{"id":49830,"date":"2023-04-21T11:01:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T15:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=49830"},"modified":"2023-04-21T11:01:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T15:01:43","slug":"warriors-kings-game-3-golden-state-stays-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2023\/04\/21\/warriors-kings-game-3-golden-state-stays-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors-Kings Game 3: Golden State Stays Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/category\/warriors\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden State Warriors<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> kept their hopes of repeating alive as they beat the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/category\/kings\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sacramento Kings<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Game 3 on Thursday night. The Warriors were seemingly unbothered by the absences of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2023\/04\/20\/draymond-green-suspended-for-game-3-of-warriors-kings-series\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Draymond Green (suspension)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/p\/paytoga02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Gary Payton II<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anthonyVslater\/status\/1649218784207699968\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">illness<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) as they dominated the Kings. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Warriors-Kings Game 3: Golden State Stays Alive<\/h2>\n<h3><b>Warriors-Kings: Game 3 Recap<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Game 3 started with San Francisco raining boos down on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/sabondo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Domantas Sabonis<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> each time he touched the ball. The Warriors took a quick 5-0 lead off of Sacramento turnovers, a running theme in this game. Kerr unexpectedly sat <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2022\/10\/18\/top-nba-players-2022-23-2-stephen-curry\/\" target=\"_self\"><b>Stephen Curry<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> midway through the quarter while the Warriors had a 17-10 lead to get the star some early rest. The Warriors took a 29-20 lead into the second after making six threes on, astonishingly, 18 attempts in the quarter.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Donte didn&#39;t have to do &#39;em like that \ud83d\ude31\ud83d\ude31\ud83d\ude31 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JW3xbYBJN3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/JW3xbYBJN3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCSWarriors\/status\/1649241949940105216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The short-handed Warriors continued applying pressure in the second. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/looneke01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Kevon Looney<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> showed he took the Kings\u2019 past success on the offensive glass <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/memes\/michael-jordans-and-i-took-that-personally\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">personally<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He crashed the glass and created countless second shots. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/f\/foxde01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>De\u2019Aaron Fox<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hit two tough stepback threes early in the quarter, which was a bit of fool\u2019s gold. The makes encouraged him to shoot more rather than attack the basket, and he missed three subsequent threes. An aggressive Curry led the Warriors to a 53-41 halftime lead.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Steph buries the triple to end the first half! \u2614\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Warriors lead 53-41 at the break. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Uv2sbGWok6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Uv2sbGWok6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAonTNT\/status\/1649251821972754432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both teams started to balance their three-point shooting with more rim attacks in the third quarter. The physicality picked up too, and both teams took advantage with free throws. Curry again took a rest midway through the quarter, which gave him a respite from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mitchda01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Davion Mitchell<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s physical defense. The Kings\u2019 defense struggled to slow Golden State\u2019s ball movement and cutting, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/moodymo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Moses Moody<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provided a lift on both ends with scrappy play. Golden State overcame a late run led by Fox to take an 84-72 lead into the fourth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fourth quarter was more of the same. The Warriors were able to get great shots on offense, including against the Kings\u2019 flummoxing box-and-one scheme. Golden State took a 20-point lead halfway through the quarter and cruised to a 114-97 victory.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udc10 doing \ud83d\udc10 things <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iXTVjZHzNi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/iXTVjZHzNi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCSWarriors\/status\/1649261567152885762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><b>Warriors-Kings: Game 4 Preview<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Warriors missed Green\u2019s defensive presence, but his absence clarified things for the struggling Golden State offense. Looney was the only non-shooter to take the floor for the Warriors, a stark contrast to their normal starting lineup with Green and Looney. We previously called for the Warriors to start <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2023\/04\/19\/warriors-kings-game-2\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Payton in Looney\u2019s place<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Looney showed why that shouldn\u2019t be the case with his rebounding in Game 3, but Kerr needs to stagger Looney and Green more dramatically in Game 4 to keep the offense functioning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although Sacramento scored only 97 points, their defense was the bigger issue in Game 3. They forced fewer turnovers and gave up a number of offensive rebounds, limiting their own chances to score. The Kings had their two best defensive performances of the season in Games 1 and 2, and need to repeat those efforts in Chase Center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step one is probably starting Mitchell in place of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/murrake02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Keegan Murray<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Mitchell has proven to be the only King with a shot to hold up against Curry one-on-one, and after the loss <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/2022-23-coach-of-the-year\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coach of the Year<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mike Brown needs to match his minutes Mitchell\u2019s minutes with Curry\u2019s as much as possible. Murray has looked overmatched throughout the series. In 54 total minutes, Murray has nine fouls and is shooting 1-7 from three this series.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brown might also consider benching <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lenal01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Alex Len<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who committed four fouls in eight minutes in Game 3 with nearly all resulting in Warrior free throws. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/metuch01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Chimezie Metu<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a switchy, athletic option who could match up well against Golden State. Sacramento could also go small with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lylestr01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Trey Lyles<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> backing up Sabonis. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Golden State Warriors kept their hopes of repeating alive as they beat the Sacramento Kings in Game 3 on Thursday night. The Warriors were seemingly unbothered by the absences of Draymond Green (suspension) and Gary Payton II (illness) as they dominated the Kings. 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