Go Kings!
Game Thread: Kings vs Warriors Game 4 Open Thread
Go Kings!
By Greg Wissinger | 267 Comments | Apr 23, 2023
Apr 20, 2023; San Francisco, California, USA; Sacramento Kings guard De'Aaron Fox (5) drives to the hoop next to Golden State Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga (00) in the second quarter during game three of the 2023 NBA playoffs at the Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports
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Come on Kings. Let’s steal one on the road.
Warriors starting Curry, Klay, Poole, Wiggins, Looney. Same mismatches as last game.
Gotta go 48 strong minutes. Go Kings!
1st play. Pass to Sabonis in high post.
Giving up way too many dunks/layups early on
Yup, easy layups
Keegan with the aggressive shot creation and then the great offensive board!
Take care of the damn ball.
Keegan being more assertive out here is encouraging
Yes, he’s fighting.
Kings look good.
Insane pace early on by both teams
FOX FORCE FIVE
Fox! with the PUNCH!
Kings bringing it early
Fox with the in-your-face slam!
Like Murray’s aggressiveness early. Those shots will start falling. Need to stop the straight drive to the hoop.
Kings not settling for 3’s so far which is good to see considering their struggles from there this series. Attack this team
Threegan Murray!
Keegan!……
There’s Keegan.
There it is.
Took Dray less than a minute to already hit someone in the face
Fuck, the asshole’s going for Keegan now
Draymond on the court for 1 minute and a flagrant 1
One minute and Draymond already with a cheap shot, poking Keegan in the eye.
Love Fox talking back to Draymond but can’t let him get to you.
Green is such a piece of shit.
Fuck, here we go again.
JEez, everything going the Warriors way right now
This game seems over. Hate to say it.
Why the hell is there no Fox and no Domas?
I feel like Fox should have stayed in.
Think they pulled him because he’d lost his cool and wanted to get his head right
Ball movement please, Coach Brown.
Stop shooting early fucking 3s!
Yeah man you can’t have both Fox and Domas off the floor while playing in this arena IMO. Warriors just different in their own building.
Fox was heated. I wish he could have stayed in a few more minutes.
Kings taking the Warriors best shot here where they’re making everything and getting all the calls and they’re right in it. Also, Doris Burke can shut up for 2 seconds about the Warriors. A Steph flop is somehow the greatest shot of all time. Give me a break.
Right? Already annoyed with Burke. Her take on that Steph shot was just stupid.
This series is going to end up with a brawl on the court that’ll stain these playoffs if the officials continue to give the Warriors all this leeway physically.
How many times has Domas been shoved under the basket?
Easily more times than he hasn’t
Kings stop missing shots at the rim please
Hah, 2 fouls on Draymond and he already has a tech. Shouldn’t be hard to bait him into another one and an ejection at some point in this game
JFC refs. Dray flopped.
Great shot by Fox! Wow!
Fox on pace for 40, Domas being more aggressive, Keegan has his shot back? I don’t feel half bad about this one.
Won the 1st quarter …
Good finish of what could have been a bad first quarter.
Kings didn’t blink after that little run by the Warriors and the crowd getting into it. Withstood that and responded to finish the quarter. Good stuff
Warriors are front runners. once they get a little lead, Curry tries to fire up the crowd with a 30 footer. Glad he missed that BS
I really hope the Kings win this one, just so I can see that Len thumbs-up used as the game summary cover photo.
JFC is Doris rooting for the Dubs or what?
Her and the rest of the national talking heads.
who cares?
better to focus on the action than on the talking.
Early game and the Kings more than survived the first quarter. This could be amazing.
Like you said, early goings.
Draymond woke up a monster because Fox is on another level right now
Kings are actually hitting their 3’s!
Oh my god we can shoot now!
CONFIDENCE.
Blow them out on their home floor.
Warriors getting dubbed… I mean drubbed right now..
That’s more like it!
Sac-ra-mento! 👏👏👏👏👏
Now that’s Kings basketball.
can’t believe it will stay this hot all game but 53.8% from 3 is SO much better than 20% last game! 4-0 offensive rebound lead too
Monk was fouled.
