As the Golden State Warriors peer ahead to Monday’s Game 2 of their first-round series...
Warriors forward Draymond Green fights for a rebound with Kings center Alex Len during the fourth quarter of Game 1 of the NBA Western Conference first-round series in Sacramento. Sacramento outrebounded Golden State 50-41.don’t have to be great defensively to survive their Western Conference first-round series against Sacramento. That’s a big ask against the Kings’ league-best, turbo-charged offense.
The Warriors relinquished 126 points Saturday, including 71 in the second half. They permitted the Kings to corral 17 offensive rebounds. And Golden State committed way too many fouls , repeatedly sending Kings guards De’Aaron Fox and Malik Monk to the free-throw line., after reviewing video of his team’s Game 1 loss, doubled down on his postgame assessment.
The Kings didn’t shoot especially well in Game 1 , but they held a 50-41 rebounding advantage and thus had eight more field-goal attempts than the Warriors. And even if Golden State mostly bottled up center Domantas Sabonis — props toThat’s not an easy fix, because Fox and Monk won’t abruptly become slower by tipoff Monday night.
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