Warriors get rare road win, take series lead over Kings

Stephen Curry scored 31 factors and dished out eight assists and Klay Thompson added 25 factors because the visiting Golden State Warriors moved one victory away from the Western Conference semifinals by defeating the Sacramento Kings 123-116 on Wednesday.

Draymond Green scored 21 factors and Andrew Wiggins had 20, whereas Kevon Looney grabbed 22 rebounds because the Warriors took a 3-2 lead by changing into the primary street workforce to win within the best-of-seven collection. Golden State had simply 11 street victories within the common season.

The Warriors will return dwelling for Game 6 on Friday at San Francisco for his or her first probability to advance.

De’Aaron Fox had 24 factors, 9 assists and 7 rebounds for the Kings regardless of taking part in with an avulsion fracture on the tip of the index finger on his left (capturing) hand. The damage occurred throughout Game 4 on Sunday.

Domantas Sabonis and Malik Monk every scored 21 factors for Sacramento, with Sabonis grabbing 10 rebounds. Harrison Barnes scored 13 factors for the Kings, who’ve misplaced three consecutive video games within the collection after profitable the primary two at dwelling.

The dwelling workforce appeared to have the benefit within the collection but once more when the Kings led by 10 factors within the first quarter. However, the Warriors lower the benefit to 36-33 on the finish of the interval and took a 60-56 lead into halftime.

Golden State then put up 39 factors within the third quarter by making 15 discipline targets and capturing 55.6 p.c from the sector and took a 99-90 benefit into the ultimate interval.

The Warriors led 105-93 with 9:08 remaining after a driving layup by Curry. But the Kings pulled inside 107-103 on a 3-pointer by Monk with 6:55 remaining.

Sacramento was inside some extent on three events, together with 111-110 with 4:14 remaining earlier than Golden State went up 117-112 with 2:10 remaining on a high-arching layup from Curry.

While Monk and Fox missed 3-pointers for the Kings close to the one-minute mark, Curry accomplished a three-point play for 122-114 lead with 22.4 seconds remaining.

–Field Level Media/Reuters