“This is a Game 7 I’ll forever remember as the Steph Curry game.” “What an incredible performance,” Thompson said. But Thompson came through in some crucial moments. After snapping a 16-year playoff drought - longest in NBA history - under Coach of the Year Mike Brown, playoff-starved Sacramento missed advancing to the second round for the first time since 2004.Ĭurry shot 20 of 38 with seven 3s and delivered after almost every big play by Sacramento as Splash Brother Klay Thompson struggled on both ends again.
Sacramento‘s special comeback season is over long before these young Kings had planned. Now, bring on LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference semifinals with all that NBA Finals history between James and Golden State dating to his Cleveland days. Kevon Looney grabbed 21 rebounds for a Warriors team that needed to win twice on the road facing a hostile, cowbell-clanging crowd in the state capital to become the first reigning champion to drop the first two games and win any postseason series. “For Steph to be the first player ever to get 50 in a Game 7, he’s sublime,” coach Steve Kerr said. Curry’s points are the most in NBA history in a Game 7, topping former teammate Kevin Durant’s 48 for the Nets against Milwaukee in 2021.
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