Twice
I liked his floater. He’s a 3-level scorer. If the dubs try to prevent him from getting to the rim, score at the midrange.
Klay riding all over Monk and no call. Not surprised by the home cookin, just hilarious though
OMG, fuck these refs, lol
How is that a foul on Len?
Len not a foul on Curry!
POA defense is still a weakness.
The officiating is terrible, which is a surprise to no one.
Could have seen it coming a mile away after all the public crying by the Warriors after game 2.
Ref assisted comeback.
Crooked ass league
Yeah they gonna blow the whistle every time Curry falls down
Doris literally said you get called if you hit Steph. Then she saw call and said WTF?
Doris lol….Steph is underrated?
She’s making me sick.
She needs to get a room. Drooling all over Klays head position. I never liked her as an announcer.
Neither team doing much to prevent eacho ther from getting to the basket right now
KEEGAN STEPBACK EVERYONE STAND UP RIGHT NOW
Keegan back to normal, where when he takes a three, you know it is going in.
KEEGAN!
Welcome to the playoffs, Keegan Murray!
There´s my favorite Rookie!
Sweet move by Keegan.
Klay Thompson defense. lol
Domas has 0 rb and 5 ass
So they’re going to play a replay to make the Kings look bad?
Domas got away with a travel there lol
Of course they play the replay to highlight that…
i missed the intro – is doris burke wearing a warriors jersey?
She literally said Steph is underrated.
Yeah, pretty fuckin shameless bias
i think she wants to have his baby
Can’t wait to hear Duds fans saying that no-call on the maybe Domas travel is the reason they lost the game
The uncalled foul on Looney.
Lol love to see the bench hyping Keegan up
Keep it up Keegan!
Crazy shotmaking
Great first half.
Pretty bad end, but still won the quarter
Kings have 1 free throw to their 9
fouls are pretty even though
Won the 1st half.
So happy for Keegan
Keeps keep this pace up in the 2nd half and hopefully it leads to some tired legs for Klay/Curry and those 3’s start hitting the front iron by the 4th quarter
Keegan with 15 points.
On 6 for 8 from the field.
Great first half. Kings took everything the Warriors had and are leading. Officials are making themselves the game. Lots of ticky tack crap called against the Kings, especially against Curry.
Keegan Murray!
Keegan remembered how to make shots, that´s awesome. Now he needs to let Kevin in on the secret
take away a couple of insane Curry 3s and this is a nice halftime lead
Fox could genuinely go for 40 this game
May need him to do so to have a chance at finishing this one out
Oh no is this the Klay game? Dude hitting everything no matter how well contested
Looney’s foot was in the restricted area, 2 plays after his foot was out of bounds on the rebound
Kings aren’t playing smart.
apparently the circle only matters for the kings
I think both feet were in it.
Dubs getting the calls now. Looney had one foot in the restricted area.
Need Kessler in o Klay
Looked like Looney was in the restricted area but taht’s still bad by Domas. Fell for the bait. They are gonna just keep daring him to shoot those midrange shots. He’s gotta show he can make them instead of trying to charge to the rim
Was curious about the free throws for each team, 9 for them and 1 for us…
can that sill be challenged after time out?
I generally don´t complain about the announcers, but what Burke is doing here today is just pathetic.
Walton-esque shameless fangirling
Kings have attempted 1 FT.
Taunting by Green.
11-2 run by the Warriors right now. Kings gotta hit back
More taunting by Green.
Draymond screaming in Fox’s face. They aren’t giving him that 2nd tech no matter what
And Mark Jones chuckling about it. WTF. Entitled team entitled fanbase. Cousins would be gone. What scares me is these fans on the spectrum have children
Doris spending 10 seconds drooling over the Wiggins block after Keegan got the putback anyway
Draymond with more FTA than the Kings team lol
LOL, illegal screens a plenty, laughable
listen to burke and you might as well just annoint the warriors nba champs again and save everybody the trouble of playing the games
Goddamn bailout fouls saving the Duds again
I have officially had my fill of Doris.
i thought the game was reasonably officiated but it’s been horrendous the last quarter
Yeah NBA agenda in full effect
Wow, Poole getting the benefit of the doubt over defensive master Davion …
Domas finally shoots one of those wide open middies and then we turn into a layup line not even in transition defense
That’s just bad by the Kings there.
