Golden State Warriors vs. Sacramento Kings Preview
Relying on Curry
The Golden State Warriors are not the powerhouses they used to be. Kevin Durant is long gone from those championship teams, and the core of the team continues to get older. The one player who is still near the top of their game is Steph Curry, but he cannot do it alone. The Warriors have fallen all the way to the ten seed, and need to win back to back games on the road in order to advance to a seven game series.
Curry led the team in scoring with 26.4 PPG, and was the top shooter in the NBA this season by making 4.8 threes per game. He adds 5.1 APG and 4.5 RPG, and has scored 22 or more in his last five games coming into this one. Curry sat out the last game of the season, and Klay Thompson has been back in the starting lineup recently. Thompson finished second on the team in scoring with 17.9 PPG, and is still a threat from deep as he makes 3.5 threes per game. Jonathan Kuminga is one of their young players they are relying one, he is just 21-years old, but is averaging 16.1 PPG and 4.8 RPG as a starter. Andrew Wiggins continues to start as a multi-tooled wing, he is averaging 13.2 PPG.