Klay Thompson's game-winning jumper with 0.2 seconds remaining gave the Warriors a 102-101 victory against the Sacramento Kings at Chase Center on Wednesday.
With the game on the line, the Kings trapped Stephen Curry at halfcourt, forcing somebody else to beat them. With two Kings surrounding him, Curry threw the ball to Draymond Green, who quickly skipped it over to Thompson. With the game clock winding down, Thompson took two dribbles with his left hand before creating separation from his defender, Davion Mitchell. He then rose up and swished the game-winning shot just beyond the foul line.
Klay Thompson's Game-Winner Over Sacramento
After missing Monday's game in New Orleans with right knee soreness, Thompson returned to score 14 points on 6-for-15 shooting and was a plus-10 in his 29 minutes.
Golden State Warriors Highlights vs. Sacramento Kings
Team Leaders
GSW
| Points | Rebounds | Assists |
| Curry - 21 | Looney - 9 | Green - 9 |
| Saric - 15 | Saric - 6 | Paul - 8 |
| Thompson/Wiggins - 14 | Curry - 5 | Looney - 6 |
SAC
| Points | Rebounds | Assists |
| Sabonis - 23 | Sabonis - 11 | Sabonis - 8 |
| Monk - 16 | Huerter - 9 | Mitchell - 4 |
| Barnes - 14 | Murray - 6 | Huerter/Murray - 3 |
AGGRESSIVE DRAYMOND
Draymond Green was in attack mode early, hitting two 3-pointers within the opening two minutes. He ended the first half as the team’s second-leading scorer with nine points in 12 minutes.
Green was also involved in the action late on both ends of the court, directing traffic as a playmaker offensively and protecting the rim defensively with a clutch block on Malik Monk with 40 seconds left.
Green finished with 13 points, nine assists and four stocks (two steals, two blocks).
Green's Clutch Block
SECOND-HALF STEPH
In the third quarter, the Warriors went on a 13-3 run to cut a once 11-point deficit to one. Stephen Curry had six of the first eight Warriors’ points during that run, getting fouled on a 3-point attempt (knocking down all three foul shots) and hitting a pull-up three on the ensuing possession.
Headed into Wednesday's game, Curry was the league's leading scorer in the third and fourth quarters, averaging a league-best 21.3 points per game in the second half.
Curry scored 13 of his team-high 21 points in the second half.
Curry Go-Ahead Floater
SARIC GAME-ALTERING SPLASHES
Dario Saric hit three pivotal 3-pointers bridging the third and fourth quarters, one to bring the Warriors within one, one to tie the score and a fourth-quarter triple that gave the Dubs an 81-79 lead with 9:19 remaining.
The big man led all Warriors reserves with 15 points on 6-for-9 shooting in 20 minutes.
Saric Gives Dubs the Lead
AVOIDING 'ULTIMATE TRAP GAME'
With the absence of De'Aaron Fox, who sprained his ankle against the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday, Head Coach Steve Kerr referred to the matchup against the short-handed Kings as the 'ultimate trap game.'
The Kings had other players step up in Fox's absence, with six players in double figures, paced by Domantas Sabonis, who scored a game-high 23 points. They competed until the end, leading after three quarters, but the Warriors — outscoring Sacramento 28-22 in the final frame, came away victorious.
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UP NEXT
The Warriors head back on the road for four more games before kicking off a six-game homestand, beginning on Nov. 11 against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
MORE NOTABLES:
- The Warriors have won four consecutive games, improving to 4-1. The last time the Warriors began a season 4-1 dates back to 2021-22.
- The Warriors won their first home game of the season… Their record stands at 1-1 at Chase Center.
- Tonight marked the Warriors 479th consecutive sellout, the longest streak in franchise history.
- Golden State improved to 2-0 vs. Sacramento on the season.
- The Warriors have won 32 of their last 40 regular-season games vs. the Kings.
- The Warriors have won seven-straight regular season games vs. the Kings at home (17 of the last 21 in the Bay).
- The Warriors have won 32 of their last 40 regular-season games vs. the Kings.
- Golden State dished out 30-or-more assists for the second time this season (2-0 in those games).
- The Warriors’ bench has outscored the opponents’ bench in all five games this season.
- Klay Thompson tallied 14 points, recording the 3rd game-winning shot with five seconds-or-less on the clock of his career (prev. 11/24/18 vs. SAC and 3/4/14 at IND).
- Stephen Curry scored a team-high 21 points and made four 3-pointers.
- He has now made at least one 3-pointer for the 249th consecutive regular season game, extending his NBA-record streak (began on 12/1/18 at DET).
- Draymond Green tallied a season-high 13 points and dished out a team-high nine assists.
- Jonathan Kuminga scored a season-high-tying 12 points (done three times).
- Kevon Looney played in his 198th consecutive regular season game, the second-longest active streak in the NBA… He’s played in 233 consecutive games (regular season and playoffs), the longest streak by a Warrior since Antwan Jamison played in 246 consecutive games (regular season and playoffs).
- He grabbed a team-high nine rebounds.
- Dario Saric contributed a season-high 15 points off the bench.
- He made 3-of-5 shots from three, two shy of his career-high mark for threes made in a single game (five, done three times).
- Andrew Wiggins scored a season-high 14 points.