Kings are unable to take advantage of Warriors’ weaknesses
The Warriors team, which is attempting to continue its dynasty, was under intense pressure to win this series. Regardless of the outcome of Game 7, the Kings had already demonstrated their ability to be a developing program with a good season, win or lose. Even so, they will still feel a great deal of pain from this defeat in the future, especially considering how many opportunities the Warriors provided them to win.
Despite the Warriors missing 19 of their 30 attempted free throws and Klay Thompson missing 4 of his 19 field goals, the Kings were unable to take advantage of the opportunity. Though it was a team effort gone wrong, De’Aaron Fox (16 points) played by far his worst game of the series. Additionally, Kevin Huerter (seven points) kept having trouble. The Kings offense, which was tremendous in the regular season, wasn’t quite as dynamic as promised, as was the case for a great deal of this series. — Amick
Curry made history, but Looney was also necessary for Golden State.
In Game 7, Curry’s and Looney’s stat lines for the Warriors are the two that count most. Curry just made 38 shots, a career high. He was never more hostile as he was now. Of those 38 shots, Curry made 20 and seven threes. He had the highest point total in a Game 7 in league history, fifty. However, Looney might have been just as significant this evening. Ten of his 21 rebounds came from the offensive glass. The game shifted in the third quarter when they dominated and scored eight of those. — Slater
In the 2015 New Orleans Series, there were forty points and nine assists, interspersed with a corner three that sent the game into OT. In a crucial Game 5 of the 2015 NBA Finals, there was 38. In 2016, Portland had 40 players off the bench, including a record 17 in overtime. After that, in a pivotal Game 7 against Oklahoma City in 2016, he scored 36 points against Kevin Durant’s Thunder to finish the series with a 3-1 lead. In the second half of Game 7 in Houston in 2019, there were thirty-three. The 2019 Western Conference Finals were played in Portland over the whole weekend. Naturally, there was the Game 4 victory in Boston during the previous year’s finals: 43 points and 10 rebounds to steal the series from the Celtics.
Curry, who is 35 years old, has now added another incredible game to his absurd resume. With 50 points, eight rebounds, six assists, and just one turnover in a Game 7, he set an NBA record. In just 38 minutes while driving, he completed the task. By advancing the Warriors into the second round, it preserved the season. It may have preserved the dynasty, demonstrating the championship core’s continued extreme power. Curry and the Warriors were pushed like never before by the young Kings, the No. 3 seed. Curry was ultimately too much.