Dubs push off every time they drive the ball.
Yeah this is just hilarious now. Where was the foul by Fox there?
Refs committed to tying this series up.
holy hell..i would love to see mike brown just take the guys off the court and leave if the refs are going to hand the game to the warriors anyway
Poole just wildly running into Kings players and then flailing his body immediately and is getting the call every time. That public complaining paying dividends big time for them today
Flagrant foul by Dray.
Oop yet another call. Every-single-time the Warriors have had a possession, the refs are giving them free throws.
If Poole’s gonna keep flopping and getting every call, might as well make it hurt
Fucking exquisite flop job by the Warriors these last couple minutes
Another foul against the Kings. Literally all quarter.
Why the hell not.
NBA really wants to see Warriors vs Lakers. Pretty obvious, at this point.
$$$, like always. It’s why I stopped watching so long ago, but felt compelled to watch this series just because it’s been so lpng since we were in the playoffs. Same bullshit as those western conference finals against the Lakers.
Refs kept calling fouls on us to soften up the defense for them so they could get easier looks, lol. The teamwork between the two units is unmatched, it’s like they practice this shit, haha.
Kings down 10….Warriors +10 from the FT line. Truly a shocker
10 extra made FTs, that´s your difference right there
Officiating is abysmal and I finally muted Doris Burke.
WTF is going on?
KEEGAN
Hell yeah Keegan!
Keegan Murray
I’m convinced Green pressed Murray’s reset button when he fingered his eyeball.
Technical foul: inappropriate use of the verb “fingered”
KEEGAN.
I hoped Keegan would show up, I didn´t think he´d be our most dangerous weapon
Ok Kings. Let’s go. This is the tipping point in the game. Fox and Murray.
If only they could get both Keegan and Huerter going in the same game, but at this point, gotta stick with Davion for his defense down the stretch
Huerter is +14 though, all the other starters way behind that
Just shoot his mid range shot. That is what his game should be today.
Another shooting foul…on a Kings player? I can’t wait to see how absurd the free throw differential is after the game.
Davion with the drive!
Need Davion to provide some offense so that was good to see him attack Curry at the basket
Let’s go Kings. Drive the basket men.
So close to getting some momentum and then we let them get out in transition
Anyone’s game here. push the pace and drive the basket and take the charge.
That drive by Keegan was so weak.
Man, Keegan gotta go up strong at the rim there
Got ‘‘em right where we want them.
Did the refs not see Wiggins just kick that ball?
Domas smokes a layup and then Monk with a turnover on back to back possessions. Ugh
No composure for the Kings.
Amazed they called a foul
Finally these crybabies get a tech
Dubs are entitled brats.
God dammit Monk….terrible turnovers
Need Davion in for Monk now
Another bad turnover
Dray nailed Sabonis.
One short of the bonus.
Now get Off Night in, get some stops, and let the CPOTY finish the damn job
Kings just gotta stay poised. Too sloppy the last handful of possessions.
The fact that we’re this close with this terrible officiating is amazing.
Want to see the two man game with Fox and Domas and Murray get open with screens.
Yikes…can’t leave Curry wide open
Gotta get Davion in. Fox might be a bit gassed and they need his offense down the stretch
Fox with a huge mistake on the defense.
Damn, Kings just unraveling here
Man this building is quiet now. These people are scared
That was a huge foul on Looney. He was totally moving.
He’s moving to his right that should stand
Doris Burke sounds baffled by the game of basketball.
She also sounds like Steph Curry’s mom.
If this call gets changed the fix is in!
Let’s go Men
Do not like that by Fox at all. Long 2?
Fox has not performed well down the stretch.
Kings folded in crunch time. Just trying to rush too much shit
Why
Draymond hits Sabonis in the face then taunts him.
They lost this game in the final two minutes
Were so good at home in those situations but not today
Yep. Poor execution down the stretch.
so warriors call time out with no time outs but end up getting a time out?
I’m surprised it wasn’t a foul against the Kings.
