With an excellent offensive performance by De’Aaron Fox with 24 points, as well as a decisive three-pointer late on, The Sacramento Kings defeated the defending champion Golden State Warriors 114-106 on Monday. With the win, the Kings put their playoff series on the line NBA the Western Conference’s best of seven games 2-0 in their favor. However, The news came through another unfortunate event…
The Kings closed out the game strongly after Warriors’ Draymond Green was ejected for a flagrant foul and became the first team to take a 2-0 series over the Warriors in the Stephen Curry era. Golden State will try to get back in the series when they meet in Game 3 in San Francisco on Thursday.
The game heated up in the fourth quarter when Green stepped on the chest of Domantas Sabonis with 7:03 to play, leading to an ejection for an intentional violation. During the review, Sacramento fans chanted derogatory chants at Green, who goaded them by waving his handsraising hand to ear for louder applause and standing on a chair.
The Warriors fought back to tie the game before the Kings won 17-8 to the madness of a crowd that hadn’t played in the playoffs in 17 years. Fox’s triple made it 107-101 with 2:17 to play and at that point the Kings were in control. Power forward Domantas Sabonis added 24 points for Sacramento and Malik Monk added 18 off the bench. Curry led the Warriors with 28 points, but was only 3-of-13 on 3-point shooting. while Golden State struggled to get ahead offensively. The Warriors committed 22 turnovers.
Green’s discharge
Green claimed the referees ejected him from the match for stepping on Domantas Sabonis’ chest “too hard”. “The explanation (which they gave me) was that I stepped on it too much,” he commented at the press conference after yet another defeat.
“They grabbed my leg. The second time in two games,” commented the pivot, referring to a similar incident (without leading to expulsion) which, as he assured, occurred in the first match with Malik Monk.
“I have to put my foot somewhere and I’m not the most flexible person, I don’t stretch that far,” he added of what happened with Sabonis. Green also criticized the umpires for doing nothing about those holds. “I guess grabbing the ankle is fine,” she joked.
The Sacramento Coach, Mike Brown, felt Green’s dismissal was fair. “He was a flagrant type 2, obviously. It will be interesting to see what the NBA does when it reviews the game.”. Though Green downplayed the moment she confronted some viewers: “I was just having fun. It was a fun game with a fun atmosphere to play.”
Philadelphia is more than Brooklyn
Basketball player Tyrese Maxey had 33 points in the Philadelphia 76ers win over the Brooklyn Nets 96-84, which also allows them to take a 2-0 lead in this Eastern Conference first-round series.
Maxey poured in with 33 points and Embiid had 20 points and 19 rebounds and seven assists, supported by Tobias Harris with 20 points to leave the 76ers two wins short of reaching the conference semifinals.
Brooklyn finally folded after a bright start in which they led by 10 points in the second quarter, in a game played at Wells Fargo in Philadelphia. The adjustments paid off in the third and fourth quarters, with the Sixers outscoring Brooklyn 24-14 in the third before finally picking up the win in the fourth quarter.
Cameron Johnson led Brooklyn in scoring with 28 points while Mikal Bridges finished with 21 and Spencer Dinwiddie with 12 for the Nets. Game 3 of the series takes place on Thursday in Brooklyn.
Series by series, upcoming games
— EASTER CONFERENCE
– Milwaukee Bucks (1st) vs Miami Heat (8th) (Heat series lead 1-0)
April 16: Bucks-Heat 117-130
April 19: Bucks-Heat
April 22: Heat vs. Bucks
April 24: Heat vs. Bucks
April 26: Bucks – Heat (if needed)
April 28: Heat – Bucks (if needed)
April 30: Bucks – Heat (if needed)
– Boston Celtics (2nd) vs Atlanta Hawks (7th) (Celtics lead the series 1-0)
April 15: Celtics 112-99 Hawks
April 18: Celtics-Hawks
April 21: Hawks-Celtics
April 23: Hawks-Celtics
April 25: Celtics – Hawks (if needed)
April 27: Hawks – Celtics (if needed)
April 29: Celtics – Hawks (if needed)
– Philadelphia 76ers (3rd) vs Brooklyn Nets (6th) (Sixers lead the series 2-0)
April 15: Sixers-Nets 121-101
April 17: Sixers-Nets 96-84
April 20: Nets vs. Sixers
April 22: Nets vs. Sixers
April 24: Sixers – Nets (if needed)
April 27: Nets – Sixers (if needed)
April 29: Sixers – Nets (if needed)
– Cleveland Cavaliers (4th) vs. New York Knicks (5th) (Knicks lead the series 1-0)
April 15: Cavaliers 97-101 Knicks
April 18: Cavaliers-Knicks
April 21: Knicks-Cavaliers
April 23: Knicks-Cavaliers
April 26: Cavaliers – Knicks (if needed)
April 28: Knicks – Cavaliers (if needed)
April 30: Cavaliers – Knicks (if needed)
— WESTERN CONFERENCE
– Denver Nuggets (1st) vs Minnesota Timberwolves (8th) (Nuggets leads the series 1-0)
April 16: Nuggets 109-80 Timberwolves
April 19: Nuggets-Timberwolves
April 21: Timberwolves-Nuggets
April 23: Timberwolves-Nuggets
April 25: Nuggets – Timberwolves (if needed)
April 27: Timberwolves – Nuggets (if needed)
April 29: Nuggets – Timberwolves (if needed)
– Memphis Grizzlies (2nd) vs Los Angeles Lakers (7th) (Lakers lead the series 1-0)
April 16: Grizzlies 112-128 Lakers
April 19: Grizzlies-Lakers
April 22: Lakers-Grizzlies
April 24: Lakers-Grizzlies
April 26: Grizzlies – Lakers (if needed)
April 28: Lakers – Grizlies (if needed)
April 30: Grizzlies – Lakers (if needed)
– Sacramento Kings (3rd) – Golden State Warriors (6th) (Kings lead the series 2-0)
April 15: Re-Warriors 126-123
April 17: Kings-Warriors 114-106
April 20: Warriors-Kings
April 23: Warriors-Kings
April 26: Kings – Warriors (if needed)
April 28: Warriors – King (if needed)
April 30: Kings – Warriors (if needed)
– Phoenix Suns (4th) vs Los Angeles Clippers (5th) (Clippers lead the series 1-0)
April 16: Suns-Clippers 110-115
April 18: Suns-Clippers
April 20: Clippers-Suns
April 22: Clippers-Suns
April 25: Suns – Clippers (if needed)
April 27: Clippers – Suns (if needed)
April 29: Suns – Clippers (if needed)
Source: Clarin
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