeles Lakers.
A seismic offseason relocation then landed Chris Paul in the Bay Area for Jordan Poole, however it didn’t bring far more success.
This year’s Warriors group hovered around.500 for much of the year however ended up with 10 wins in 12 video games to go 46-36. That was just sufficient for the West’s last play-in area, however, and the project formally ended in Sacramento.
Now it’s reasonable to question if the championship-contending run is genuinely over for the Curry-Thompson-Draymond Green trio, which has actually taken pleasure in a lot success over a years.
Curry is still under agreement for 2 more years and Green for 3, however this might be completion in Golden State for Thompson, who is a complimentary representative.
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