Wow
Oh man!
OMG they really have a chance to win this on the last shot. Warriors gonna go all out to stop Fox here.
Come on men.
Horrible play. Kings in 7
What part of today’s officiating makes you think there’s a chance in hell the NBA let’s us win?
What a game.
Ugh HB had a good look
Why attempt a three in that situation?
How much time was on the clock Millers?
I mean the goal was likely Fox trying to create a midrange look but once the defense swarmed him, he had to kick out to somebody open. It was a good look for Barnes and it looked good off his hands from the TV broadcast. Sucks he missed
That’s it from the clutch player of the year?
LOL
He made the right decision and found Barnes for a great wide open look.
If you can’t do everything, you’re nothing!!!
The Kings are every bit as good as the W’s.
Still a good look by HB. What a game
I understand why they might not want to put the burden on him, but I thought Keegan would have been a better Plan B today to take the final shot than HB.
What a gutpunch. I feel sick to the stomacg. It feels like this was their only shot to win the series
Not really. Even series and going home.
Exactly, that´s what worries me
Why. The Kings are in this series, the Kings did not quit. No one said it would be easy. The Kings are a very good team.
Psychologically it feels like the pressure is back on the Kings now
And if it comes down to it, the whistle will not benefit the Kings
pressure is back on them. Gotta respond and win on their home floor or else the Warriors will put them away at home in Game 6
What is the Warriors record on the road and more specifically this series?
Exactly. I originally predicted the Kings in five or six, but now it’s really looking like the home team is going to win every game.
Well shit… Had a chance to put it away. Kings are obviously better than the Warriors. Warriors need the refs so bad. It is what it is.
That was not a good shot by HB. Ten seconds, and you need two points, and that’s what you take?
Where’s JJ Reddick now? Hello? JJ?
Well, series still hasn’t started yet. Home team hasn’t lost. Pivotal game 5
CAN THE SERIES GET STARTED ALREADY?! The suspense is killing me, and the series hasn’t even started yet, people keep telling me. What the hell have we been watching these last 4 games, I ask myself?
We’ve been watching 3 insanely back and forth games between 2 evenly matched teams who have held serve on their home floors. Kings at least don’t HAVE to win anywhere but at home to advance. Gotta answer back and win Game 5 now
i turned off the tv. did doris burke finally have her on-air orgasm as the warriors won?
Kings had their chances at the end. Officiating was beyond terrible, but the Kings were one shot, one dumb turnover, one free throw, one Barnes three from a win. I muted the game at the end of third. Couldn’t stand to listen to Burke for another second.
I was listening but couldn’t hear what she was saying. Sounded like she had something in her mouth.
OT: I feel bad for Oladipo. That is a tough injury to recover from and perform later.
Fox lost the dribble twice. 1-4 flat and let Fox go one on one with Curry. I’m emotionally drained.
Bummer Fox couldn’t get to Monk as he was wide open … it would have been a tough pass and Barnes was the correct one …
thought game was called fairly and a bit disappointed that curry complained the end of the Game how calls went against him
Good night (good day to most of you).
We’re still in good shape.
Good day Rik. This has been a great series.
Three out of four of the games have been very entertaining.
Had our chance. That end of third 3by Klay was the difference. That and three straight bad possessions by Fox and Monk. late. Game 5 needs to be a blowout.
I’m so sick of the moving screens on literally every play Curry has the ball. The one time they called a foul, GS challenged and lost. The moving screen pushes the defender to nearly half court and the screener bursts to the rim. How can you stop that when the screener is moving and pushing the defender towards half court? Then Curry flops if anyone is within 3 feet of him on every shot. This Golden State team is just so unlikeable. They used to be darlings. Now they’re just old and know the tricks. I love how Green yells in the face of players anytime his old ass is in a play, yet somehow that’s fine to do. And don’t get me started on the San Francisco crowd. Pretending Green is some sort of hero on his return. He literally stomped a guy. And he’s punched and kicked several guys in the nuts over the years. That’s the type of guy you wanna root for? So be it. That’s more of a reflection on you as a human being. Can’t wait to see warriors fans disappear in a few years, just like they always have when the team isn’t good.
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